2022 Ontario Tankard

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2022 Ontario Tankard
2022 Ontario Tankard logo.png
Host city Port Elgin, Ontario
Arena The Plex
DatesFebruary 9–13
Winner Team Howard
Curling club Penetanguishene Curling Club,
Penetanguishene
Skip Scott Howard
Third Adam Spencer
Second David Mathers
Lead Tim March
Alternate Glenn Howard Injury icon 2.svg
Finalist John Epping
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The 2022 Ontario Tankard , (known as the Port Elgin Chrysler '22 Ontario Tankard Presented by Bruce Power for sponsorship reasons), the provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held from February 9 to 13 at The Plex in Port Elgin, Ontario. [1] The winning Howard team represented Ontario at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship in Lethbridge, Alberta. [2]

Contents

The event was expected to attract around 9,000 spectators, and to bring a $1,000,000 to the local economy. [2] Bruce County contributed $5,000 cash and $5,000 in-kind for sponsorship, with revenues expected to contribute to improving the local Port Elgin Curling Club, which is playing host to the event (but is not the host venue). [3]

Team Howard, skipped by Scott Howard, won in the final, defeating the defending champion John Epping rink. Team Howard's normal skip, Glenn Howard (Scott's father) missed the event due to a knee injury. Spare Adam Spencer filled in as third on the team, which also consisted of David Mathers and Tim March. Epping took control early in the final, going up 3–1 after 2 ends, but team Howard remained patient, blanking the next four ends, before Scott Howard made a double in the 7th to tie the game. Epping blanked the eighth, but narrowly missed a blank opportunity in 9th, giving up a steal of one. In the tenth, Howard made a double to lie two on his last. Epping attempted to respond with a double of his own, but missed, giving up another steal, losing the game 5–3. In total, there were about 500 fans on hand to watch the game, which was described as "electric" by Glenn Howard, in a game that was played amidst changing regulations due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario. [4]

Qualification process

Originally, eight teams were to qualify, two from a cash spiel qualifier, three from an open qualifier, the top two southern Ontario teams in the CTRS standings (December 1, 2021), and one from the "Trillium Tour Series", the top team from a series of Ontario Curling Tour events (as of December 20, 2021). [5]

On January 24, 2022, CurlON decided to expand the field to 12 teams, as it could not hold the open qualifier due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario. It invited the next top 7 teams on the CTRS ranking who were in the qualifiers. [6]

Qualification methodBerthsQualifying team(s)
CTRS leader2 John Epping
Glenn Howard
Trillium Tour Series1 Pat Ferris
Cash Spiel2 Scott Mitchell
Dylan Niepage
Qualifier Invite7 Tanner Horgan
Mark Kean
Jason Camm
Sam Mooibroek
Sam Steep
Shane Latimer
Fraser Reid

Teams

The team lineups are as follows: [7] [8] [9]

SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateClub
Jason Camm Matthew Hall Cameron GoodkeyJordie Lyon-Hatcher Navan Curling Club, Navan, Ottawa
John Epping Ryan Fry Mathew Camm Brent Laing Leaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto
Pat Ferris Ian Dickie Connor Duhaime Zachary Shurtleff Grimsby Curling Club, Grimsby
Tanner Horgan Jonathan Beuk Wesley Forget Scott Chadwick Jacob Horgan Cataraqui Golf and Country Club, Kingston
Scott Howard Adam Spencer David Mathers Tim March Glenn Howard Injury icon 2.svg [a] Penetanguishene Curling Club, Penetanguishene
Mark Kean Kevin Flewwelling Ed Cyr Sean Harrison Ingersoll & District Curling Club, Ingersoll
Shane LatimerPunit Sthankiya Brett Lyon-Hatcher Brendan AcornNicholas Lemieux Whitby Curling Club, Whitby
Scott Mitchell Landan Rooney Nathan Steele Colin Schnurr Jacob Jones Whitby Curling Club, Whitby
Sam Mooibroek Matthew GarnerBrady LumleySpencer DunlopJohn Gabel KW Granite Club, Waterloo
Dylan NiepageGavin LydiateJayden KingDaniel Del Conte Guelph Curling Club, Guelph
Fraser Reid Shane Konings Spencer NuttallTyler Twining Blue Water Curling Club, Owen Sound
Sam SteepAdam VincentOliver CampbellThomas RyanDouglas Thomson KW Granite Club, Waterloo

Knockout Draw Brackets

The draw is listed as follows:

A Event

[11]

First Knockout Quarterfinals Semifinals Qualifier 1
Scott Howard 7
Scott Mitchell 1 Fraser Reid 6
Fraser Reid11 Scott Howard 7
Shane Latimer 5 Pat Ferris 3
Mark Kean 6 Mark Kean 4
Pat Ferris 7
Scott Howard 6
John Epping 8
Tanner Horgan 4
Sam Steep 4 Jason Camm 7
Jason Camm 8 Jason Camm 1
Dylan Niepage7 John Epping 8
Sam Mooibroek 1 Dylan Niepage 2
John Epping 7

B Event

Second Knockout Quarterfinals Semifinals Qualifier 2
Mark Kean 5
Scott Mitchell 6 Scott Mitchell 11
Jason Camm 5
Scott Mitchell 6
Tanner Horgan 5 Sam Mooibroek 3
Sam Mooibroek 8 Sam Mooibroek 13
Pat Ferris 7
Scott Mitchell 5
Dylan Niepage10 Scott Howard 7
Sam Steep 7 Dylan Niepage9
Fraser Reid 2 Shane Latimer 8
Shane Latimer8Dylan Niepage 4
Scott Howard 7

C Event

Third Knockout Semifinals Qualifier 3
Dylan Niepage 3
Tanner Horgan 5 Tanner Horgan 8
Mark Kean 3 Tanner Horgan 4
Sam Mooibroek 5
Shane Latimer 6
Sam Mooibroek 9
Third Knockout Semifinals Qualifier 4
Sam Steep 5
Jason Camm 6 Jason Camm 9
Fraser Reid 4 Pat Ferris 8
Pat Ferris 10 Jason Camm 11
Scott Mitchell 6

Scores

Draw 1

February 9, 7:30pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Scott Mitchell 01000XXXXX1
Fraser Reid Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg50204XXXXX11
Sheet B12345678910Final
Shane Latimer Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10020110005
Mark Kean 01102001016
Sheet C12345678910Final
Sam Steep110001010X4
Jason Camm 002210102X8
Sheet D12345678910Final
Dylan Niepage Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0211201XXX7
Sam Mooibroek 0000010XXX1

Draw 2

February 10, 9:30am

Sheet A12345678910Final
Tanner Horgan Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg001002010X4
Jason Camm 110020102X7
Sheet B12345678910Final
Dylan Niepage000020XXXX2
John Epping Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg302101XXXX7
Sheet C12345678910Final
Scott Howard Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20102010017
Fraser Reid02010101106
Sheet D12345678910Final
Mark Kean Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10020010004
Pat Ferris 02001001127

Draw 3

February 10, 2:30pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Mark Kean Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02010010105
Scott Mitchell 00102002016
Sheet B12345678910Final
Tanner Horgan Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10101101005
Sam Mooibroek 01020020128
Sheet C12345678910Final
Dylan Niepage Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg200202103X10
Sam Steep003020020X7
Sheet D12345678910Final
Fraser Reid1010000XXX2
Shane Latimer Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0301022XXX8

Draw 4

February 10, 7:30pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Scott Howard Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg000110311X7
Pat Ferris 000003000X3
Sheet B12345678910Final
Mark Kean Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01000010103
Tanner Horgan 00110101015
Sheet C12345678910Final
Jason Camm 01000XXXXX1
John Epping Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20141XXXXX8

Draw 5

February 11, 9:30am

Sheet A12345678910Final
Dylan Niepage Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02001204009
Shane Latimer10100020228
Sheet B12345678910Final
Scott Mitchell Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg200200214X11
Jason Camm 020021000X5
Sheet C12345678910Final
Scott Howard Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01101300006
John Epping 00040011118
Sheet D12345678910Final
Sam Mooibroek Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10301323XX13
Pat Ferris 05020000XX7

Draw 6

February 11, 2:30pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Jason Camm Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg11000103006
Sam Steep00010010215
Sheet B12345678910Final
Pat Ferris Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20020204XX10
Fraser Reid00101020XX4
Sheet A12345678910Final
Scott Mitchell 002010111X6
Sam Mooibroek Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010101000X3
Sheet D12345678910Final
Dylan Niepage00100100204
Scott Howard Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20001021017

Draw 7

February 11, 7:30pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Scott Mitchell Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg200200100X5
Scott Howard 011002021X7
Sheet B12345678910Final
Shane Latimer Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010300110X6
Sam Mooibroek 301002003X9
Sheet C12345678910Final
Dylan Niepage01010100XX3
Tanner Horgan Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20002022XX8
Sheet D12345678910Final
Jason Camm 01050020019
Pat Ferris Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00100401208

Draw 8

February 12, 9:30am

Sheet B12345678910Final
Jason Camm Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg020200202311
Scott Mitchell 00200202006
Sheet B1234567891011Final
Sam Mooibroek Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010020100015
Tanner Horgan 000101010104

Playoffs

Page playoff system SemifinalFinal
A John Epping 7B Scott Howard 5
B Scott Howard 8A John Epping 3
A John Epping 9
C2 Jason Camm 4
C1 Sam Mooibroek 6
C2 Jason Camm 9

A vs. B

February 12, 2:30pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
John Epping Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10200201107
Scott Howard 03002010028

C1 vs. C2

February 12, 7:30pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
Sam Mooibroek Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01101020106
Jason Camm 20010201039

Semifinal

February 13, 9:30am

Sheet C12345678910Final
John Epping Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg403020XXXX9
Jason Camm 020101XXXX4

Final

February 13, 2:30pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
Scott Howard Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10000020115
John Epping 03000000003
2022 Ontario Tankard
Flag of Ontario.svg
Scott Howard
4th Ontario Provincial Championship title

Qualification

CurlON CashSpiel

December 17–19, CC of Collingwood, Collingwood [12] [13] [14]

A Event   Qualifier 1
Wayne Tuck Jr. (Collingwood) 1
Scott Mitchell (Whitby)7
Scott Mitchell (Whitby)5
Mac Calwell (Stroud) 2
Paul Moffatt (KW Granite) 3
Mac Calwell (Stroud)6
Scott Mitchell (Whitby)7
Tanner Horgan (Cataraqui) 5
Tanner Horgan (Cataraqui)9
Nicholas Lemieux (St. Catharines)8Nicholas Lemieux (St. Catharines) 0
Eric Greavette (Collingwood) 4 Tanner Horgan (Cataraqui)9
Alex Champ (Westmount) 3
Alex Champ (Westmount)6
Sam Steep (KW Granite) 2
A Event   Qualifier 2
Jason Camm (Navan)10
Jordan McNamara (Navy) 3
Jason Camm (Navan)8
Fraser Reid (Westmount) 5
Fraser Reid (Westmount)6
Shane Latimer (Whitby) 5
Jason Camm (Navan)5
Dylan Niepage (Guelph) 2
Mark Kean (Woodstock) 4
Dylan Niepage (Guelph)5Dylan Niepage (Guelph)5
Scott Dow (Kincardine) 4 Dylan Niepage (Guelph)4
Sam Mooibroek (KW Granite) 2
Sam Mooibroek (KW Granite)5
Brandon Tippin (Brant) 2
B Event   Qualifier 3
Paul Moffatt (KW Granite)7
Nicholas Lemieux (St. Catharines) 5
Paul Moffatt (KW Granite) 2
Wayne Tuck Jr. (Collingwood)7
Wayne Tuck Jr. (Collingwood)8
Sam Steep (KW Granite)8Sam Steep (KW Granite) 4
Eric Greavette (Collingwood) 0 Wayne Tuck Jr. (Collingwood) 5
Dylan Niepage (Guelph)7
B Event   Qualifier 4
Mark Kean (Woodstock)7
Shane Latimer (Whitby) 3
Mark Kean (Woodstock)6
Brandon Tippin (Brant) 2
Jordan McNamara (Navy) 4
Brandon Tippin (Brant)7Brandon Tippin (Brant)6
Scott Dow (Kincardine) 4 Mark Kean (Woodstock) 4
Tanner Horgan (Cataraqui)8
B Event Qualifier 5
Mac Calwell (Stroud) 6
Alex Champ (Westmount)7Alex Champ (Westmount) 6
Fraser Reid (Westmount) 6 Sam Mooibroek (KW Granite)8
Sam Mooibroek (KW Granite)8
C Event   Qualifier 6
Jordan McNamara (Navy)5
Shane Latimer (Whitby)7Shane Latimer (Whitby) 4
Eric Greavette (Collingwood) 5 Jordan McNamara (Navy)7
Fraser Reid (Westmount) 5
Jordan McNamara (Navy) 2
Mark Kean (Woodstock)5
C Event Qualifier 7
Paul Moffatt (KW Granite) 5
Brandon Tippin (Brant)8Brandon Tippin (Brant) 5
Alex Champ (Westmount)8
C Event   Qualifier 8
Sam Steep (KW Granite)8
Nicholas Lemieux (St. Catharines) 1 Scott Dow (Kincardine) 7
Scott Dow (Kincardine)4Mac Calwell (Stroud)5
Sam Steep (KW Granite) 4
Mac Calwell (Stroud) 3
Wayne Tuck Jr. (Collingwood)5
Playoff 1 To Provincials
Scott Mitchell (Whitby)7
Wayne Tuck Jr. (Collingwood) 1 Scott Mitchell (Whitby)6
Tanner Horgan (Cataraqui)8 Tanner Horgan (Cataraqui) 4
Sam Mooibroek (KW Granite) 3
Playoff 2 To Provincials
Jason Camm (Navan)6
Mark Kean (Woodstock) 4 Jason Camm (Navan) 3
Dylan Niepage (Guelph)5Dylan Niepage (Guelph)6
Alex Champ (Westmount) 1

Notes

  1. Glenn Howard did not play due to an injured knee [10]

References

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