2026 SaskTel Tankard

2026 SaskTel Tankard
Host city	Melville, Saskatchewan
Arena	CN Community Centre
Dates	January 5–11
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The 2026 SaskTel Tankard , the provincial men's curling championship for Saskatchewan, is currently being held from January 5 to 11 at the CN Community Centre in Melville, Saskatchewan. ^[1] The winning rink will represent Saskatchewan at the 2026 Montana's Brier in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. ^[2] The event is being held in conjunction with the 2026 Bunge Prairie Pinnacle, the provincial women's championship.

Having finished third on the CTRS standings for the 2024–25 season, Team Mike McEwen earned an automatic berth at the national championship. This meant Saskatchewan would qualify two teams for the Brier. ^[3]

Qualification process

Qualification method	Berths	Qualifying teams
SaskCTRS Leaders [4]	3	Kelly Knapp Carl deConinck Smith Steve Laycock
CTRS Leaders [5]	3	Dustin Kalthoff Rylan Kleiter Brad Moser
Last Chance Qualifier [6]	3	Josh Bryden Tyler Hartung Michael Carss

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: ^[7]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Club
Josh Bryden	Adam Bukurak	Carter Williamson	Ayden Whittmire			Callie CC, Regina
Michael Carss	James Hom	Jared Tessier	Lyndon Holm			Nutana CC, Saskatoon
Carl deConinck Smith	Ryan Deis	Dustin Mikush	Kalin Deis			Fox Valley CC, Fox Valley
Tyler Hartung	Matt Lang	Jayden Shwaga	Kody Hartung	Mark Lang		Langenburg CC, Langenburg
Dustin Kalthoff (Fourth)	Brent Pierce (Skip) [a]	Josh Heidt	Logan Ede	Jason Jacobson		Nutana CC, Saskatoon
Rylan Kleiter	Matthew Hall	Joshua Mattern	Trevor Johnson		Dean Kleiter	Nutana CC, Saskatoon
Kelly Knapp	Brennen Jones	Dustin Kidby	Mat Ring	Trent Knapp	Brian McCusker	Highland CC, Regina
Steve Laycock (Fourth)	Shaun Meachem (Skip) [b]	Chris Haichert	Brayden Grindheim	Austin Krupski		Swift Current CC, Swift Current
Brad Moser	Bryden Tessier	David Baum	Cody Sutherland	Darren Camm		Nutana CC, Saskatoon

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings ^[8]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE
Rylan Kleiter	8	0	–	63	38	38	28	4	10
Kelly Knapp	7	1	–	65	38	32	27	3	10
Team Laycock	6	2	–	62	53	33	38	1	8
Tyler Hartung	3	5	2–1	48	47	36	28	8	11
Carl deConinck Smith	3	5	2–1	51	62	34	35	2	7
Brad Moser	3	5	1–2	40	53	25	38	8	3
Josh Bryden	3	5	1–2	47	47	34	27	8	15
Team Kalthoff	2	6	–	49	64	32	37	3	8
Michael Carss	1	7	–	35	58	28	34	0	11

Round robin results

All draw times listed in Central Time (UTC−06:00). ^{[7] [9]}

Draw 1

Monday, January 5, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brad Moser	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	7
Josh Bryden	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	6

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Carl deConinck Smith	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	11
Team Kalthoff	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	3	14

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kelly Knapp	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	4	X	X	10
Michael Carss	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	4

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Laycock	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	8
Rylan Kleiter	1	0	3	0	3	0	1	1	1	2	12

Draw 2

Tuesday, January 6, 8:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rylan Kleiter	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	7
Tyler Hartung	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	6

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kelly Knapp	0	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	3	X	10
Team Laycock	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	6

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Carl deConinck Smith	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	6
Josh Bryden	0	0	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	10

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Team Kalthoff	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	6
Brad Moser	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	7

Draw 3

Tuesday, January 6, 4:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Carl deConinck Smith	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	X	5
Kelly Knapp	1	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	X	X	9

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Josh Bryden	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	3
Rylan Kleiter	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	X	8

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Laycock	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	X	6
Brad Moser	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Michael Carss	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	3
Tyler Hartung	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	X	8

Draw 4

Wednesday, January 7, 9:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Josh Bryden	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	4
Team Laycock	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	7

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brad Moser	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	7
Michael Carss	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	X	5

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tyler Hartung	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3
Team Kalthoff	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	3	X	10

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rylan Kleiter	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5
Kelly Knapp	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	4

Draw 5

Wednesday, January 7, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Kalthoff	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1
Michael Carss	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	2	X	X	9

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Team Laycock	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	10
Tyler Hartung	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	9

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Josh Bryden	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	X	6
Kelly Knapp	0	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	8

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brad Moser	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	4
Carl deConinck Smith	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	X	7

Draw 6

Thursday, January 8, 12:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kelly Knapp	3	0	0	2	0	4	X	X	X	X	9
Brad Moser	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	2

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Michael Carss	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	4
Carl deConinck Smith	2	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	X	7

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Kalthoff	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
Rylan Kleiter	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	X	7

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tyler Hartung	2	2	0	2	2	0	X	X	X	X	8
Josh Bryden	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	2

Draw 7

Thursday, January 8, 8:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Michael Carss	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	4
Rylan Kleiter	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	X	8

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Kalthoff	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Josh Bryden	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	4	8

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brad Moser	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	5
Tyler Hartung	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	6

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Carl deConinck Smith	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	6
Team Laycock	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	8

Draw 8

Friday, January 9, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Tyler Hartung	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5
Carl deConinck Smith	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	6

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rylan Kleiter	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	8
Brad Moser	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	6

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Michael Carss	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	X	5
Team Laycock	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	X	9

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kelly Knapp	3	1	0	2	0	2	0	3	X	X	11
Team Kalthoff	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	X	X	7

Draw 9

Saturday, January 10, 9:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Laycock	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	1	0	X	8
Team Kalthoff	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	5

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tyler Hartung	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3
Kelly Knapp	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	4

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rylan Kleiter	2	0	4	1	1	0	0	X	X	X	8
Carl deConinck Smith	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	X	X	X	3

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Josh Bryden	0	2	1	2	1	1	0	1	X	X	8
Michael Carss	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1

Playoffs

Source: ^[7]

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Rylan Kleiter	5								2	Kelly Knapp
	2	Kelly Knapp	6
						1	Rylan Kleiter
						3	Team Laycock
	3	Team Laycock	11
	4	Tyler Hartung	1

1 vs. 2

Saturday, January 10, 7:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Rylan Kleiter	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	5
Kelly Knapp	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	6

3 vs. 4

Saturday, January 10, 7:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Laycock	3	1	0	5	2	X	X	X	X	X	11
Tyler Hartung	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	1

Semifinal

Sunday, January 11, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rylan Kleiter											0
Team Laycock											0

Final

Sunday, January 11, 7:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kelly Knapp											0
											0

2026 SaskTel Tankard
Saskatchewan Provincial Championship title

Notes

1. Brent Pierce skipped Team Kalthoff.
2. Shaun Meachem skipped Team Laycock.

References

1. "SaskTel Tankard Men's Playdowns". CurlSask. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
2. "2026 Montana's Brier". Curling Canada. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
3. "Pre-Qualified teams set for 2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and Montana's Brier". Curling Canada. July 18, 2025. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
4. "2025–26 Men's Points Leaderboard". CurlSask. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
5. "2025–26 CTRS Standings – Men". Curling Canada. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
6. "2026 SaskTel Tankard Playdowns - Humboldt". CurlSask. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
7. "SaskTel Tankard Rosters & Last Chance Results 2026" (PDF). CurlSask. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
8. "Standings". CurlSask. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
9. "Schedule". 2026 SaskTel Tankard Men's Championship. CurlSask. Retrieved 5 January 2026.