2018 SaskTel Tankard

The 2018 SaskTel Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Saskatchewan, was held from January 31-February 4 at the Affinty Place in Estevan, Saskatchewan The winning Steve Laycock team represented Saskatchewan at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier in Regina, Saskatchewan.^[1]

2018 SaskTel Tankard
Host city	Estevan, Saskatchewan
Arena	Affinty Place
Dates	January 31-February 4
Winner	Steve Laycock
Curling club	Nutana Curling Club
Skip	Steve Laycock
Fourth	Matt Dunstone
Second	Kirk Muyres
Lead	Dallan Muyres
Finalist	Colton Flasch
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Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[2]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale(s)
Scott Bitz	Warren Jackson	Aryn Shimidt	Rory Golanowski	Sutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon
Daniel Selke	Garrett Springer	Drew Springer	Jake Rippingler	Callie Curling Club, Regina
Brayden Stewart	Jared Latos	Evan Latos	Brody Blackwell	Sutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon
Randy Bryden	Troy Robinson	John Aston	Malcolm Vanstone	Callie Curling Club, Regina
Adam Casey	Brock Montgomery	Shaun Meachem	Dustin Kidby	Highland Curling Club, Regina
Jeff Hartung	Jason Krupski	Mat Ring	Brandon Lieppi	Langenburg Curling Club, Langenburg
Carl deConinck Smith	Jeff Sharp	Brady Scharback	Mark Larsen	Rosetown Curling Club, Rosetown
Ryan Deis	Scott Manners	Jason Barnhart	Kalin Deis	Fox Valley Curling Club, Fox Valley
Brent Gedak	Clint Dieno	Derek Owens	Shawn Meyer	Estevan Power Dodge Curling Centre, Estevan
Kody Hartung	Josh Heidt (Skip)	Tyler Hartung	Kelly Knapp	Kerrobert Curling Club, Kerrobert
Aaron Shutra	Justin Heather	Jayden Schwaga	Rob Marsh	Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon
Brock Virtue	Drew Heidt	Mitch Heidt	Jesse St.John	Kerrobert Curling Club, Kerrobert
Jason Jacobson	Jake Hersikorn	Quinn Hersikorn	Nick Neufeld	Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon
Colton Flasch	Kevin Marsh	Dan Marsh	Trent Knapp	Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon
Matt Dunstone	Steve Laycock (skip)	Kirk Muyres	Dallan Muyres	Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon
Brady Kendel	Anthony Neufeld	Cole Tenetuik	Chadd McKenzie	Sutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon

Knockout Draw Brackets

A Event

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	First Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 1
	Steve Laycock		8
	Aaron Shutra		3			Steve Laycock		8
	Jason Jacobson		7			Jason Jacobson		3
	Ryan Deis		3								Steve Laycock		7
	Jeff Hartung		1								Brady Kendel		8
	Brent Gedak		5			Brent Gedak		4
	Josh Heidt		2			Brady Kendel		10
	Brady Kendel		3													Brady Kendel		3
	Brayden Stewart		3													Colton Flasch		4
	Colton Flasch		8			Colton Flasch		10
	Randy Bryden		6			Brock Virtue		4
	Brock Virtue		10								Colton Flasch		9
	Carl deConinck Smith		2								Scott Bitz		6
	Scott Bitz		9			Scott Bitz		9
	Daniel Selke		7			Adam Casey		8
	Adam Casey		8

B Event

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To Qualifier 2
	Aaron Shutra		2
	Ryan Deis		12			Brent Gedak		4
						Ryan Deis		8
											Ryan Deis		6
											Scott Bitz		7
																Scott Bitz		2
	Randy Bryden		8													Steve Laycock		7
	Brayden Stewart		4			Adam Casey		12
						Randy Bryden		6
											Steve Laycock		9			Qualifier 2
											Adam Casey		2
																Steve Laycock		7
																Brock Virtue		8

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To Qualifier 2
	Josh Heidt		7
	Jeff Hartung		2			Jason Jacobson		7
						Josh Heidt		6
											Jason Jacobson		4
	Carl deConinck Smith		8								Brock Virtue		5
	Daniel Selke		3			Brock Virtue		7
						Carl deConick Smith		3
																Brock Virtue		6
																Brady Kendel		4

C Event

	Third Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 3
											Adam Casey		7
	Aaron Shutra		3								Brady Kendel		9
	Jeff Hartung		8			Jeff Hartung		2
						Adam Casey		7
																Brady Kendel		5
																Scott Bitz		7
						Brent Gedak		7
	Brent Gedak		7			Jason Jacobson		4
	Randy Bryden		5								Brent Gedak		5
											Scott Bitz		7

	Third Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 4
	Brayden Stewart		5
	Daniel Selke		9			Daniel Selke		4
						Ryan Deis		10
											Ryan Deis		3
											Carl deConinck Smith		2
						Carl deConinck Smith		5
						Josh Heidt		4
																Steve Laycock		8
																Ryan Deis		1

Playoffs

Page playoff system

Semifinal

Final

A

Colton Flasch

7

A

Colton Flasch

7

B

Brock Virtue

1

C2

Steve Laycock

9

B

Brock Virtue

3

C2

Steve Laycock

7

C1

Scott Bitz

2

C2

Steve Laycock

8

A vs. B

February 3, 7:00pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Colton Flasch	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	X	X	X	7
Brock Virtue	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	1

C1 vs. C2

February 3, 7:00pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Bitz	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	2
Steve Laycock	0	1	2	1	2	0	1	1	X	X	8

Semifinal

February 4, 9:30am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brock Virtue	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	X	X	3
Steve Laycock	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	X	X	7

Final

February 4, 2:30pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Colton Flasch	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	7
Steve Laycock	1	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	1	9

2018 SaskTel Tankard
Steve Laycock 7th Saskatchewan Provincial Championship title