Canadian men's provincial curling championship
The 2023 Ontario Tankard , (known as the Port Elgin Chrysler 2023 Ontario Tankard Presented by Bruce Power for sponsorship reasons), the provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario , was held from January 24 to 29 at The Plex in Port Elgin , Ontario .[ 1] Mike McEwen rink represented Ontario at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier on home soil in London , Ontario where they finished fourth place losing in the 3 vs. 4 Page Playoff game to Wild Card #1 6–3.
It was the second straight year that the event was held in Port Elgin . The 2022 event had been subject to COVID-19 restrictions, capping attendance at 500 people per draw, so the organizers requested that CurlON hold the event in Port Elgin again. The event was held in conjunction with the 2023 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts , the provincial women's curling championship, which were held in Thornhill in 2022 (both events are held together in non-Olympic years).[ 2]
Qualification process
Twelve teams qualified for the 2023 Ontario Tankard. Two teams qualified via their results in the "Grand Slam " series events (2022 PointsBet Invitational , 2022 National , 2022 Tour Challenge , 2022 Masters ). Two teams qualified via their results in the Trillium Tour '1000' series events (Stu Sells Toronto Tankard , Capital Curling Classic , Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel , Tour Challenge Tier 2 , Stu Sells Brantford Nissan Classic ). Three teams qualified via their results in the Trillium Tour '500' series events (Gord Carroll Curling Classic , KW Fall Classic , Capital Curling Fall Open , St. Thomas Curling Classic, Comco Cash Spiel , Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel , Capital Curling Rideau Open, Stu Sells Cookstown Classic , plus the aforementioned 1000 events). One team (restricted to curlers under the age of 25) qualified via their results in the aforementioned Trillium Tour events, plus the CurlON 250 Event #1. The remaining four teams qualified via an open qualifier.[ 3]
Teams
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:[ 4] [ 5]
Skip
Third
Second
Lead
Alternate
Club
Jason Camm Ian Dickie Zack Shurtleff
Punit Sthankiya
Donald Bowser Navan CC , Navan, Ottawa
Alex Champ
Charlie Richard
Terry Arnold
Scott Clinton
Jess Bechard Westmount G&CC , Kitchener
Dayna Deruelle Brent Ross Ryan Werenich Shawn Kaufman Andrew Clayton Harriston CC , Harriston
John Epping Mathew Camm Patrick Janssen Scott Chadwick Leaside CC , East York, Toronto
Pat Ferris Connor Lawes Connor Duhaime Robert Currie Evan Lilly Grimsby CC , Grimsby
Mike Fournier Kevin Flewwelling Sean Harrison Zander Elmes
Leaside CC , East York, Toronto
Glenn Howard Scott Howard David Mathers Tim March Adam Spencer Penetanguishene CC , Penetanguishene
Mike McEwen Ryan Fry Brent Laing Joey Hart [ 6] Royal Canadian CC , Toronto
Sam Mooibroek
Scott Mitchell Nathan Steele Colin Schnurr
Wyatt Small Whitby CC , Whitby
Landan Rooney Connor Deane
Jacob Jones Austin Snyder Whitby CC , Whitby
Aaron Squires Travis Fanset Craig Van Ymeren Scott Brandon Chad Allen St. Thomas CC , St. Thomas
John Willsey Brady Lumley
Matthew Garner
Spencer Dunlop
Oakville CC , Oakville
Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Key
Teams to Championship Round
Pool A
Skip (Club)
W
L
PF
PA
EW
EL
BE
SE
Mike McEwen (Royals)5
0
37
19
23
14
6
10
John Epping (Leaside)4
1
39
25
22
17
3
5
Sam Mooibroek (Whitby)
3
2
36
28
21
18
2
6
Jason Camm (Navan)2
3
31
40
18
26
1
2
Aaron Squires (St. Thomas)1
4
33
46
20
24
1
7
Alex Champ (Westmount)
0
5
24
42
17
22
2
3
Round-robin results
All draws are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−05:00 ).[ 10]
Draw 2
Tuesday, January 24, 9:30 am
Draw 3
Tuesday, January 24, 2:30 pm
Draw 4
Tuesday, January 24, 7:30 pm
Draw 5
Wednesday, January 25, 9:30 am
Draw 7
Wednesday, January 25, 7:30 pm
Draw 8
Thursday, January 26, 9:30 am
Draw 9
Thursday, January 26, 2:30 pm
Draw 10
Thursday, January 26, 7:30 pm
Draw 11
Friday, January 27, 9:30 am
Draw 12
Friday, January 27, 2:30 pm
Championship round
Records from Round Robin carry over to the Championship Round
Championship round results
Draw 13
Friday, January 27, 7:30 pm
Draw 15
Saturday, January 28, 2:30 pm
Playoffs
Source: [ 11]
Semifinal
Saturday, January 28, 7:30 pm
Final
Sunday, January 29, 3:00 pm
2023 Ontario Tankard
Mike McEwen
Qualification
Open Qualifier
January 6–8, Welland Curling Club , Welland [ 12]
A1 Side
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
To Tankard
Samuel Steep (KW Granite)
6
Dylan Niepage (Guelph)
7
Dylan Niepage (Guelph)
6
Dave Collyer (Quinte)
7
Mike McEwen 8
Carter Bryant (Guelph)
6
Dave Collyer (Quinte)
5
Mike McEwen 9
Mike McEwen (Royals)
6
Emerson Steffler (Unionville)
3
Landan Rooney 8
Mackenzie Calwell (Ottawa)
9
Mackenzie Calwell (Ottawa)
9
Fraser Reid (Westmount)
6
Mackenzie Calwell (Ottawa)
3
Landan Rooney 8
Landan Rooney 8
Ethan Chisamore-Johnston (Ottawa)
1
Jordan McNamara (Rideau)
3
Jordan McNamara (Rideau)
9
B1 Side
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
To Tankard
Mike McEwen 8
Paul Moffatt (KW Granite)
2
Rob Ainsley (Royals)
8
Ethan Chisamore-Johnston (Ottawa)
1
Jordan McNamara (Rideau)
6
Fraser Reid (Westmount)
9
Fraser Reid (Westmount)
6
Emerson Steffler (Unionville)
6
Jordan McNamara (Rideau)
7
Jordan McNamara (Rideau)
8
Rob Ainsley (Royals)
6
Paul Moffatt 10
Samuel Steep (KW Granite)
6
Paul Moffatt 8
Samuel Steep (KW Granite)
6
John McCutcheon (North Halton)
1
Dave Collyer (Quinte)
5
Dave Collyer (Quinte)
8
B2 Side
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
To Tankard
Mark Kean (Ottawa)
2
Travis Fanset (St. Thomas)
6
Mackenzie Calwell (Ottawa)
1
Colton Daly (North Halton)
1
Travis Fanset (St. Thomas)
9
Jayden King (RCMP)
8
Jayden King (RCMP)
8
Travis Fanset (St. Thomas)
9
Travis Fanset (St. Thomas)
8
Daniel Hocevar (Dixie)
6
Daniel Hocevar (Dixie)
8
Dylan Niepage (Guelph)
7
Cory Heggestad (Stroud)
5
Carter Bryant (Guelph)
9
Daniel Hocevar (Dixie)
7
Daniel Hocevar (Dixie)
10
References
^ "Port Elgin Chrysler '23 Ontario Tankard/Scotties" . Port Elgin Curling Club . Retrieved January 6, 2022 .^ "Tankard, Ontario Scotties to be played in Port Elgin in 2023" . Owen Sound Times . April 15, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2023 .^ "Men's (Tankard)" . CurlON . Retrieved January 6, 2022 .^ "2023 Ontario Men's Tankard Teams" . CurlON . Retrieved January 6, 2022 .^ "Teams" . 2023 Ontario Provincial Men's Tankard . CurlON. Retrieved January 21, 2023 .^ "Hart father-son duo joining Team McEwen for Ontario Tankard" . TSN. January 18, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2023 .^ "2023 Official Provincial Draw" . CurlON . Retrieved January 21, 2023 .^ "Pool A Standings" . CurlON . Retrieved January 21, 2023 .^ "Pool B Standings" . CurlON . Retrieved January 21, 2023 .^ "Scoreboard" . CurlON . Retrieved January 21, 2023 .^ "Playoff" . CurlON . Retrieved 29 January 2023 .^ "2023 MEN'S TANKARD -- OPEN QUALIFIER" . CurlON . Retrieved January 6, 2022 .
