2023 Ontario Tankard

2023 Ontario Tankard
2023 Ontario Tankard
Host city	Port Elgin, Ontario
Arena	The Plex
Dates	January 24–29
Winner	Team McEwen
Curling club	Royal Canadian CC, Toronto
Skip	Mike McEwen
Third	Ryan Fry
Second	Brent Laing
Lead	Joey Hart
Coach	Richard Hart
Finalist	Glenn Howard
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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] The winning 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]

Camm

Champ

Deruelle

Epping

Fanset

Ferris

Fournier

Howard

McEwen

Mooibroek

Rooney

Willsey

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Teams

Qualification method	Berths	Qualifying team(s)
Top Grand Slam series teams	2	John Epping Glenn Howard
Trillium Tour '1,000' Series	2	Pat Ferris Jason Camm
Trillium Tour '500' Series	3	Alex Champ John Willsey Mike Fournier
Trillium Tour '250' Series (Under-25)	1	Sam Mooibroek
Open Qualifier	4	Landan Rooney Dayna Deruelle Mike McEwen Travis Fanset

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

Pool B
Skip (Club)	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE
Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene)	5	0	45	21	28	15	3	12
Mike Fournier (Leaside)	4	1	44	39	26	23	2	5
Pat Ferris (Grimsby)	2	3	31	30	18	20	2	2
John Willsey (Oakville)	2	3	30	34	19	21	2	6
Landan Rooney (Whitby)	1	4	29	40	21	23	0	4
Dayna Deruelle (Harriston)	1	4	20	39	15	25	2	2

Round-robin results

All draws are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−05:00).^[10]

Draw 2

Tuesday, January 24, 9:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Glenn Howard	1	0	0	5	0	2	1	X	X	X	9
Dayna Deruelle	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Pat Ferris	0	3	1	0	4	0	X	X	X	X	8
Landan Rooney	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	X	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
John Epping	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	8
Aaron Squires	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Willsey	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	8
Mike Fournier	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	1	10

Draw 3

Tuesday, January 24, 2:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alex Champ	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	7
Sam Mooibroek	0	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jason Camm	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	4
Mike McEwen	0	3	0	2	1	0	2	1	1	X	10

Draw 4

Tuesday, January 24, 7:30 pm

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Glenn Howard	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	9
Landan Rooney	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Fournier	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	8
Dayna Deruelle	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	6

Draw 5

Wednesday, January 25, 9:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Pat Ferris	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	X	6
John Willsey	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sam Mooibroek	2	0	3	1	0	2	0	2	X	X	10
Aaron Squires	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jason Camm	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	7
Alex Champ	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6
Mike McEwen	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	7

Draw 7

Wednesday, January 25, 7:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike McEwen	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	1	X	X	8
Aaron Squires	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Glenn Howard	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	9
Mike Fournier	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Pat Ferris	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	7
Dayna Deruelle	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	2	1	0	4	0	2	X	X	X	X	9
Alex Champ	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	2

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Willsey	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	2	10
Landan Rooney	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	7

Draw 8

Thursday, January 26, 9:30 am

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jason Camm	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	4
Sam Mooibroek	0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	X	9

Draw 9

Thursday, January 26, 2:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Glenn Howard	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	3	X	10
John Willsey	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Pat Ferris	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	8
Mike Fournier	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Landan Rooney	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	X	8
Dayna Deruelle	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	3

Draw 10

Thursday, January 26, 7:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	X	8
Sam Mooibroek	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Jason Camm	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	2	12
Aaron Squires	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alex Champ	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	4
Mike McEwen	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	X	7

Draw 11

Friday, January 27, 9:30 am

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Pat Ferris	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2
Glenn Howard	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	3	X	8

Draw 12

Friday, January 27, 2:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Fournier	0	1	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	2	10
Landan Rooney	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Willsey	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	X	X	X	7
Dayna Deruelle	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	X	8
Jason Camm	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sam Mooibroek	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	4
Mike McEwen	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alex Champ	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	8
Aaron Squires	0	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	3	11

Championship round

Records from Round Robin carry over to the Championship Round

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Skip	W	L
Glenn Howard	7	0
Mike McEwen	6	1
John Epping	5	2
Mike Fournier	4	3

Championship round results

Draw 13

Friday, January 27, 7:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Glenn Howard	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	5
Mike McEwen	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Fournier	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	2
John Epping	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	X	X	7

Draw 15

Saturday, January 28, 2:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike McEwen	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	X	X	X	8
Mike Fournier	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Glenn Howard	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	X	7
John Epping	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	3

Playoffs

Source: ^[11]

Semifinal			Final

			1	Glenn Howard	3
2	Mike McEwen	7	2	Mike McEwen	8
3	John Epping	4

Semifinal

Saturday, January 28, 7:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike McEwen	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	7
John Epping	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4

Final

Sunday, January 29, 3:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike McEwen	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	X	X	X	8
Glenn Howard	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	X	X	X	3

2023 Ontario Tankard
Mike McEwen 1st Ontario Provincial Championship title

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 (Royals)	8
Carter Bryant (Guelph)	6	Dave Collyer (Quinte)	5
		Mike McEwen (Royals)	9
						Mike McEwen (Royals)	6
Emerson Steffler (Unionville)	3					Landan Rooney (Whitby)	8
Mackenzie Calwell (Ottawa)	9	Mackenzie Calwell (Ottawa)	9
		Fraser Reid (Westmount)	6
				Mackenzie Calwell (Ottawa)	3
				Landan Rooney (Whitby)	8
		Landan Rooney (Whitby)	8
Ethan Chisamore-Johnston (Ottawa)	1	Jordan McNamara (Rideau)	3
Jordan McNamara (Rideau)	9

A2 Side		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To Tankard

		Travis Fanset (St. Thomas)	6
		Paul Moffatt (KW Granite)	7
				Paul Moffatt (KW Granite)	7
John McCutcheon (North Halton)	9			Mark Kean (Ottawa)	8
Jayden King (RCMP)	10	Jayden King (RCMP)	2
		Mark Kean (Ottawa)	7
						Mark Kean (Ottawa)	4
						Dayna Deruelle (Harriston)	7
		Dayna Deruelle (Harriston)	7
Colton Daly (North Halton)	5	Daniel Hocevar (Dixie)	5
Daniel Hocevar (Dixie)	10			Dayna Deruelle (Harriston)	7
				Rob Ainsley (Royals)	6
		Rob Ainsley (Royals)	8
		Cory Heggestad (Stroud)	5

B1 Side		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To Tankard

								Mike McEwen (Royals)	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 (KW Granite)	10


				Samuel Steep (KW Granite)	6
				Paul Moffatt (KW Granite)	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.

[1] "Port Elgin Chrysler '23 Ontario Tankard/Scotties". Port Elgin Curling Club. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

[2] "Tankard, Ontario Scotties to be played in Port Elgin in 2023". Owen Sound Times. April 15, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2023.

[3] "Men's (Tankard)". CurlON. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

[4] "2023 Ontario Men's Tankard Teams". CurlON. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

[5] "Teams". 2023 Ontario Provincial Men's Tankard. CurlON. Retrieved January 21, 2023.

[6] "Hart father-son duo joining Team McEwen for Ontario Tankard". TSN. January 18, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2023.

[Schedule-7] "2023 Official Provincial Draw". CurlON. Retrieved January 21, 2023.

[Pool_A-8] "Pool A Standings". CurlON. Retrieved January 21, 2023.

[Pool_B-9] "Pool B Standings". CurlON. Retrieved January 21, 2023.

[10] "Scoreboard". CurlON. Retrieved January 21, 2023.

[11] "Playoff". CurlON. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

[12] "2023 MEN'S TANKARD -- OPEN QUALIFIER". CurlON. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

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