2026 SaskTel Tankard

Canadian provincial men's curling championship
2026 SaskTel Tankard
Host cityMelville, Saskatchewan
ArenaCN Community Centre
DatesJanuary 5–11
WinnerTeam Knapp
Curling clubHighland CC, Regina
SkipKelly Knapp
ThirdBrennen Jones
SecondDustin Kidby
LeadMat Ring
AlternateTrent Knapp
CoachBrian McCusker
FinalistRylan Kleiter
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The 2026 SaskTel Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Saskatchewan, was held from January 5 to 11 at the CN Community Centre in Melville, Saskatchewan.[1] The winning Kelly Knapp rink will represent Saskatchewan at the 2026 Montana's Brier in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[2] The event was 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 (has hammer) 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 systemSemifinalFinal
1Rylan Kleiter52Kelly Knapp9
2Kelly Knapp61Rylan Kleiter4
1Rylan Kleiter9
3Team Laycock5
3Team Laycock11
4Tyler Hartung1

1 vs. 2

Saturday, January 10, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Rylan Kleiter (has hammer) 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

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Team Laycock (has hammer) 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

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Rylan Kleiter (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 X 9
Team Laycock 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 5

Final

Sunday, January 11, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Kelly Knapp (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 9
Rylan Kleiter 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4
2026 SaskTel Tankard
Saskatchewan
Kelly Knapp
2nd 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. ^ a b c "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.
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