The 2017 Recharge With Milk Men's Tankard, better known as the

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was the 2017 edition of the Ontario men's provincial

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championship to determine who will represent the province of

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at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, the national curling championship of Canada. In 2017, the Tankard was contesteded in conjunction with the 2017 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, at the Cobourg Community Centre in

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, Ontario, January 29-February 5, 2017. Ten teams played a

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competition, followed by a

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to determine the tournament champion. A 54 year old

Glenn Howard Glenn William Howard (born July 17, 1962) is a Canadian curler who is one of the most decorated curlers of all time. He has won four world championships, four Briers and 17 Ontario provincial championships, including a record eight straight ...

led his team to win his 17th career provincial championship, qualifying himself for a record 17th Brier.

Teams

The teams are as follows:

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 1

''Sunday, January 29, 7:00pm''

Draw 2

''Monday, January 30, 9:00am''

Draw 3

''Monday, January 30, 3:00pm''

Draw 6

''Tuesday, January 31, 2:30pm''

Draw 7

''Tuesday, January 31, 7:30pm''

Draw 8

''Wednesday, February 1, 9:30am''

Draw 9

''Wednesday, February 1, 2:30pm''

Draw 10

''Wednesday, February 1, 7:30pm''

Draw 11

''Thursday, February 2, 9:30am''

Draw 12

''Thursday, February 2, 2:30pm''

Draw 13

''Thursday, February 2, 7:30pm''

Draw 14

''Friday, February 3, 9:30am''

Draw 16

''Friday, February 3, 7:30pm''

Tiebreaker 1

''Saturday, February 4, 9:00am''

Tie Breaker 2

''Saturday, February 4, 2:00pm''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Saturday, February 4, 2:00pm''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, February 4, 7:00pm''

Semifinal

''Sunday, February 5, 9:00am''

Final

''Sunday, February 5, 4:00pm''

Qualification Process

Qualifying for the men's Tankard has changed for 2017. Ten teams will qualify from two provincial qualifiers (three each) and a challenge round. The top two southern Ontario teams in the

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(as of December 4) will also qualify. The provincial qualifiers are preceded by four regional qualifiers in which at least three teams qualify for the provincial qualifiers, plus the teams ranked 3-10 on the CTRS standings

(Regional) Qualifiers

Qualifier #1

''December 17–18, at the RCMP Curling Club,

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'' Teams entered: *Jamie Britwistle (Ottawa) *Kurtis Byrd (Cataraqui) * Bryan Cochrane (Russell) *Dave Collyer (Quinte) *Ritchie Gillan (Ottawa) *Francis Hawco (Rideau) * Jake Higgs (West Northumberland) *Bryan Lewis (Rideau) *Jason Reid (Rideau) *Spencer Richmond (Perth) Brackets:

Qualifier #2

''December 17, at the Oakville Curling Club, Oakville'' Teams entered: *Rob Ainsley (Royal Canadian) *

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(Toronto Cricket) *Josh Johnston (Royal Canadian) *

Codey Maus Codey Maus (born November 16, 1985 in Owen Sound, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Tara, Ontario. Maus is a three-time provincial junior champion and one-time provincial mixed champion. Career Juniors Maus won his first provincial junior title ...

(Highland) *Patrick Morris (High Park) *Hugh Murphy (Mississaugua) *Rob Retchless (Royal Canadian) *Chris Van Huyse (Scarboro) Brackets:

Qualifier #3

''December 17–18, at the Barrie Curling Club,

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'' Teams entered: *John Bolton (Lindsay) *Dave Coutanche (Richmond Hill) *

Ian Dickie Ian Dickie (born December 21, 1985, in Bracebridge, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Newmarket, Ontario Newmarket ( 2021 population: 87,942) is a town and regional seat of the Regional Municipality of York in the Canadian province of Onta ...

(York) *Connor Duhaime (Cookstown) *Brent Gray (Bayview) * Cory Heggestad (Stroud) *

Richard Krell Richard Frederick Krell (born July 13, 1992) is a Canadian curler from Canmore, Alberta. He currently plays third on Team Jeff Richard. Career University curling Krell was a member of the Wilfrid Laurier University curling team, winning provin ...

(Kitchener-Waterloo Granite) * Rob Lobel (Thornhill) *Gregory Park (Oshawa) *

Brent Ross Brent Ross (born September 30, 1970) is a Canadian curler from Harriston, Ontario. He currently plays third for Team Dayna Deruelle on the World Curling Tour. Career Early in his career, Ross won the Ontario Colts Championship in 1997. Ross sk ...

(Harriston) *Michael Shepherd (Richmond Hill) *Chris Wimmer (Stroud) Brackets:

Qualifier #4

''December 17–18, at the Chatham Granite Club,

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'' Teams entered: * Scott Bailey (Dundas Granite) *Bill Buchanan (Welland) *Glenn Garneys (London) *Dale Kelly (Chatham Granite) *Rick Law (Kingsville) *

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(Sarnia) *Drew Macklin (Burlington) *Nathan Martin (Oshawa) *Kirk Massey (Ilderton) * Daryl Shane (Kitchener-Waterloo Granite) * Jon St. Denis (Listowel) * Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford) Brackets:

Provincial Qualifiers

Qualifier A

''January 7–8, RCMP Curling Club,

'' CTRS qualified teams: * Dayna Deruelle (Cataraqui) * Colin Dow (RCMP) *

(St. George's) * Sebastien Robillard (Ottawa) Brackets:

Qualifier B

''January 7–8, Niagara Falls Curling Club,

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'' CTRS qualified teams: *

Mark Bice Mark Bice (born October 10, 1984 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian curler. He used to skip a team on the World Curling Tour. Career Bice had a fairly successful junior career. Bice is a two time provincial junior champion, winning in 2003 and 2 ...

(Sarnia) *

Pat Ferris Patrick "Pat" Ferris (born October 28, 1975 in North York, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Grimsby, Ontario. He currently skips his own team. Career Ferris had a successful junior career. In 1993, he skipped his Sutton District High Schoo ...

(Grimsby) *

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(Loonie) *Ryan McCrady (Rideau) Brackets:

Challenge round

''January 20–22, Midland Curling Club, Midland'' New teams: *Mark McDonald (Cataraqui) * Mark Kean (Leaside) Brackets:

References

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