The 2022

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, the provincial men's

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championship for

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, was held from February 9 to February 13 at the Whitewood Curling Club in Whitewood, Saskatchewan. The winning

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rink represented Saskatchewan at the

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, Canada's national men's curling championship. The event was originally going to be played at the Cooperators Centre in

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but was moved to Whitewood due to

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concerns. The event was awarded to Regina in July 2021, after the 2021 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan. Its the second time Whitewood has hosted the Tankard. It had previously held it in 2019.

Qualification process

12 teams qualified for the event. Eight teams pre-qualified for the event based on the CTRS points as of January 10, 2022, with the top 4 earning spots based on points earned on SaskTour and World Curling Tour events held in Saskatchewan and the remaining four next best teams earning the next four spots. The remaining four teams qualified through the SaskTel Last Chance Event held January 20 to 23 at the

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, and featured 19 teams after two withdrew.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

World rankings

Team rankings on the World Curling Team Ranking as of Week 29 of the

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Knockout Brackets

Source:

A Event

B Event

C Event

Knockout Results

All draw times listed in Central Time ( UTC−06:00).

Draw 1

''Wednesday, February 9, 7:30 pm''

Draw 2

''Thursday, February 10, 10:00 am''

Draw 3

''Thursday, February 10, 3:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Thursday, February 10, 7:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Friday, February 11, 10:00 am''

Draw 6

''Friday, February 11, 3:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Friday, February 11, 7:30 pm''

Draw 8

''Saturday, February 12, 10:00 am''

Draw 9

''Saturday, February 12, 3:00 pm''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Saturday, February 12, 7:30 pm''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, February 12, 7:30 pm''

Semifinal

''Sunday, February 13, 10:00 am''

Final

''Sunday, February 13, 3:00 pm''

References

External links

{{2022 Brier playdowns 2022 Tim Hortons Brier Curling in Saskatchewan 2022 in Saskatchewan

Whitewood, Saskatchewan