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

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, the national curling championship of Canada. In 2017, the Tankard was contesteded in conjunction with the

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, at the

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, Ontario, January 29-February 5, 2017. Ten teams played a round robin competition, followed by a

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to determine the tournament champion. A 54 year old

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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 Bryan Cochrane (born October 9, 1957 in Winchester, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Russell, Ontario. Cochrane is most notable for winning the 2019 World Senior Curling Championships for Canada, and skipping team Ontario at the 2003 Nokia B ...

(Russell) *Dave Collyer (Quinte) *Ritchie Gillan (Ottawa) *Francis Hawco (Rideau) *

Jake Higgs Jake Higgs (born December 20, 1975, in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Strathroy, Ontario. He coached the mixed doubles rink of Matt Hamilton and Becca Hamilton at the 2018 Winter Olympics. He currently coaches the Sam Mooib ...

(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) *

Mike Harris Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945) is a retired Canadian politician who served as the 22nd premier of Ontario from 1995 to 2002 and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC Party) from 1990 to 2002. Taking the PC ...

(Toronto Cricket) *Josh Johnston (Royal Canadian) * Codey Maus (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. He currently skips his own team based in the Kitchener area. Career While attending Laurentian University in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, ...

(York) *Connor Duhaime (Cookstown) *Brent Gray (Bayview) *

Cory Heggestad Cory Heggestad (born February 4, 1973, in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Barrie, Ontario. He currently skips a team on the World Curling Tour. Heggestad is a former Canadian Mixed Curling Champion. At the 2013 Canadian Mixed ...

(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 provinc ...

(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 skips a team on the World Curling Tour. Career Early in his career, Ross won the Ontario Colts Championship in 1997. Ross skipped his own rink on t ...

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

Qualifier #4

''December 17–18, at the

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

Ryan LeDrew Ryan LeDrew (born August 18, 1982 in Corner Brook, Newfoundland) is a Canadian curler from Sarnia, Ontario. Career Juniors Growing up in Newfoundland, LeDrew represented the province at the 1999 Canada Winter Games in his birthplace of Cor ...

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

Wayne Tuck Jr. Wayne Tuck Jr. (born May 12, 1976) is a Canadian curling, curler from Strathroy, Ontario. Tuck is a three time provincial mixed champion, having won the Ontario provincial mixed championship at the 2002, 2009 and 2017 events. At the 2002 Canadia ...

(Brantford) Brackets:

Provincial Qualifiers

Qualifier A

''January 7–8, RCMP Curling Club,

'' CTRS qualified teams: *

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(Cataraqui) * Colin Dow (RCMP) *

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

Qualifier B

''January 7–8,

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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. He won the Ontario Tankard in 2014 and represented the province at the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier. Career Bice had a fai ...

(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) *

Chris Gardner Christopher Paul Gardner, Sr. (born February 9, 1954) is an American businessman and motivational speaking, motivational speaker. During the early 1980s, Gardner struggled with homelessness while raising a toddler son. He became a stockbroker a ...

(Loonie) *Ryan McCrady (Rideau) Brackets:

Challenge round

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

Mark Kean Mark Kean (born June 22, 1988 in Innerkip, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Woodstock, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of Ottawa. Career Kean's junior career involved winning the provincial junior mixed title in 2009. Kean made ...

(Leaside) Brackets:

References

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