The 2022

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, (known as the Port Elgin Chrysler '22 Ontario Tankard Presented by

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for sponsorship reasons), the provincial men's

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championship for

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, was held from February 9 to 13 at

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. The winning Howard team represented

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at the

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, Canada's national men's

championship in

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. The event was expected to attract around 9,000 spectators, and to bring a $1,000,000 to the local economy.

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contributed $5,000 cash and $5,000 in-kind for sponsorship, with revenues expected to contribute to improving the local Port Elgin Curling Club, which is playing host to the event (but is not the host venue). Team Howard, skipped by

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, won in the final, defeating the defending champion

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rink. Team Howard's normal skip,

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(Scott's father) missed the event due to a knee injury. Spare

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filled in as third on the team, which also consisted of David Mathers and

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. Epping took control early in the final, going up 3–1 after 2 ends, but team Howard remained patient, blanking the next four ends, before Scott Howard made a double in the 7th to tie the game. Epping blanked the eighth, but narrowly missed a blank opportunity in 9th, giving up a steal of one. In the tenth, Howard made a double to lie two on his last. Epping attempted to respond with a double of his own, but missed, giving up another steal, losing the game 5–3. In total, there were about 500 fans on hand to watch the game, which was described as "electric" by Glenn Howard, in a game that was played amidst changing regulations due to the

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Qualification process

Originally, eight teams were to qualify, two from a cash spiel qualifier, three from an open qualifier, the top two southern Ontario teams in the

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(December 1, 2021), and one from the "Trillium Tour Series", the top team from a series of

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events (as of December 20, 2021). On January 24, 2022, CurlON decided to expand the field to 12 teams, as it could not hold the open qualifier due to the

. It invited the next top 7 teams on the CTRS ranking who were in the qualifiers.

Teams

The team lineups are as follows:

Knockout Draw Brackets

The draw is listed as follows:

A Event

B Event

C Event

Scores

Draw 1

''February 9, 7:30pm''

Draw 2

''February 10, 9:30am''

Draw 3

''February 10, 2:30pm''

Draw 4

''February 10, 7:30pm''

Draw 5

''February 11, 9:30am''

Draw 6

''February 11, 2:30pm''

Draw 7

''February 11, 7:30pm''

Draw 8

''February 12, 9:30am''

Playoffs

A vs. B

''February 12, 2:30pm''

C1 vs. C2

''February 12, 7:30pm''

Semifinal

''February 13, 9:30am''

Final

''February 13, 2:30pm''

Qualification

CurlON CashSpiel

''December 17–19, CC of Collingwood,

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Notes

References

{{2022 Brier playdowns Bruce County Ontario Tankard

2022 Tim Hortons Brier