2022 Ontario Tankard To Be Hosted at Saugeen Shores
It appears 2022 is going to be a banner year for curling in Saugeen Shores.
Saugeen Shores Committee of the Whole learned that a committee from the Port Elgin Curling Club is already working on the event, scheduled for February 6th to 13th, 2022.
Committee member Doug Flowers says success at running the tankard could mean more curling events in the future.
Flowers says besides the tankard, the club’s annual SuperSpiel is going to become a sponsored world curling tour event.
It could put them in the position to attract nationally televised events in the future such as a Grand Slam of Curling event; the Canadian Juniors and the World Juniors.
It’s early but they estimate they will get 1,000 spectators a day during the eight-team, seven-round-robin event.
Mayor Luke Charbonneau says it will be an opportunity for the community to see high calibre curlers in a competitive setting.
The economic impact to the municipality during the week-long event is estimated between $700,000 and one million dollars.
The official Tankard launch will be held at the Port Elgin Curling Club on Saturday, February 27th at a time to be announced later this week.
The Ontario Tankard is the Southern Ontario Provincial Championship for men’s curling.
The winner represents Team Ontario at the Tim Hortons Brier.
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
at Calgary
Draw 9
Ontario 8 Nova Scotia 3
Northwest Territories 6 Wild Card 2 5
Wild Card 3 6 Alberta 4
Northern Ontario 8 Yukon 7
Today
8:30 am
New Brunswick vs Saskatchewan
Quebec vs Nunavut
Newfoundland vs Manitoba
British Columbia vs Wild Card 1
1:30 pm
Nova Scotia vs Canada
Northern Ontario vs Ontario
Wild Card 3 vs Wild Card 2
Alberta vs Northwest Territories
6:30 pm
Wild Card 1 vs Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland vs British Columbia
Quebec vs Saskatchewan
Nunavut vs New Brunswick
Standings ( as of Draw 9 )
Pool A
Canada (Einarson) 4 4 0
Ontario (Homan) 4 4 0
Alberta (Walker) 5 3 2
Northern Ontario (Burns) 4 2 2
NW Territories (Galusha) 4 2 2
Nova Scotia (Brothers) 5 2 3
Wild Card 3 (Peterson) 5 2 3
Wild Card 2 (Zacharias) 4 1 3
Yukon (Eby) 5 0 5
Pool B
Quebec (St-Georges) 4 3 1
Wild Card 1 (Fleury) 4 3 1
Prince Edward Island (Birt) 4 3 1
Saskatchewan (Anderson) 3 2 1
Newfoundland/Lab (Hill) 3 2 1
Manitoba (Jones) 4 2 2
British Columbia (Brown) 3 1 2
New Brunswick (Adams) 3 0 3
Nunavut (Eddy) 4 0 4
National Hockey League
Calgary Flames 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 0
David Rittich made 34 saves to post the shutout as Calgary snapped a 3 game losing streak
OHL grads Sam Bennett, Matthew Tkachuk & Sean Monahan scored for the Flames
The loss snapped Toronto 3 game win streak.
The Leafs host Calgary again tomorrow night
Florida Panthers 3 Dallas Stars 1
The Panthers overcame an early 1-0 deficit and now sit 1st in the Central Division by 1 point over Carolina
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 Carolina Hurricanes 2
Vegas Golden Knights 3 Colorado Avalanche 0
Marc Andre Fleury made 29 saves to post the shutout as the Golden Knights move into 1st in the West, 1 point up on St Louis
Los Angeles Kings 3 St. Louis Blues 0
The Kings have won 5 in a row
New York Islanders 3 Buffalo Sabres 2
Arizona Coyotes 4 Anaheim Ducks 3
Minnesota Wild 6 San Jose Sharks 2
Tonight
Montreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators 7 pm
Edmonton Oilers at Vancouver Canucks 10 pm
Chicago Blackhawks at Columbus Blue Jackets 7 pm
Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils 7 pm
Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals 7 pm
Nashville Predators at Detroit Red Wings 7:30 pm
Panarin Takes Leave
New York Rangers forward Artemi Panarin has taken leave of absence for personal reasons.
The Rangers say Panarin will be away for an unspecified period of time.
Panarin’s departure comes amid allegations in Russia of an assault in 2011 that he has denied.
National Basketball Association
Utah Jazz 132 Charlotte Hornets 110
Donovan Mitchell had 23 points and 8 assists for the Jazz
Utah increases their lead atop the Western Conference to 3 & 1/2 games over the LA Lakers.
Washington Wizards 127 Los Angeles Lakers 124 (OT)
Bradley Beal had 33 points for the Wizards
Chicago Bulls 120 Houston Rockets 100
Miami Heat 108 Oklahoma City Thunder 94
Dallas Mavericks 102 Memphis Grizzlies 92
Phoenix Suns 132 Portland Trail Blazers 100
San Antonio Spurs at Indiana Pacers (ppd)
Tonight
Philadelphia 76ers at Toronto Raptors
The Raptors have won 4 straight and have moved into 5th place in the Eastern Conference
Philadelphia is 1st in the East
7:30 pm ( at Tampa Bay )
Atlanta Hawks at Cleveland Cavaliers 7 pm
Detroit Pistons at Orlando Magic 7 pm
Sacramento Kings at Brooklyn Nets 7:30 pm
Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks 7:30 pm
Golden State Warriors at New York Knicks 7:30 pm
Minnesota Timberwolves at Milwaukee Bucks 8 pm
Portland Trail Blazers at Denver Nuggets 10 pm
Washington Wizards at Los Angeles Clippers 10 pm
Mather Resigns From Mariners
Seattle Mariners CEO Kevin Mather resigned after video surfaced over the weekend of him expressing his views of the club’s organizational strategy and making insensitive remarks about players.
Mariners Chairman John Stanton said Mather’s comments were inappropriate
Mather’s resignation is effective immediately, with Stanton taking on the roles of CEO and team president on an interim basis.