CHAMPION: Kleiter Wins 2025 SaskTel Tankard

SKIP
Rylan
Kleiter

Third
Joshua
Mattern

Second
Matthew
Hall

Lead
Trevor
Johnson

Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) won 8-5 over Steve Laycock (Swift Current, SK) in the Final of the SaskTel Tankard, held January 21 - 26, 2025 in Kindersley, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Kleiter won 7-5 over Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2025 SaskTel Tankard in Kindersley, Saskatchewan;

Kleiter finished 5-3 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kleiter defeated Bradley Moser (Saskatoon, SK) 7-6, then won 9-5 against Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK). Kleiter went on to lose 5-4 against Kalthoff. Kleiter responded with a 8-4 win over Charley Thomas (Saskatoon, SK). Kleiter went on to lose 7-6 against Laycock. Kleiter responded with a 8-4 win over Logan Ede (Saskatoon, SK). Kleiter won 8-5 against Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK). Kleiter went on to lose 7-2 against Dylan Derksen (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the SaskTel Tankard Championship title, Kleiter earned 18.750 world rankings points. Kleiter move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 15 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 17th overall with 173.156 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kleiter ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 138.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	47	31	0	0.603	12-2	0-8	3-5	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	602	426	394	7.08	6.54	0.53	4.37	4.17	1.62	1.57	1.46

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	305	338	86	48	2-1	30-6	71-15	1.11	0.28	0.40	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	297	88	308	40	1-3	7-14	8-75	0.30	1.04	0.53	0.21

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