CHAMPION: Flasch Wins 2022 SaskTel Tankard

SKIP
Colton
Flasch

Third
Catlin
Schneider

Second
Kevin
Marsh

Lead
Daniel
Marsh

Colton Flasch (Saskatoon, SK) won 6-4 over Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK) in the Final of the SaskTel Tankard, held February 9 - 13, 2022 in Whitewood, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Flasch won 5-2 over Kody Hartung (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2022 SaskTel Tankard in Whitewood, Saskatchewan;

Flasch finished 4-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Flasch defeated Daymond Bernath (Saskatoon, SK) 9-6, then won 9-1 against Hartung to advance to a A-Qualifier game where they lost 8-5 against Dunstone. Flasch lost 8-7 to Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK) where Flasch responded with a 11-4 win over Brent Gedak (Regina, SK) to advance to the C-Qualifier where they 10-1 against Ryan Deis (Fox Valley, SK) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the SaskTel Tankard Championship title, Flasch earned 30.450 world rankings points. Flasch move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 23.903 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 15th overall with 197.847 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Flasch ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 148.639 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	45	30	0	0.600	15-5	10-5	5-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	569	445	375	7.82	6.59	1.23	4.60	4.06	1.70	1.62	1.34

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	276	312	79	40	7-0	20-5	71-13	1.13	0.29	0.42	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	293	133	296	36	4-8	7-13	23-67	0.45	1.01	0.50	0.28

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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