Laycock Runner-Up at 2023 SaskTel Tankard

SKIP
Steve
Laycock

Third
Shaun
Meachem

Second
Chris
Haichert

Lead
Brayden
Stewart

Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) lost 5-4 to Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK) in the Final of the SaskTel Tankard, held February 1 - 5, 2023 in Estevan, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Laycock won 11-8 over Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2023 SaskTel Tankard in Estevan, Saskatchewan;

Laycock finished 5-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Laycock defeated Logan Ede (Saskatoon, SK) 8-4, then won 8-5 against Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK). Laycock went on to lose 9-7 against Knapp. Laycock responded with a 5-4 win over Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon, SK). Laycock won 8-2 against Kody Hartung (Saskatoon, SK) to advance to the B-Qualifier where they 10-4 against Jacobson to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the SaskTel Tankard, Laycock take home 19.250 world rankings points. Laycock move up 22 spots after posting a net gain of 15.104 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 46th overall with 72.583 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Laycock ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 68.438 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	22	12	0	0.647	7-3	0-0	1-0	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	249	217	162	8.71	6.51	2.21	5.02	3.98	1.74	1.64	1.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	124	163	33	11	6-1	10-0	36-5	1.31	0.27	0.46	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	125	54	129	14	0-6	5-4	7-27	0.43	1.03	0.50	0.30

2023: Kelly Knapp
Kelly Knapp, Brennen Jones, Mike Armstrong, Trent Knapp , Brian McCusker
Regina, SK
2018: Steve Laycock
Matt Dunstone, Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2017: Adam Casey
Adam Casey, Catlin Schneider, Shaun Meachem, Dustin Kidby
Regina, SK
2016: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2013: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, Braeden Moskowy, Chris Schille, DJ Kidby
Regina, SK
2012: Scott Manners
Scott Manners, Tyler Lang, Ryan Deis, Mike Armstrong
Battleford, SK
2011: Steve Laycock
Pat Simmons, Steve Laycock, Brennen Jones, Dallan Muyres
Regina, SK
2009: Joel Jordison
Pat Simmons, Steve Laycock, Brennen Jones, Dallan Muyres
, SK
2008: Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons, Steve Laycock, Brennen Jones, Dallan Muyres
, SK
2007: Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons, Jeff Sharp, Gerry Adam, Steve Laycock
, SK
2006: Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons, Jeff Sharp, Chris Haichert, Ben Hebert
, SK

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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