2026 PEI Men's Curling Championship
| 2026 PEI Men's Curling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Montague, Prince Edward Island |
| Arena | Montague Curling Club |
| Dates | January 2–5 |
| Winner | Team Smith |
| Curling club | Crapaud Community CC, Crapaud |
| Skip | Tyler Smith |
| Third | Adam Cocks |
| Second | – |
| Lead | Ed White |
| Coach | Paul Flemming |
| Finalist | Jamie Newson |
« 2025 2027 » | |
The 2026 PEI Men's Curling Championship, the men's provincial curling championship for Prince Edward Island, was held from January 2 to 5 at the Montague Curling Club in Montague, Prince Edward Island. The winning Tyler Smith rink will represent Prince Edward Island at the 2026 Montana's Brier in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[1] The event was held in conjunction with the 2026 PEI Women's Curling Championship.[2]
Team Tyler Smith won the event with just three players as regular second Christopher Gallant was unavailable due to work commitments.[3]
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:[4]
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Harris | Tyler MacKenzie | Daniel MacFadyen | Nathan Hardy | Crapaud Community CC, Crapaud | ||
| Tim Hockin (Fourth) | Darren Higgins (Skip) | Mike Spencer | Jonathan Greenan | Summerside CC, Summerside | ||
| Ian MacAulay | Blair Weeks | Mark O'Rourke | Mike Dillon | Danny Kneabone | Cornwall CC, Cornwall | |
| Jack MacFadyen | Chase MacMillan | Luke Butler | Davis Nicholson | David MacFadyen | Cornwall CC, Cornwall | |
| Jamie Newson | Andrew Robinson | Chris Ellis | Greg Ellis | Crapaud Community CC, Crapaud | ||
| Calvin Smith | Connor Bruce | Connor MacEwen | Nate MacRae | Cornwall CC, Cornwall | ||
| Tyler Smith | Adam Cocks | –[a] | Ed White | Paul Flemming | Crapaud Community CC, Crapaud | |
| Nick vanOuwerkerk | Steve vanOuwerkerk | Cruz Pineau | Alex MacFadyen | Crapaud Community CC, Crapaud | ||
| Dennis Watts | Erik Brodersen | Shane MacDonald | Andrew MacDougall | Cornwall CC, Cornwall |
Knockout Brackets
Source:[5]
A Event
| First Knockout | A Qualifier | ||||||||||||||
| Nick vanOuwerkerk | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Watts | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Watts | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Ian MacAulay | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jamie Newson | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ian MacAulay | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Watts | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Tyler Smith | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Tyler Smith | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Tyler Harris | 10 | Tyler Harris | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Calvin Smith | 3 | Tyler Smith | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Jack MacFadyen | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Darren Higgins | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack MacFadyen | 10 | ||||||||||||||
B Event
| Second Knockout | B Qualifier | |||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Watts | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack MacFadyen | 6 | Jamie Newson | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Jamie Newson | 7 | Jamie Newson | 10 | Jamie Newson | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Calvin Smith | 7 | Nick vanOuwerkerk | 0 | Tyler Smith | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Nick vanOuwerkerk | 9 | Tyler Smith | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Ian MacAulay | 10 | Darren Higgins | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Tyler Harris | 7 | Darren Higgins | 13 | |||||||||||||||
| Darren Higgins | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
C Event
| Third Knockout | C Qualifier | |||||||||||||||||
| Tyler Smith | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Watts | 7 | Dennis Watts | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Nick vanOuwerkerk | 2 | Ian MacAulay | 4 | Tyler Smith | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Ian MacAulay | 9 | Jamie Newson | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Jamie Newson | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Darren Higgins | 7 | Darren Higgins | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack MacFadyen | 0 | Calvin Smith | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Calvin Smith | 7 | Calvin Smith | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Tyler Harris | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Knockout Results
All draw times are listed in Atlantic Time (UTC−04:00).[6]
Draw 1
Friday, January 2, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Harris 🔨 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 10 |
| Calvin Smith | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick vanOuwerkerk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Dennis Watts 🔨 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Newson 🔨 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
| Ian MacAulay | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | X | X | X | 10 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Higgins | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Jack MacFadyen 🔨 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Draw 2
Friday, January 2, 2:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Nick vanOuwerkerk 🔨 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Tyler Harris 🔨 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
Draw 3
Friday, January 2, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Watts 🔨 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Ian MacAulay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Smith 🔨 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Jack MacFadyen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 1 |
Draw 4
Saturday, January 3, 9:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Darren Higgins 🔨 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Newson 🔨 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | X | X | X | X | 7 |
| Nick vanOuwerkerk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 0 |
Draw 5
Saturday, January 3, 2:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Watts 🔨 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Tyler Smith | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | X | 10 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Smith 🔨 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Tyler Harris | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Draw 6
Saturday, January 3, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack MacFadyen | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jamie Newson 🔨 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian MacAulay 🔨 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Darren Higgins | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
Draw 7
Sunday, January 4, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Smith 🔨 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Darren Higgins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick vanOuwerkerk | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Ian MacAulay 🔨 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack MacFadyen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 0 |
| Calvin Smith 🔨 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Watts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Jamie Newson 🔨 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Draw 8
Sunday, January 4, 2:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Newson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Tyler Smith 🔨 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 |
Draw 9
Sunday, January 4, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Watts | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Ian MacAulay 🔨 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Higgins | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Calvin Smith 🔨 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Draw 10
Monday, January 5, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Newson 🔨 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | X | 10 |
| Darren Higgins | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Smith 🔨 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Dennis Watts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
Draw 11
Monday, January 5, 2:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Smith | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | 10 |
| Jamie Newson 🔨 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
Playoffs
No playoff was needed as Team Tyler Smith won all three events.
| 2026 PEI Men's Curling Championship |
|---|
Tyler Smith 4th Prince Edward Island Provincial Championship title |
Notes
- ^ Team Smith played with three players.
References
- ^ "2026 Montana's Brier". Curling Canada. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
- ^ "Curl PEI Provincial Events 2025-26". PEI Curling. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
- ^ Jason Simmonds (January 6, 2026). "Team Smith dominates P.E.I. men's curling championship with three players". The Guardian. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
- ^ "Teams". 2026 PEI Women's & Men's Curling Championships. Curl PEI. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
- ^ "Men's Triple Knockout". 2026 PEI Women's & Men's Curling Championships. Curl PEI. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
- ^ "Schedule". 2026 Women's & Men's Curling Championship. PEI Curling. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
