Olympian joins Sask. rink to fill spot left by McEwen

Canada's Tyler Tardi in action during the men's curling round robin session against Norway at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Tyler Tardi will join Colton Flasch, Kevin Marsh and Dan Marsh in a formation of a new foursome, the team announced Saturday.

The news comes just days after the former Team McEwen announced they were parting ways with skip Mike McEwen.

Tardi will be the skip with Flasch and the Marsh twins remaining in their respective positions.

The 27-year-old Langley, B.C. product spent the past four seasons with Kevin Koe’s rink, which won three Alberta provincial championships, and attended the Brier all four years.

At the 2026 Brier with Tardi at third, Team Koe reached the final with an undefeated record before losing the gold medal to Manitoba’s Matt Dunstone.

Tardi was invited to join Team Brad Jacobs as their alternate for the 2025 World Men’s Curling Championship, where they won the bronze medal. He was also their alternate at the 2025 Pan Continental Curling Championships and 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics where they won gold at both events.

Tardi represented Canada at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games, winning a gold medal and competed at three straight World Junior Curling Championships in 2017, 2018, and 2019. He skipped the team to back-to-back gold medals in 2018 and 2019.

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The Saskatoon Nutana rink was a runner-up at that year’s Montana’s Brier in Regina – losing to then-defending champion Brad Gushue.

In 2025, Flasch and the Marsh brothers posted an impressive 7-1 round robin record at the Brier in Kelowna, B.C., before losing back-to-back playoff games for an early elimination.

McEwen and company weren’t at their best at the recent Canadian men’s curling championship in St. John’s, N.L., missing the playoffs with a 5-3 record.

At the Canadian Curling Trials in November, Team McEwen dropped the semifinal to Team Dunstone by a score of 9-5.

Team Tardi begins the 2026-27 curling campaign ranked 14th in the world and fourth in Canada as at least three members from the former Team McEwen remain with the rink.