1994 Ontario Tankard

The 1994 Ontario Tankard, (known as the Blue Light Tankard for sponsorship reasons) the southern Ontario men's provincial curling championship was held February 8-13 at the St. Thomas-Elgin Memorial Arena in St. Thomas, Ontario. The winning rink of Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh and Peter Corner from the Penetanguishene Curling Club would go on to represent Ontario at the 1994 Labatt Brier in Red Deer, Alberta.

Team Howard of Penetanguishene entered the event as the defending World Champions, having won the 1993 World Men's Curling Championship. They easily beat the Axel Larsen rink from Guelph in the final, 9–4, in front of 2,236 fans. The turning point in the game came in the fourth end, when Larsen accidentally bumped one of Howard's rocks into the rings on his first, which eventually resulted in a score of three for Howard in the end, taking a 5–1 lead. It was the eighth provincial championship for Howard.

There were rumours during the event that Howard would decline the opportunity to represent Ontario at the Brier due to a dispute over not being allowed to use their sponsors on their sweaters.

Final standings

Draw 1

• Werenich 10, Altenhof 4
• Diguer 6, Turcotte 4
• Steski 7, Ray 3
• Base 9, Howard 6
• Robertson 7, Larsen 6

Draw 2

• Turcotte 10, Ray 3
• Larsen 8, Howard 5
• Werenich 7, Base 5
• Johnston 10, Altenhof 7
• Robertson 7, Diguer 4

Draw 3

• Johnston 7, Base 6
• Howard 10, Diguer 1
• Ray 8, Robertson 4
• Steski 9, Turcotte 2
• Larsen 10, Werenich 8

Draw 4

• Robertson 9, Steski 8
• Werenich 7, Diguer 5
• Larsen 7, Johnston 5
• Altenhof 9, Base 2
• Howard 10, Ray 4

Draw 5

• Altenhof 7, Larsen 4
• Ray 9, Werenich 7
• Howard 6, Steski 2
• Turcotte 8, Robertson 6
• Johnston 9, Diguer 4

Draw 6

• Howard 6, Turcotte 4
• Johnston 7, Ray 6
• Altenhof 7, Diguer 5
• Larsen 7, Base 4
• Werenich 7, Steski 5

Draw 7

• Diguer 10, Base 7
• Johnston 8, Steski 7
• Werenich 8, Turcotte 6
• Howard 9, Robertson 2
• Altenhof 7, Ray 4

Draw 8

• Robertson 6, Werenich 5
• Steski 11, Altenhof 5
• Base 8, Ray 3
• Larsen 9, Diguer 6
• Johnston 10, Turcotte 5

Draw 9

• Larsen 8, Ray 6
• Altenhof 9, Turcotte 6
• Johnston 6, Robertson 3
• Howard 7, Werenich 4
• Base 9, Steski 7

Draw 10

• Howard 10, Johnston 6
• Turcotte 8, Base 5
• Steski 9, Larsen 8
• Diguer 9, Ray 4
• Altenhof 8, Robertson 5

Draw 11

• Diguer 9, Steski 3
• Robertson 7, Base 2
• Howard 7, Altenhof 5
• Werenich 13, Johnston 8
• Larsen 13, Turcotte 6

February 12

February 13