Curling competition at Kalamazoo, Michigan
2015 United States Men's Curling Championship |
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Host city | Kalamazoo, Michigan |
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Arena | Wings Stadium |
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Dates | February 14–21 |
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Winner | John Shuster |
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Curling club | Duluth CC, Duluth, Minnesota |
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Skip | John Shuster |
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Third | Tyler George |
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Second | Matt Hamilton |
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Lead | John Landsteiner |
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Finalist | Craig Brown |
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The 2015 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 14 to 21 at the Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was held in conjunction with the 2015 United States Women's Curling Championship. The winning John Shuster rink went on to represent the United States at the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Teams
Ten teams participated in the 2015 national championship. The teams are listed as follows:[1]
Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale | Qualification method |
Craig Brown | Kroy Nernberger | Jared Zezel | Sean Beighton | Alex Leichter | Blaine, Minnesota | High Performance Program committee selection[2] |
Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Mark Fenner | Andrew Stopera | Luc Violette | Blaine, Minnesota | High Performance Program committee selection[2] |
Heath McCormick | Chris Plys | Joe Polo | Colin Hufman | Ryan Brunt | Blaine, Minnesota | Order of Merit[2] |
John Shuster | Tyler George | Matt Hamilton | John Landsteiner | Trevor Host | Duluth, Minnesota | Order of Merit[2] |
Brandon Corbett | Derek Corbett | Paul Lyttle | Jared Wydysh | Mark Hartman | Rochester, New York | Challenge Round |
Dean Gemmell | Bill Stopera | Martin Sather | Mark Lazar | | New York, New York | Challenge Round |
Brady Clark | Greg Persinger | Nick Myers | Matt Birklid | Philip Tilker | Seattle, Washington | Challenge Round |
Mark Haluptzok | Josh Bahr | Aaron Wald | Jon Chandler | | Bemidji, Minnesota | Challenge Round |
Paul Pustovar | Chris Bond | Sam Galey | Duane Rutan | | Seattle, Washington | Challenge Round |
Ethan Meyers | Quinn Evenson | Steven Szemple | William Pryor | | Duluth, Minnesota | National junior champions |
Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings
Key |
| Teams to playoffs |
| Teams to tiebreakers |
Skip | W | L | PF | PA | Ends won | Ends Lost | Blank ends | Stolen ends | Shot pct. |
John Shuster | 8 | 1 | 69 | 46 | 43 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 80% |
Craig Brown | 7 | 2 | 70 | 41 | 36 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 87% |
Heath McCormick | 6 | 3 | 56 | 50 | 35 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 84% |
Brandon Corbett | 4 | 5 | 47 | 50 | 32 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 79% |
Korey Dropkin | 4 | 5 | 49 | 43 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 80% |
Dean Gemmell | 4 | 5 | 48 | 55 | 27 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 77% |
Paul Pustovar | 4 | 5 | 56 | 56 | 42 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 77% |
Brady Clark | 3 | 6 | 42 | 50 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 78% |
Mark Haluptzok | 3 | 6 | 48 | 70 | 35 | 41 | 7 | 7 | 75% |
Ethan Meyers | 2 | 7 | 42 | 66 | 25 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 72% |
Round-robin results
All draw times listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5).[3]
Draw 1
Saturday, February 14, 8:30 pm
Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Brady Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
Paul Pustovar | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 9 |
Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Ethan Meyers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
Dean Gemmell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 7 |
Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Brandon Corbett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 9 |
Korey Dropkin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Craig Brown | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | X | X | 10 |
Heath McCormick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
Draw 2
Sunday, February 15, 12:00 pm
Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Craig Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | X | 9 |
Paul Pustovar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
Ethan Meyers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
John Shuster | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Brandon Corbett | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Brady Clark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Draw 3
Sunday, February 15, 8:00 pm
Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Ethan Meyers | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Mark Haluptzok | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Dean Gemmell | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Brandon Corbett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
Craig Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Brady Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Draw 4
Monday, February 16, 12:00 pm
Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Brady Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 0 |
Korey Dropkin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 |
Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Craig Brown | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 |
Brandon Corbett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Heath McCormick | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
Ethan Meyers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 3 |
Draw 5
Monday, February 16, 8:00 pm
Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Korey Dropkin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
Ethan Meyers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 1 |
Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Brandon Corbett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
John Shuster | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 7 |
Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Dean Gemmell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 0 |
Brady Clark | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
Mark Haluptzok | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Craig Brown | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Draw 6
Tuesday, February 17, 3:00 pm
Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Dean Gemmell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
Craig Brown | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 8 |
Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Heath McCormick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Brady Clark | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Paul Pustovar | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Quinn Evenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Mark Haluptzok | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
Brandon Corbett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 7 |
Draw 7
Wednesday, February 18, 8:00 am
Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Mark Haluptzok | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 |
Brady Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
John Shuster | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Craig Brown | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Ethan Meyers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Brandon Corbett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Draw 8
Wednesday, February 18, 4:00 pm
Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Brandon Corbett | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Heath McCormick | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Ethan Meyers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 4 |
Craig Brown | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | X | X | X | 11 |
Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Brady Clark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 |
John Shuster | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
Draw 9
Thursday, February 19, 8:00 am
Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Craig Brown | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
Korey Dropkin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
Brandon Corbett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Paul Pustovar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Brady Clark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
Ethan Meyers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
Tiebreakers
Round 1
Thursday, February 19, 4:00 pm
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
Korey Dropkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Brandon Corbett | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Round 2
Thursday, February 19, 8:00 pm
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Brandon Corbett | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Dean Gemmell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Playoffs
1 vs. 2
Friday, February 20, 12:00 pm
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
John Shuster | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Craig Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
3 vs. 4
Friday, February 20, 12:00 pm
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Heath McCormick | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 8 |
Brandon Corbett | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
Semifinal
Friday, February 20, 8:00 pm
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Craig Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Heath McCormick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Final
Saturday, February 21, 3:00 pm
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
John Shuster | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
Craig Brown | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Statistics
Perfect games
References
External links