2015 United States Men's Curling Championship

2015 United States
Men's Curling Championship
Host cityKalamazoo, Michigan
ArenaWings Stadium
DatesFebruary 14–21
WinnerMinnesota John Shuster
Curling clubDuluth CC, Duluth, Minnesota
SkipJohn Shuster
ThirdTyler George
SecondMatt Hamilton
LeadJohn Landsteiner
FinalistMinnesota 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 Minnesota Blaine, Minnesota High Performance Program committee selection[2]
Korey Dropkin Tom Howell Mark Fenner Andrew Stopera Luc Violette Minnesota Blaine, Minnesota High Performance Program committee selection[2]
Heath McCormick Chris Plys Joe Polo Colin Hufman Ryan Brunt Minnesota Blaine, Minnesota Order of Merit[2]
John Shuster Tyler George Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner Trevor Host Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota Order of Merit[2]
Brandon Corbett Derek Corbett Paul Lyttle Jared Wydysh Mark Hartman New York (state) Rochester, New York Challenge Round
Dean Gemmell Bill Stopera Martin Sather Mark Lazar New York (state) New York, New York Challenge Round
Brady Clark Greg Persinger Nick Myers Matt Birklid Philip Tilker Washington (state) Seattle, Washington Challenge Round
Mark Haluptzok Josh Bahr Aaron Wald Jon Chandler Minnesota Bemidji, Minnesota Challenge Round
Paul Pustovar Chris Bond Sam Galey Duane Rutan Washington (state) Seattle, Washington Challenge Round
Ethan Meyers Quinn Evenson Steven Szemple William Pryor Minnesota 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.
Minnesota John Shuster 8 1 69 46 43 31 11 11 80%
Minnesota Craig Brown 7 2 70 41 36 34 12 6 87%
Minnesota Heath McCormick 6 3 56 50 35 31 12 10 84%
New York (state) Brandon Corbett 4 5 47 50 32 34 17 10 79%
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 4 5 49 43 32 30 12 10 80%
New York (state) Dean Gemmell 4 5 48 55 27 35 10 5 77%
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar 4 5 56 56 42 33 9 20 77%
Washington (state) Brady Clark 3 6 42 50 29 32 12 6 78%
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok 3 6 48 70 35 41 7 7 75%
Minnesota 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
Washington (state) Brady Clark (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 2 X X 9
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 X 11
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Ethan Meyers (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X X X 2
New York (state) 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
New York (state) Brandon Corbett (has hammer) 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 X 9
Minnesota 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
Minnesota Craig Brown (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 X X 10
Minnesota Heath McCormick 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3

Draw 2

Sunday, February 15, 12:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Heath McCormick (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 X X X 7
New York (state) Dean Gemmell 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 2
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Craig Brown 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 3 X 9
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok (has hammer) 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Ethan Meyers 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 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
New York (state) Brandon Corbett (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5
Washington (state) 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
Minnesota Ethan Meyers (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 8
Minnesota 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
New York (state) Dean Gemmell (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 7
New York (state) Brandon Corbett 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 6
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 X 9
Minnesota Heath McCormick 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Craig Brown 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 7
Washington (state) Brady Clark (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 X 7
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 3

Draw 4

Monday, February 16, 12:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Brady Clark 0 0 0 0 X X X X X X 0
Minnesota Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 1 1 1 4 X X X X X X 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Craig Brown (has hammer) 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 7
New York (state) Brandon Corbett 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Dean Gemmell (has hammer) 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X X 9
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 5
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Heath McCormick 0 2 0 4 0 2 X X X X 8
Minnesota Ethan Meyers (has hammer) 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
Minnesota Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 2 0 2 3 2 X X X X X 9
Minnesota 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
New York (state) Brandon Corbett 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X X 1
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 3 1 X X X X 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Dean Gemmell 0 0 0 0 X X X X X X 0
Washington (state) Brady Clark (has hammer) 2 2 3 1 X X X X X X 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5
Minnesota Heath McCormick (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 6
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6
Minnesota 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
New York (state) Dean Gemmell (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
Minnesota 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
Minnesota Heath McCormick 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 5
Washington (state) Brady Clark (has hammer) 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7
Minnesota 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
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
New York (state) Brandon Corbett (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 X 7
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5

Draw 7

Wednesday, February 18, 8:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 4
Washington (state) Brady Clark (has hammer) 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 X 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 X 6
New York (state) Dean Gemmell (has hammer) 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 X 10
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Heath McCormick (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 X X 8
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X X 3
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
Minnesota 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
Minnesota Ethan Meyers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4
New York (state) Brandon Corbett (has hammer) 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
New York (state) Brandon Corbett (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
Minnesota 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
Minnesota Ethan Meyers (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X X X 4
Minnesota 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
Washington (state) Brady Clark 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 5
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 X 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
New York (state) Dean Gemmell (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar 2 1 2 1 0 0 3 X X X 9
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X X X 2

Draw 9

Thursday, February 19, 8:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Craig Brown (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 6
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 7
Minnesota Heath McCormick 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
New York (state) Brandon Corbett 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 6
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar (has hammer) 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
Washington (state) Brady Clark (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
Minnesota Ethan Meyers 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 X 6
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Dean Gemmell 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 7
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 9

Tiebreakers

Semifinals To Playoffs
      
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 5
New York (state) Brandon Corbett 6
New York (state) Brandon Corbett 8
New York (state) Dean Gemmell 6
New York (state) Dean Gemmell 8
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar 7

Round 1

Thursday, February 19, 4:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
New York (state) Brandon Corbett (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 6
Player percentages
Minnesota Team Dropkin New York (state) Team Corbett
Andrew Stopera 78% Jared Wydysh 82%
Mark Fenner 87% Paul Lyttle 88%
Tom Howell 87% Derek Corbett 79%
Korey Dropkin 77% Brandon Corbett 70%
Total 82% Total 80%
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Dean Gemmell (has hammer) 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 8
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 7
Player percentages
New York (state) Team Gemmell Washington (state) Team Pustovar
Mark Lazar 81% Duane Rutan 94%
Martin Sather 100% Sam Galey 73%
Bill Stopera 83% Chris Bond 89%
Dean Gemmell 72% Paul Pustovar 75%
Total 84% Total 83%

Round 2

Thursday, February 19, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Brandon Corbett 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 8
New York (state) Dean Gemmell (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 6
Player percentages
New York (state) Team Corbett New York (state) Team Gemmell
Jared Wydysh 90% Mark Lazar 86%
Paul Lyttle 81% Martin Sather 77%
Derek Corbett 90% Bill Stopera 74%
Brandon Corbett 79% Dean Gemmell 79%
Total 85% Total 79%

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

Friday, February 20, 12:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 7
Minnesota Craig Brown 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 6
Player percentages
Minnesota Team Shuster Minnesota Team Brown
John Landsteiner 83% Sean Beighton 91%
Matt Hamilton 83% Jared Zezel 89%
Tyler George 88% Kroy Nernberger 84%
John Shuster 76% Craig Brown 86%
Total 83% Total 87%

3 vs. 4

Friday, February 20, 12:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Heath McCormick 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 8
New York (state) Brandon Corbett (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 5
Player percentages
Minnesota Team McCormick New York (state) Team Corbett
Colin Hufman 87% Jared Wydysh 86%
Joe Polo 86% Paul Lyttle 80%
Chris Plys 72% Derek Corbett 59%
Heath McCormick 88% Brandon Corbett 72%
Total 83% Total 74%

Semifinal

Friday, February 20, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Craig Brown (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
Minnesota Heath McCormick 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
Player percentages
Minnesota Team Brown Minnesota Team McCormick
Sean Beighton 85% Colin Hufman 92%
Jared Zezel 92% Joe Polo 84%
Kroy Nernberger 87% Chris Plys 86%
Craig Brown 86% Heath McCormick 79%
Total 88% Total 85%

Final

Saturday, February 21, 3:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 8
Minnesota Craig Brown (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Player percentages
Minnesota Team Shuster Minnesota Team Brown
John Landsteiner 96% Sean Beighton 85%
Matt Hamilton 86% Jared Zezel 92%
Tyler George 79% Kroy Nernberger 83%
John Shuster 86% Craig Brown 84%
Total 87% Total 86%

Statistics

Perfect games

Player Team Position Shots Opponent
Jared Zezel Minnesota Team Brown Second 16 New York (state) Team Gemmell
Heath McCormick Minnesota Team McCormick Skip 20 New York (state) Team Corbett
Martin Sather New York (state) Team Gemmell Second 20 Washington (state) Team Pustovar

References

  1. ^ "Qualified teams to the 2015 National Championships". USA Curling. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "Dec. 22, 2014 OOM Standings" (PDF). United States Curling Association. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  3. ^ "2015 USA Curling National Championships Draw" (PDF). United States Curling Association. Retrieved February 11, 2015.

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