2019 United States Men's Curling Championship

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2019 United States
Men's Curling Championship
2019 United States Men's Curling Championship
Host cityKalamazoo, Michigan
ArenaWings Event Center
DatesFebruary 9 - 16
WinnerMinnesota Team Shuster
Curling clubDuluth Curling Club, Duluth, Minnesota
SkipJohn Shuster
ThirdChris Plys
SecondMatt Hamilton
LeadJohn Landsteiner
FinalistMinnesota Rich Ruohonen
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The 2019 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 9 to 16 at the Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was held in conjunction with the 2019 United States Women's Curling Championship.

Teams[edit]

Ten teams qualified to participate in the 2019 national championship.

Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Steven Birklid Sam Galey Matt Birklid Nicholas Connolly Washington (state) Seattle, Washington
Todd Birr Greg Johnson Hunter Clawson Tom O'Connor Minnesota Blaine, Minnesota
Jed Brundidge Jordan Brown Evan Workin Cameron Rittenour Minnesota St Paul, Minnesota
Brandon Corbett Derek Corbett Evan Jensen Aaron Carlson New York (state) Rochester, New York
Scott Dunnam Cody Clouser Andrew Dunnam Daniel Dudt Pennsylvania Dresher, Pennsylvania
Korey Dropkin (fourth) Thomas Howell Mark Fenner (skip) Alex Fenson Minnesota Chaska, Minnesota
Greg Persinger (fourth) Rich Ruohonen (skip) Colin Hufman Phil Tilker Minnesota Chaska, Minnesota
John Shuster Chris Plys Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota
Chase Sinnett Trevor Marquardt Jonathon Harstad Eli Clawson Massachusetts Medfield, Massachusetts
Samuel Strouse John Paul Munich Andrew McDonald Ryan Elwing Michigan Midland, Michigan

Round-robin standings[edit]

Final round-robin standings[1]

Key
Teams to playoffs
Skip W L
Minnesota Rich Ruohonen 8 1
Minnesota John Shuster 8 1
Minnesota Todd Birr 6 3
Minnesota Mark Fenner 6 3
Washington (state) Steven Birklid 4 5
Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam 4 5
New York (state) Brandon Corbett 3 6
Massachusetts Chase Sinnett 3 6
Minnesota Jed Brundidge 2 7
Michigan Samuel Strouse 1 8

Round-robin results[edit]

All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−7)[1]

Draw 1[edit]

Saturday, February 9, 7:00pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Samuel Strouse 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X X 2
John Shuster (has hammer) 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 X X X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Scott Dunnam 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 X X X 9
Steven Birklid (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Chase Sinnett 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 6
Brandon Corbett (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jed Brundidge 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 4
Mark Fenner (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 X X 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Todd Birr 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 5
Rich Ruohonen (has hammer) 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 X 9

Draw 2[edit]

Sunday, February 10, 8:00am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jed Brundidge 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 3
Rich Ruohonen (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 3 0 3 X X X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brandon Corbett 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
Mark Fenner (has hammer) 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 X X 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Todd Birr 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 9
Scott Dunnam (has hammer) 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Steven Birklid 3 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 8
Samuel Strouse (has hammer) 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
John Shuster (has hammer) 1 2 1 1 0 3 X X X X 8
Chase Sinnett 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X X X 1

Draw 3[edit]

Sunday, February 10, 4:00pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Steven Birklid 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
Todd Birr (has hammer) 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Chase Sinnett 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 3 X 11
Jed Brundidge (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Rich Ruohonen 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 8
Mark Fenner (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Scott Dunnam 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 X X X 5
John Shuster (has hammer) 3 0 4 0 0 2 0 X X X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Samuel Strouse (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 7
Brandon Corbett 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 8

Draw 4[edit]

Monday, February 11, 9:00am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Chase Sinnett 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 8
Mark Fenner (has hammer) 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Todd Birr (has hammer) 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 X X 8
Samuel Strouse 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Steven Birklid 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 5
John Shuster (has hammer) 3 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Rich Ruohonen (has hammer) 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 5
Brandon Corbett 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Scott Dunnam 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 X 6
Jed Brundidge (has hammer) 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 2 X 10

Draw 5[edit]

Monday, February 11, 7:00pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brandon Corbett (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 4
Scott Dunnam 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 X 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
John Shuster (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 8
Rich Ruohonen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Samuel Strouse 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 7
Jed Brundidge (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Todd Birr (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 6
Chase Sinnett 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Steven Birklid 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 X 8
Mark Fenner (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 6

Draw 6[edit]

Monday, February 12, 2:00pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Rich Ruohonen (has hammer) 3 1 0 2 3 0 X X X X 9
Samuel Strouse 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X X X 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Steven Birklid 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 6
Chase Sinnett (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Brandon Corbett (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 5
Todd Birr 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Mark Fenner (has hammer) 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 7
Scott Dunnam 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jed Brundidge 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
John Shuster (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 6

Draw 7[edit]

Monday, February 13, 9:00am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Todd Birr 0 3 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 11
Jed Brundidge (has hammer) 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Mark Fenner 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 3 X X 9
John Shuster (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Scott Dunnam (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
Rich Ruohonen 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brandon Corbett 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 X 4
Steven Birklid (has hammer) 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Chase Sinnett 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 7
Samuel Strouse (has hammer) 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6

Draw 8[edit]

Monday, February 13, 7:00pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Scott Dunnam 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 6
Chase Sinnett (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jed Brundidge 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6
Brandon Corbett (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Mark Fenner 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 9
Samuel Strouse (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
John Shuster 3 0 0 6 0 X X X X X 9
Todd Birr (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 2 X X X X X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Rich Ruohonen (has hammer) 2 0 0 5 1 0 X X X X 8
Steven Birklid 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X X X 2

Draw 9[edit]

Monday, February 14, 4:00pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
John Shuster 1 2 1 5 X X X X X X 9
Brandon Corbett (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 X X X X X X 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Samuel Strouse 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 5
Scott Dunnam (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Jed Brundidge 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 9
Steven Birklid (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Chase Sinnett 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 X 6
Rich Ruohonen (has hammer) 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Mark Fenner 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 7
Todd Birr (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4

Playoffs[edit]

1 vs. 2[edit]

Friday, February 15, 1:00pm ET[2]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 X X X 8
Minnesota Rich Ruohonen 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 3
Player percentages
Minnesota John Shuster Minnesota Rich Ruohonen
John Landsteiner 76% Phil Tilker 97%
Matt Hamilton 78% Colin Hufman 79%
Chris Plys 97% Rich Ruohonen 67%
John Shuster 86% Greg Persinger 64%
Total 84% Total 77%

3 vs. 4[edit]

Friday, February 15, 1:00pm ET[2]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mark Fenner (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Minnesota Todd Birr 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 5
Player percentages
Minnesota Mark Fenner Minnesota Todd Birr
Alex Fenson 73% Tom O'Connor 88%
Mark Fenner 66% Hunter Clawson 67%
Thomas Howell 83% Greg Johnson 73%
Korey Dropkin 74% Todd Birr 77%
Total 74% Total 76%

Semifinal[edit]

Friday, February 15, 7:00pm ET[3]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Rich Ruohonen (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
Minnesota Todd Birr 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
Player percentages
Minnesota Rich Ruohonen Minnesota Todd Birr
Phil Tilker 78% Tom O'Connor 88%
Colin Hufman 84% Hunter Clawson 77%
Rich Ruohonen 82% Greg Johnson 76%
Greg Persinger 89% Todd Birr 81%
Total 83% Total 80%

Final[edit]

Saturday, February 16, 3:00 pm ET[4]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 8
Minnesota Rich Ruohonen 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
Player percentages
Minnesota John Shuster Minnesota Rich Ruohonen
John Landsteiner 84% Phil Tilker 92%
Matt Hamilton 80% Colin Hufman 74%
Chris Plys 87% Rich Ruohonen 80%
John Shuster 97% Greg Persinger 74%
Total 87% Total 80%

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "USA Curling National Championships: Round-Robin". Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  2. ^ a b "USA Curling National Championships - Scores: PGs". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  3. ^ "USA Curling National Championships - Scores: SF". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  4. ^ "USA Curling National Championships: Scores". Retrieved 2019-03-15.

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