2012 United States Men's Curling Championship

2012 United States Men's Curling Championship
Host city Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Arena IceWorks Skating Complex
Dates February 11–18
Winner New York (state) Heath McCormick
Curling club Ardlsey CC, Irvington, New York
Skip Heath McCormick
Third Bill Stopera
Second Martin Sather
Lead Dean Gemmell
Finalist Minnesota Pete Fenson

The 2012 United States Men's Curling Championship took place from February 11 to 18 at the IceWorks Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania, (with the host city being listed as Philadelphia).[1][2] It was held in conjunction with the 2012 United States Women's Curling Championship. The winning team, skipped by Heath McCormick, will represent the United States at the 2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship in Basel, Switzerland. The first and second placed teams, skipped respectively by Heath McCormick and Pete Fenson, earned qualification spots to the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials, which will determine the teams that will represent the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[3]

Road to the Nationals

As with last year, teams qualified for the men's nationals by qualifying automatically through the World Curling Tour Order of Merit, through regional qualifiers, or through a challenge round. Two teams qualified via the Order of Merit, five teams qualified through the regional qualifiers, and the remaining three teams qualified through the challenge round.[4] The regional qualifiers in Green Bay, Seattle, Grand Forks, and Laurel each received one or more qualifying spots, which were awarded to the top finishers from the qualifiers. Teams that were not awarded a qualification spot but were top finishers were invited to the challenge round, where the top three teams qualified.

The Pete Fenson rink stood as an exception to the preceding rules. Since Fenson and his team were scheduled to represent the United States in the 2012 USA-Brazil Challenge, which was cancelled, they received an automatic berth into the nationals, regardless of their Order of Merit standing. Because they were not one of the top two Order of Merit teams, the Fenson rink participated as the eleventh team in the nationals.[4]

Teams

There will be eleven teams participating in this year's national championship, one more team than usual, due to the Fenson rink's scheduled participation in the USA-Brazil Challenge.[4] The teams are listed as follows:[5]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Qualification Method
Pete FensonShawn RojeskiJoe PoloRyan BruntMinnesota Bemidji, MinnesotaSpecial Exemption
Tyler GeorgeChristopher PlysRich RuohonenColin HufmanMinnesota Duluth, MinnesotaOrder of Merit[6]
Craig BrownKroy NernbergerMatt HamiltonDerrick CasperWisconsin Madison, WisconsinOrder of Merit[6]
Heath McCormickBill StoperaMartin SatherDean GemmellNew York (state) New York, New YorkLaurel Qualifier
Brady ClarkDarren LehtoLeon RomaniukSteve LundeenWes JohnsonWashington (state) Seattle, WashingtonSeattle Qualifier
John ShusterZach JacobsonJared ZezelJohn LandsteinerMinnesota Duluth, MinnesotaGrand Forks Qualifier
Owen SampsonNed SampsonTucker SmithKyle YoungNorth Dakota Edmore, North DakotaGrand Forks Qualifier
Blake MortonMarcus FongerTommy JuszczykCalvin WeberWisconsin McFarland, WisconsinGreen Bay Qualifier
Eric FensonTrevor AndrewsQuentin WayMark LazarMinnesota Bemidji, MinnesotaChallenge Round
Mike FarbelowKevin DeerenKraig DeerenTimothy SolinMinnesota Minneapolis, MinnesotaChallenge Round
Todd BirrGreg RomaniukDoug PottingerThomas O'ConnorKevin BirrMinnesota Mankato, MinnesotaChallenge Round

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Skip W L PF PA Ends Won Ends Lost Blank Ends Stolen Ends
New York (state) Heath McCormick10082525234424
Minnesota Pete Fenson9173394334811
Wisconsin Craig Brown7376554538811
Minnesota John Shuster6475574541613
Washington (state) Brady Clark5562663945129
Minnesota Todd Birr466874434875
Minnesota Tyler George4668654342611
Minnesota Mike Farbelow465266374295
Minnesota Eric Fenson374766324397
North Dakota Owen Sampson2748703942712
Wisconsin Blake Morton1942733646612

Round robin results

All times listed in Eastern Standard Time.[7]

Draw 1

Saturday, February 11, 8:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Todd Birr 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6
Minnesota John Shuster 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Blake Morton 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
Minnesota Tyler George 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 X X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Brady Clark 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
Wisconsin Craig Brown 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Pete Fenson 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 X X X 9
Minnesota Eric Fenson 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X X 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Heath McCormick 0 2 1 1 2 0 3 X X X 9
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 2

Draw 2

Sunday, February 12, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Blake Morton 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 4
Wisconsin Craig Brown 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 6
Minnesota Todd Birr 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Owen Sampson 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 X 9
Minnesota Tyler George 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6
New York (state) Heath McCormick 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Pete Fenson 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 X X 7
Washington (state) Brady Clark 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2

Draw 3

Sunday, February 12, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Tyler George 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
New York (state) Heath McCormick 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Pete Fenson 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 X 7
Wisconsin Blake Morton 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 X 10
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Owen Sampson 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 3
Wisconsin Craig Brown 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 X X 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Todd Birr 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Minnesota Eric Fenson 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 6

Draw 4

Monday, February 13, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Minnesota Pete Fenson 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Craig Brown 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 8
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Blake Morton 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
Minnesota Eric Fenson 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Brady Clark 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 X X 5
Minnesota Tyler George 1 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 X X 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Owen Sampson 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 3
New York (state) Heath McCormick 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 X 7

Draw 5

Monday, February 13, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Owen Sampson 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
Minnesota Todd Birr 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Brady Clark 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 5
Minnesota John Shuster 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Heath McCormick 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7
Minnesota Pete Fenson 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 X X 10
Wisconsin Blake Morton 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 X X 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Eric Fenson 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 X X 5
Wisconsin Craig Brown 0 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 X X 11

Draw 6

Tuesday, February 14, 8:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Heath McCormick 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 8
Washington (state) Brady Clark 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Tyler George 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 X X 11
Minnesota Eric Fenson 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 8
North Dakota Owen Sampson 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Todd Birr 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 4
Minnesota Pete Fenson 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 2 X X 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 X X 7
Wisconsin Blake Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1

Draw 7

Tuesday, February 14, 4:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3
Minnesota Eric Fenson 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 X X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Pete Fenson 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 X 6
Wisconsin Craig Brown 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Todd Birr 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 8
Wisconsin Blake Morton 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Tyler George 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 9
Minnesota John Shuster 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Washington (state) Brady Clark 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 7
North Dakota Owen Sampson 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5

Draw 8

Wednesday, February 15, 8:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 X X 8
North Dakota Owen Sampson 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Blake Morton 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 6
New York (state) Heath McCormick 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Eric Fenson 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6
Washington (state) Brady Clark 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Craig Brown 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
Minnesota Todd Birr 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
Minnesota Tyler George 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3

Draw 9

Wednesday, February 15, 4:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Pete Fenson 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 8
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Eric Fenson 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
North Dakota Owen Sampson 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Tyler George 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 8
Minnesota Todd Birr 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Blake Morton 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 5
Washington (state) Brady Clark 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Craig Brown 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 7
New York (state) Heath McCormick 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 8

Draw 10

Thursday, February 16, 8:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Owen Sampson 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 X 4
Wisconsin Blake Morton 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Todd Birr 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 6
Washington (state) Brady Clark 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Craig Brown 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 X 10
Minnesota John Shuster 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Heath McCormick 2 1 1 3 2 X X X X X 9
Minnesota Eric Fenson 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X X 0
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Tyler George 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
Minnesota Pete Fenson 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 6

Draw 11

Thursday, February 16, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Craig Brown 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 X 8
Minnesota Tyler George 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Owen Sampson 0 0 2 1 0 X X X X X 3
Minnesota Pete Fenson 3 1 0 0 3 X X X X X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Todd Birr 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 9
New York (state) Heath McCormick 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 12
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Brady Clark 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 6
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Eric Fenson 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4
Minnesota John Shuster 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 6

Playoffs

  Page playoff system Semifinal Final
                           
1 New York (state) Heath McCormick 5  
2 Minnesota Pete Fenson 4         1 New York (state) Heath McCormick 5
      2 Minnesota Pete Fenson 8   2 Minnesota Pete Fenson 4
  4 Minnesota John Shuster 5  
3 Wisconsin Craig Brown 5
4 Minnesota John Shuster 7  

1 vs. 2 Game

Friday, February 17, 12:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Heath McCormick 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5
Minnesota Pete Fenson 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
Player Percentages
New York (state) Heath McCormick Minnesota Pete Fenson
Dean Gemmell83% Ryan Brunt84%
Martin Sather83% Joe Polo88%
Bill Stopera71% Shawn Rojeski67%
Heath McCormick82% Pete Fenson76%
Total80% Total79%

3 vs. 4 Game

Friday, February 17, 12:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Craig Brown 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5
Minnesota John Shuster 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 7
Player Percentages
Wisconsin Craig Brown Minnesota John Shuster
Derrick Casper90% John Landsteiner90%
Matt Hamilton81% Jared Zezel73%
Kroy Nernberger62% Zach Jacobson84%
Craig Brown80% John Shuster85%
Total78% Total83%

Semifinal

Friday, February 17, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Pete Fenson 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 8
Minnesota John Shuster 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 5
Player Percentages
Minnesota Pete Fenson Minnesota John Shuster
Ryan Brunt78% John Landsteiner85%
Joe Polo82% Jared Zezel89%
Shawn Rojeski69% Zach Jacobson76%
Pete Fenson82% John Shuster77%
Total78% Total82%

Championship Final

Saturday, February 18, 3:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Heath McCormick 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
Minnesota Pete Fenson 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
Player Percentages
New York (state) Heath McCormick Minnesota Pete Fenson
Dean Gemmell78% Ryan Brunt71%
Martin Sather83% Joe Polo89%
Bill Stopera73% Shawn Rojeski82%
Heath McCormick74% Pete Fenson73%
Total77% Total79%

References

  1. ↑ http://www.usacurl.org/curlingrocks/images/Championships/Nationals/saturday21911.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.curlingrocks.net/sites/default/files/press_pdf/philly.pdf
  3. ↑ "U.S. Curling Association – Athlete Selection Procedures for the 2014 Olympic Games" (PDF). USA Curling. 19 August 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 United States Curling Association. "2011–12 USCA Championships Rules and Procedures" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Qualified teams to Nationals".
  6. 1 2 "Qualified teams, 2012 Nationals". USA Curling.
  7. ↑ "Draw Schedule" (PDF).
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