2013 United States Men's Curling Championship

2013 United States Men's Curling Championship
Host city Green Bay, Wisconsin
Arena Cornerstone Community Center
Dates February 9–16
Winner Washington (state) Brady Clark
Curling club Granite CC, Seattle
Skip Brady Clark
Third Sean Beighton
Second Darren Lehto
Lead Philip Tilker
Alternate Steve Lundeen
Finalist Minnesota Tyler George

The 2013 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 9 to 16 at the Cornerstone Community Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin.[1] It was held in conjunction with the 2013 United States Women's Curling Championship. The winning team will represent the United States at the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The championship also acted as a qualifier to the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials, awarding qualifying spots to the winners and runners-up of the championship.[2]

Road to the Nationals

A total of ten teams will be able to participate in the men's national championship by qualifying through the High Performance Program, through the World Curling Tour Order of Merit, or through a challenge round.[3]

Teams

There will be ten teams participating in this year's national championship. The teams are listed as follows:[4]

SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocaleQualification Method
Pete FensonShawn RojeskiJoe PoloRyan BruntMinnesota Bemidji, MinnesotaHigh Performance Program team[5]
Heath McCormickBill StoperaMartin SatherDean GemmellMatt HamesNew York (state) New York, New YorkHigh Performance Program team[5]
Chris Plys (fourth)Tyler George (skip)Richard RuohonenColin HufmanMinnesota Duluth, MinnesotaOrder of Merit[6]
John ShusterJeff IsaacsonJared ZezelJohn LandsteinerMinnesota Duluth, MinnesotaOrder of Merit[6]
Craig BrownKroy NernbergerMatt HamiltonJon BruntWisconsin Madison, WisconsinChallenge Round
Greg PersingerNicholas MyersSean MurrayTim GartnerAlaska Fairbanks, AlaskaChallenge Round
Ryan LemkeNate GebertJohn LillaCasey KonopackyWisconsin Medford, WisconsinChallenge Round
Brady ClarkSean BeightonDarren LehtoPhilip TilkerSteve LundeenWashington (state) Seattle, WashingtonChallenge Round[7]
Mike FarbelowKevin DeerenKraig DeerenMark LazarMinnesota St. Paul, MinnesotaChallenge Round
Todd BirrDoug PottingerGreg RomaniukThomas O'ConnorKevin BirrMinnesota Mankato, MinnesotaChallenge Round

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 Tyler George726741412981383%
Minnesota John Shuster7264453833101182%
Washington (state) Brady Clark545752403261075%
Minnesota Pete Fenson545056333811679%
New York (state) Heath McCormick5459433627101178%
Wisconsin Craig Brown546458353912581%
Minnesota Mike Farbelow545655363081277%
Alaska Greg Persinger36386027379372%
Minnesota Todd Birr365260354271077%
Wisconsin Ryan Lemke093575253911674%

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−6).[8]

Draw 1

Saturday, February 9, 8:30 pm

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

Draw 2

Sunday, February 9, 12:00 pm

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

Draw 3

Sunday, February 9, 8:00 pm

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

Draw 4

Monday, February 10, 12:00 pm

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

Draw 5

Monday, February 10, 8:00 pm

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

Draw 6

Tuesday, February 11, 2:00 pm

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

Draw 7

Wednesday, February 12, 8:00 am

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

Draw 8

Wednesday, February 12, 4:00 pm

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

Draw 9

Thursday, February 13, 8:00 am

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

Tiebreakers

To Playoffs
     
        Minnesota Mike Farbelow 6
New York (state) Heath McCormick 7     New York (state) Heath McCormick 9
Minnesota Pete Fenson 5  
To Playoffs
   
1 Washington (state) Brady Clark 9
2 Wisconsin Craig Brown 8

Thursday, February 14, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Heath McCormick 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 X 7
Minnesota Pete Fenson 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
Player percentages
New York (state) Heath McCormick Minnesota Pete Fenson
Dean Gemmell86% Ryan Brunt79%
Martin Sather82% Joe Polo83%
Bill Stopera84% Shawn Rojeski72%
Heath McCormick87% Pete Fenson80%
Total85% Total79%
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Wisconsin Craig Brown 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 8
Washington (state) Brady Clark 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 9
Player percentages
Wisconsin Craig Brown Washington (state) Brady Clark
Jon Brunt87% Phil Tilker78%
Matt Hamilton77% Darren Lehto82%
Kroy Nernberger74% Sean Beighton84%
Craig Brown80% Brady Clark89%
Total79% Total83%

Thursday, February 14, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Heath McCormick 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 9
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 6
Player percentages
New York (state) Heath McCormick Minnesota Mike Farbelow
Dean Gemmell70% Mark Lazar85%
Martin Sather81% Kraig Deeren83%
Bill Stopera84% Kevin Deeren60%
Heath McCormick80% Mike Farbelow68%
Total79% Total74%

Playoffs

  Page playoff system Semifinal Final
                           
1 Minnesota Tyler George 6  
2 Minnesota John Shuster 4         1 Minnesota Tyler George 5
      2 Minnesota John Shuster 5   3 Washington (state) Brady Clark 6
  3 Washington (state) Brady Clark 6  
3 Washington (state) Brady Clark 7
4 New York (state) Heath McCormick 4  

1 vs. 2

Friday, February 14, 9:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Tyler George 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6
Minnesota John Shuster 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4
Player percentages
Minnesota Tyler George Minnesota John Shuster
Colin Hufman76% John Landsteiner76%
Richard Ruohonen83% Jared Zezel77%
Tyler George80% Jeff Isaacson92%
Chris Plys85% John Shuster70%
Total81% Total79%

3 vs. 4

Friday, February 14, 9:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Brady Clark 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 7
New York (state) Heath McCormick 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 4
Player percentages
Washington (state) Brady Clark New York (state) Heath McCormick
Phil Tilker79% Dean Gemmell82%
Darren Lehto78% Martin Sather73%
Sean Beighton73% Bill Stopera85%
Brady Clark82% Heath McCormick70%
Total78% Total77%

Semifinal

Friday, February 14, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5
Washington (state) Brady Clark 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 6
Player percentages
Minnesota John Shuster Washington (state) Brady Clark
John Landsteiner80% Phil Tilker84%
Jared Zezel93% Darren Lehto75%
Jeff Isaacson93% Sean Beighton92%
John Shuster63% Brady Clark68%
Total82% Total80%

Final

Saturday, February 15, 3:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Tyler George 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 5
Washington (state) Brady Clark 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 6
Player percentages
Minnesota Tyler George Washington (state) Brady Clark
Colin Hufman86% Phil Tilker82%
Richard Ruohonen84% Darren Lehto84%
Tyler George73% Sean Beighton71%
Chris Plys65% Brady Clark77%
Total77% Total79%

References

  1. ↑ "Green Bay to host 2013 National Championships" (PDF). USA Curling. 25 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Curling Association – Athlete Selection Procedures for the 2014 Olympic Games" (PDF). USA Curling. 19 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "2012–2013 USCA Rules of Curling and Competition" (PDF). United States Curling Association. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Qualified teams, 2013 National Championships". United States Curling Association. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  5. 1 2 "USCA Year to Date Order of Merit as of Tuesday, November 27th, 2012" (PDF). USA Curling. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  6. 1 2 "USCA Year to Date Order of Merit as of Tuesday, December 18th, 2012" (PDF). USA Curling. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  7. ↑ http://pressbox.teamusa.org/Pages/CURLING--Seattle-s-Clark-rink-wins-men-s-national-title---Olympic-Trials-berth.aspx
  8. ↑ "2013 United States Men's Curling Championship – Draw Schedule" (PDF). United States Curling Association. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
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