The 2008 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 16 to 23 at the Hibbing Curling Club in Hibbing, Minnesota.[1] It was held in conjunction with the 2008 United States Women's Curling Championship. Craig Brown skipped his team to victory,[2] his second national title. Craig Disher was runner-up for the third year in a row.[3] As national champions, Team Brown earned the opportunity to represent the United States at the 2008 World Men's Curling Championship in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where they finished in 7th place.[4]
Teams[]
Ten men's teams competed in the 2008 Championship:[5][6]
Skip
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Third
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Second
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Lead
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Alternate Coach
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Locale
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Todd Birr |
Bill Todhunter |
Greg Johnson |
Kevin Birr |
Paul Pustovar |
Mankato, Minnesota
|
Craig Brown |
Rich Ruohonen |
John Dunlop |
Pete Annis |
|
Madison, Wisconsin
|
Craig Disher |
Kevin Kakela |
Zach Jacobson |
|
Joel Jacobson |
Rolla, North Dakota
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Pete Fenson |
Shawn Rojeski |
Joe Polo |
Tom O'Connor |
Bob Fenson |
Bemidji, Minnesota
|
Tyler George |
Kris Perkovich |
Phill Drobnick |
Kevin Johnson |
Tom George |
Duluth, Minnesota
|
Jason Larway |
Colin Hufman |
Greg Persinger |
Joel Larway |
Steven Demlow |
Lynnwood, Washington
|
Jeremy Roe |
Pat Roe |
Richard Maskel |
Mark Hartman |
Matt Hamilton |
Rio, Wisconsin
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Greg Romaniuk |
|
Doug Pottinger |
Mike Calcagno |
Cory Yalowicki |
Snohomish, Washington
|
John Shuster |
Jeff Isaacson |
Chris Plys |
Shane McKinlay |
Jason Smith Tim Wright |
Duluth, Minnesota
|
|
Charles Taggart |
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Andrew Quigley |
Andy Campbell Bill Wilberg |
Green Bay, Wisconsin
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Round robin standings[]
Final round robin standings.[7]
Key
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Teams to playoffs
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Teams to tiebreakers
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Skip
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W
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L
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Craig Brown
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7
|
2
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Craig Disher
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6
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3
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Greg Romaniuk
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6
|
3
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Tyler George
|
6
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3
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Jason Larway
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6
|
3
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Pete Fenson
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4
|
5
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John Shuster
|
4
|
5
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Todd Birr
|
3
|
6
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Jeremy Roe
|
2
|
7
|
Willie Wilberg
|
1
|
8
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Round robin results[]
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−6).
Draw 1[]
Saturday, February 16, 6:00pm
Team
|
1
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2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Todd Birr
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
2
|
Greg Romaniuk
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
3
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
8
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Craig Brown
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
7
|
John Shuster
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
1
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Pete Fenson
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
9
|
Jeremy Roe
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
7
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Jason Larway
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
X
|
X
|
10
|
Willie Wilberg
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
3
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Craig Disher
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
Tyler George
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
Draw 2[]
Saturday, February 16, 6:00pm
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
Final
|
Jeremy Roe
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
Craig Disher
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
10
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Tyler George
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
7
|
Todd Birr
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Willie Wilberg
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
X
|
X
|
4
|
Craig Brown
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
9
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
John Shuster
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
Pete Fenson
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Greg Romaniuk
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
X
|
5
|
Jason Larway
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
X
|
8
|
Draw 3[]
Sunday, February 17, 2:00pm
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Craig Brown
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
9
|
Pete Fenson
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Jason Larway
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
X
|
11
|
Jeremy Roe
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
X
|
6
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
Final
|
Craig Disher
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
9
|
John Shuster
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Greg Romaniuk
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
Tyler George
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Todd Birr
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
X
|
7
|
Willie Wilberg
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
X
|
4
|
Draw 4[]
Monday, February 18, 12:00pm
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
Final
|
John Shuster
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
9
|
Todd Birr
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
Final
|
Willie Wilberg
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
Greg Romaniuk
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
10
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Tyler George
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
8
|
Jason Larway
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
4
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Craig Brown
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
10
|
Jeremy Roe
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
2
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Pete Fenson
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
7
|
Craig Disher
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
Draw 5[]
Monday, February 18, 8:00pm
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Pete Fenson
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
Willie Wilberg
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Jason Larway
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
X
|
4
|
John Shuster
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
X
|
7
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Greg Romaniuk
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
X
|
6
|
Jeremy Roe
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
X
|
4
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Todd Birr
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
7
|
Craig Disher
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
8
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Craig Brown
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
4
|
Tyler George
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
X
|
X
|
9
|
Draw 6[]
Tuesday, February 19, 2:00pm
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Jeremy Roe
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
3
|
Tyler George
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
X
|
X
|
8
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Craig Disher
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
X
|
X
|
8
|
Greg Romaniuk
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
3
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Todd Birr
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
9
|
Pete Fenson
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
0
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Jason Larway
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
X
|
4
|
Craig Brown
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
X
|
8
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
John Shuster
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
8
|
Willie Wilberg
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
1
|
Draw 7[]
Wednesday, February 20, 8:00am
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Craig Brown
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
8
|
Greg Romaniuk
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
9
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Jeremy Roe
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
Todd Birr
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
6
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Willie Wilberg
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
1
|
Craig Disher
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
7
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Tyler George
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
8
|
John Shuster
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Pete Fenson
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
X
|
5
|
Jason Larway
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
X
|
7
|
Draw 8[]
Wednesday, February 20, 4:00pm
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Craig Disher
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
Jason Larway
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
6
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Pete Fenson
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
X
|
X
|
11
|
Tyler George
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
5
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
John Shuster
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
X
|
10
|
Greg Romaniuk
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
X
|
6
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Willie Wilberg
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
X
|
4
|
Jeremy Roe
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
X
|
6
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Todd Birr
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
X
|
5
|
Craig Brown
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
X
|
9
|
Draw 9[]
Thursday, February 21, 8:00am
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Tyler George
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
9
|
Willie Wilberg
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
8
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Craig Disher
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
Craig Brown
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
7
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Jason Larway
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
7
|
Todd Birr
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
3
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Greg Romaniuk
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
X
|
X
|
9
|
Pete Fenson
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
3
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Jeremy Roe
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
X
|
8
|
John Shuster
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
X
|
4
|
Tiebreaker[]
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Jason Larway
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
8
|
Tyler George
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
2
|
Playoffs[]
|
Page playoff system
|
|
Semifinal
|
|
Final
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Craig Brown
|
6
|
|
|
2
|
Craig Disher
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
Craig Disher
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Craig Brown
|
7
|
|
1
|
Craig Brown
|
9
|
|
|
4
|
Jason Larway
|
2
|
|
|
3
|
Greg Romaniuk
|
5
|
|
4
|
Jason Larway
|
7
|
|
1 vs. 2[]
Friday, February 22, 12:00pm[8]
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Craig Brown
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
X
|
6
|
Craig Disher
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
X
|
9
|
3 vs. 4[]
Friday, February 22, 12:00pm
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Greg Romaniuk
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
Jason Larway
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
7
|
Semifinal[]
Friday, February 22, 7:00pm[9]
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Craig Brown
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
X
|
7
|
Jason Larway
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
X
|
2
|
Final[]
Saturday, February 23, 3:00pm[10]
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
Final
|
Craig Disher
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
Craig Brown
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
9
|
References[]
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- ^ "CURLING: Wisconsin's Brown rink captures U.S. men's title". USA Curling. Feb 23, 2008. Retrieved Apr 16, 2020.
- ^ "World Men's Curling Championship 2008". World Curling Federation. Retrieved Apr 16, 2020.
- ^ "Nationals competing teams". USA Curling. Archived from the original on February 12, 2008. Retrieved Apr 16, 2020.
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