2013 United States Men's Curling Championship

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2013 United States Men's Curling Championship
2013 United States Men's Curling Championship
Host cityGreen Bay, Wisconsin
Arena
DatesFebruary 9–16
WinnerWashington (state) Brady Clark
Curling clubGranite CC, Seattle
SkipBrady Clark
ThirdSean Beighton
SecondDarren Lehto
LeadPhilip Tilker
Alternate
FinalistMinnesota Tyler George
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The 2013 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 9 to 16 at the 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[]

Main article: 2013 United States Men's Curling Championship – Qualification

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

Teams[]

Ten teams participated in the national championship. The teams are listed as follows:[4]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Qualification Method
Pete Fenson Shawn Rojeski Joe Polo Ryan Brunt Minnesota Bemidji, Minnesota High Performance Program team[5]
Heath McCormick Bill Stopera Martin Sather Dean Gemmell New York (state) New York, New York High Performance Program team[5]
Chris Plys (fourth) Tyler George (skip) Richard Ruohonen Colin Hufman Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota Order of Merit[6]
John Shuster Jeff Isaacson Jared Zezel John Landsteiner Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota Order of Merit[6]
Craig Brown Kroy Nernberger Matt Hamilton Jon Brunt Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Challenge Round
Greg Persinger Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Challenge Round
Wisconsin Medford, Wisconsin Challenge Round
Brady Clark Sean Beighton Darren Lehto Philip Tilker Washington (state) Seattle, Washington Challenge Round[7]
Mike Farbelow Mark Lazar Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota Challenge Round
Todd Birr Doug Pottinger Greg Romaniuk Kevin Birr Minnesota Mankato, Minnesota Challenge 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 George 7 2 67 41 41 29 8 13 83%
Minnesota John Shuster 7 2 64 45 38 33 10 11 82%
Washington (state) Brady Clark 5 4 57 52 40 32 6 10 75%
Minnesota Pete Fenson 5 4 50 56 33 38 11 6 79%
New York (state) Heath McCormick 5 4 59 43 36 27 10 11 78%
Wisconsin Craig Brown 5 4 64 58 35 39 12 5 81%
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 5 4 56 55 36 30 8 12 77%
Alaska Greg Persinger 3 6 38 60 27 37 9 3 72%
Minnesota Todd Birr 3 6 52 60 35 42 7 10 77%
Wisconsin 0 9 35 75 25 39 11 6 74%

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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 5
Alaska Greg Persinger a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X X X 3
New York (state) Heath McCormick a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 X 9
Wisconsin 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 2 1 0 4 0 2 0 X X X 9
Wisconsin 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 X X 3
Wisconsin Craig Brown a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 7
Wisconsin 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 2 0 3 0 2 1 X X X X 8
Wisconsin 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 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 4
Minnesota John Shuster a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 6
Minnesota Todd Birr a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 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 a hammer icon 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 8

Tiebreakers[]

Semifinals 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 a hammer icon 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
Player percentages
New York (state) Heath McCormick Minnesota Pete Fenson
Dean Gemmell 86% Ryan Brunt 79%
Martin Sather 82% Joe Polo 83%
Bill Stopera 84% Shawn Rojeski 72%
Heath McCormick 87% Pete Fenson 80%
Total 85% Total 79%
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Wisconsin Craig Brown a hammer icon 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 Brunt 87% Phil Tilker 78%
Matt Hamilton 77% Darren Lehto 82%
Kroy Nernberger 74% Sean Beighton 84%
Craig Brown 80% Brady Clark 89%
Total 79% Total 83%

Thursday, February 14, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Heath McCormick a hammer icon 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 Gemmell 70% Mark Lazar 85%
Martin Sather 81% 83%
Bill Stopera 84% 60%
Heath McCormick 80% Mike Farbelow 68%
Total 79% Total 74%

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 a hammer icon 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 Hufman 76% John Landsteiner 76%
Richard Ruohonen 83% Jared Zezel 77%
Tyler George 80% Jeff Isaacson 92%
Chris Plys 85% John Shuster 70%
Total 81% Total 79%

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 a hammer icon 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 4
Player percentages
Washington (state) Brady Clark New York (state) Heath McCormick
Phil Tilker 79% Dean Gemmell 82%
Darren Lehto 78% Martin Sather 73%
Sean Beighton 73% Bill Stopera 85%
Brady Clark 82% Heath McCormick 70%
Total 78% Total 77%

Semifinal[]

Friday, February 14, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster a hammer icon 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 Landsteiner 80% Phil Tilker 84%
Jared Zezel 93% Darren Lehto 75%
Jeff Isaacson 93% Sean Beighton 92%
John Shuster 63% Brady Clark 68%
Total 82% Total 80%

Final[]

Saturday, February 15, 3:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Tyler George a hammer icon 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 Hufman 86% Phil Tilker 82%
Richard Ruohonen 84% Darren Lehto 84%
Tyler George 73% Sean Beighton 71%
Chris Plys 65% Brady Clark 77%
Total 77% Total 79%

References[]

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  2. ^ "U.S. Curling Association – Athlete Selection Procedures for the 2014 Olympic Games" (PDF). USA Curling. 19 August 2011.
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