Qualification for the 2014 United States Men's Curling Championship consisted of three different paths. Four teams qualified directly through the High Performance Program or the Order of Merit system. The number of the remaining entrants to the national championships was cut down to six teams through a challenge round held in early January.
Qualification system [ ] Teams can qualify 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.
Two spots in the nationals were awarded to two teams on the United States Curling Association 's High Performance National Program. The teams qualified through the High Performance Program were those skipped by John Shuster and Pete Fenson . Two more spots were awarded to the top two men's teams on the World Curling Tour Order of Merit standings table at the year's end. The teams qualified through the Order of Merit were those skipped by Heath McCormick and Brady Clark .
The remaining six spots in the nationals will be awarded to the teams that earn qualification spots through the challenge round . The challenge round will be held in a triple knockout format.
Challenge round [ ] The challenge round for the men's nationals will be held from January 9 to 12 at the in Blaine , Minnesota .[1]
Teams [ ]
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Third
Second
Lead
Locale
Richard Maskel St. Paul , Minnesota
West Fargo , North Dakota
Todd Birr Doug Pottinger Blaine , Minnesota
Seattle , Washington
Paul Lyttle Duluth , Minnesota
Craig Brown Kroy Nernberger Matt Hamilton Jon Brunt Madison , Wisconsin
St. Paul , Minnesota
Mike Farbelow Mark Lazar St. Paul , Minnesota
Eric Fenson Mark Haluptzok Bemidji , Minnesota
Seattle , Washington
Tyler George Bill Stopera Martin Sather Dean Gemmell Duluth , Minnesota
Eric Schultz St. Paul , Minnesota
Kevin Kakela Rolla , North Dakota
Rochester , New York
Medford , Wisconsin
St. Paul , Minnesota
St. Paul , Minnesota
Fargo , North Dakota
Peter Stolt Plymouth , Minnesota
St. Paul , Minnesota
Knockout draw brackets [ ] A Event [ ] B Event [ ] C Event [ ] Knockout results [ ] Draw 1 [ ] Thursday, January 9, 7:00 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
X
5
2
1
0
3
0
0
0
1
1
X
8
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
3
0
0
4
0
2
0
X
X
9
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
X
X
4
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
X
8
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
X
4
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
1
0
0
2
1
3
0
2
X
9
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
2
0
X
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
2
3
3
X
X
X
X
X
X
8
Kevin Kakela
0
0
0
0
X
X
X
X
X
X
0
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
1
8
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
7
Draw 2 [ ] Friday, January 10, 9:00 am
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
X
5
Tyler George 1
0
1
2
1
0
0
2
0
X
7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
1
0
0
3
0
2
1
1
X
X
8
Mike Farbelow 0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
X
X
3
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
2
0
3
4
0
X
X
X
X
X
9
Eric Fenson 0
1
0
0
1
X
X
X
X
X
2
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
X
5
Craig Brown 0
3
0
0
0
4
0
1
0
X
8
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
3
Peter Stolt 0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
2
X
7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
0
0
0
2
0
X
X
X
X
2
Todd Birr 2
1
1
1
0
3
X
X
X
X
8
Draw 3 [ ] Friday, January 10, 2:00 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
1
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
X
5
Tyler George 1
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
3
X
8
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
X
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
3
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
3
0
4
0
0
0
3
X
X
10
1
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
X
X
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Kevin Kakela 1
3
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
7
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
0
2
1
8
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
1
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
1
6
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
5
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Eric Fenson 0
2
0
2
0
2
1
1
0
0
8
2
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
7
Draw 4 [ ] Friday, January 10, 7:00 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
1
0
0
X
X
X
X
X
X
1
Craig Brown 1
0
6
2
X
X
X
X
X
X
9
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Mike Farbelow 3
0
0
3
1
0
X
X
X
X
7
0
1
0
0
0
1
X
X
X
X
2
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
3
0
X
8
2
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
X
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
2
0
1
0
2
3
0
3
X
11
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
0
X
5
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
1
X
5
Eric Fenson 1
1
0
3
1
0
1
1
0
X
8
Draw 5 [ ] Saturday, January 11, 9:00 am
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Tyler George
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
X
5
0
1
1
0
0
5
1
0
1
X
9
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
4
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
8
0
1
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
X
X
4
2
1
0
2
2
0
2
0
X
X
9
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
2
0
0
2
3
0
0
1
X
8
2
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
X
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Kevin Kakela 0
1
0
0
0
2
0
X
X
X
3
3
0
0
1
3
0
2
X
X
X
9
Draw 6 [ ] Saturday, January 11, 2:00 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
1
6
Mike Farbelow 0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
5
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Peter Stolt 0
3
0
0
0
0
3
0
2
X
8
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
4
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
7
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
4
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
7
Eric Fenson
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
1
0
6
Draw 7 [ ] Saturday, January 11, 7:00 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
1
2
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
7
Peter Stolt 0
0
1
1
2
0
0
1
0
2
1
8
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
6
0
1
0
3
0
0
2
1
0
1
8
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Eric Fenson 0
3
0
3
0
3
0
2
X
X
11
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
5
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
0
2
1
0
0
0
4
0
2
0
2
11
2
0
0
1
1
1
0
2
0
2
0
9
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Mike Farbelow 0
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
1
7
1
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
6
Draw 8 [ ] Sunday, January 12, 9:00 am
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
2
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
X
8
Todd Birr
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
1
0
X
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Eric Fenson 0
0
3
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
8
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
X
5
Mike Farbelow 2
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
0
X
8
Draw 9 [ ] Sunday, January 12, 2:00 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Eric Fenson 0
0
0
3
0
1
1
0
0
1
6
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
5
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Mike Farbelow 0
1
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
1
7
1
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
5
Draw 10 [ ] Sunday, January 12, 7:00 pm
References [ ]
St. Paul, Minnesota
West Fargo, North Dakota
Seattle, Washington
Madison, Wisconsin
Rochester, New York
