2015 United States Men's Curling Championship

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2015 United States
Men's Curling Championship
Host cityKalamazoo, Michigan
ArenaWings Stadium
DatesFebruary 14–21
WinnerMinnesota John Shuster
Curling clubDuluth CC, Duluth, Minnesota
SkipJohn Shuster
ThirdTyler George
SecondMatt Hamilton
LeadJohn Landsteiner
FinalistMinnesota Craig Brown
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The 2015 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 14 to 21 at the Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was held in conjunction with the 2015 United States Women's Curling Championship. The winning John Shuster rink went on to represent the United States at the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Teams[]

Ten teams participated in the 2015 national championship. The teams are listed as follows:[1]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Qualification method
Craig Brown Kroy Nernberger Jared Zezel Sean Beighton Minnesota Blaine, Minnesota High Performance Program committee selection[2]
Korey Dropkin Mark Fenner Andrew Stopera Luc Violette Minnesota Blaine, Minnesota High Performance Program committee selection[2]
Heath McCormick Chris Plys Joe Polo Colin Hufman Ryan Brunt Minnesota Blaine, Minnesota Order of Merit[2]
John Shuster Tyler George Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota Order of Merit[2]
Paul Lyttle New York (state) Rochester, New York Challenge Round
Dean Gemmell Bill Stopera Martin Sather Mark Lazar New York (state) New York, New York Challenge Round
Brady Clark Greg Persinger Philip Tilker Washington (state) Seattle, Washington Challenge Round
Mark Haluptzok Minnesota Bemidji, Minnesota Challenge Round
Paul Pustovar Washington (state) Seattle, Washington Challenge Round
Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota National junior champions

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 John Shuster 8 1 69 46 43 31 11 11 80%
Minnesota Craig Brown 7 2 70 41 36 34 12 6 87%
Minnesota Heath McCormick 6 3 56 50 35 31 12 10 84%
New York (state) 4 5 47 50 32 34 17 10 79%
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 4 5 49 43 32 30 12 10 80%
New York (state) Dean Gemmell 4 5 48 55 27 35 10 5 77%
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar 4 5 56 56 42 33 9 20 77%
Washington (state) Brady Clark 3 6 42 50 29 32 12 6 78%
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok 3 6 48 70 35 41 7 7 75%
Minnesota 2 7 42 66 25 35 14 3 72%

Round robin results[]

All draw times listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5).[3]

Draw 1[]

Saturday, February 14, 8:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Brady Clark a hammer icon 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 2 X X 9
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster a hammer icon 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 X 11
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota a hammer icon 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X X X 2
New York (state) Dean Gemmell 2 0 0 3 2 0 X X X X 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) a hammer icon 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 X 9
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 4
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Craig Brown a hammer icon 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 X X 10
Minnesota Heath McCormick 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3

Draw 2[]

Sunday, February 15, 12:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Heath McCormick a hammer icon 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 X X X 7
New York (state) Dean Gemmell 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 2
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Craig Brown 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 3 X 9
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar a hammer icon 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok a hammer icon 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6
Minnesota John Shuster a hammer icon 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 7
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) a hammer icon 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5
Washington (state) Brady Clark 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4

Draw 3[]

Sunday, February 15, 8:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota a hammer icon 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 8
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 9
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Dean Gemmell a hammer icon 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 7
New York (state) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 6
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster a hammer icon 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 X 9
Minnesota Heath McCormick 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Craig Brown 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 7
Washington (state) Brady Clark a hammer icon 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Korey Dropkin a hammer icon 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 X 7
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 3

Draw 4[]

Monday, February 16, 12:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
Minnesota John Shuster a hammer icon 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Brady Clark 0 0 0 0 X X X X X X 0
Minnesota Korey Dropkin a hammer icon 1 1 1 4 X X X X X X 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Craig Brown a hammer icon 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 7
New York (state) 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Dean Gemmell a hammer icon 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X X 9
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 5
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Heath McCormick 0 2 0 4 0 2 X X X X 8
Minnesota a hammer icon 2 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X 3

Draw 5[]

Monday, February 16, 8:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Korey Dropkin a hammer icon 2 0 2 3 2 X X X X X 9
Minnesota 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X X 1
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X X 1
Minnesota John Shuster a hammer icon 2 0 1 0 3 1 X X X X 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Dean Gemmell 0 0 0 0 X X X X X X 0
Washington (state) Brady Clark a hammer icon 2 2 3 1 X X X X X X 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5
Minnesota Heath McCormick a hammer icon 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 6
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok a hammer icon 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6
Minnesota Craig Brown 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5

Draw 6[]

Tuesday, February 17, 3:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Dean Gemmell a hammer icon 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
Minnesota Craig Brown 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 X X 8
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Heath McCormick 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 5
Washington (state) Brady Clark a hammer icon 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar a hammer icon 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7
Minnesota 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
New York (state) a hammer icon 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 X 7
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster a hammer icon 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5

Draw 7[]

Wednesday, February 18, 8:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 4
Washington (state) Brady Clark a hammer icon 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 X 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 X 6
New York (state) Dean Gemmell a hammer icon 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 X 10
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Heath McCormick a hammer icon 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 X X 8
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X X 3
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster a hammer icon 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
Minnesota Craig Brown 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 7
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4
New York (state) a hammer icon 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5

Draw 8[]

Wednesday, February 18, 4:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) a hammer icon 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
Minnesota Heath McCormick 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota a hammer icon 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X X X 4
Minnesota Craig Brown 0 0 2 0 2 0 7 X X X 11
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Brady Clark 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 5
Minnesota John Shuster a hammer icon 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 X 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
New York (state) Dean Gemmell a hammer icon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar 2 1 2 1 0 0 3 X X X 9
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok a hammer icon 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X X X 2

Draw 9[]

Thursday, February 19, 8:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Craig Brown a hammer icon 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 6
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok a hammer icon 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 7
Minnesota Heath McCormick 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
New York (state) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 6
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar a hammer icon 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Brady Clark a hammer icon 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
Minnesota 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 X 6
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Dean Gemmell 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 7
Minnesota John Shuster a hammer icon 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 9

Tiebreakers[]

Semifinals To Playoffs
      
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 5
New York (state) 6
New York (state) 8
New York (state) Dean Gemmell 6
New York (state) Dean Gemmell 8
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar 7

Round 1[]

Thursday, February 19, 4:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
New York (state) a hammer icon 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 6
Player percentages
Minnesota Team Dropkin New York (state) Team Corbett
Andrew Stopera 78% 82%
Mark Fenner 87% Paul Lyttle 88%
87% 79%
Korey Dropkin 77% 70%
Total 82% Total 80%
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Dean Gemmell a hammer icon 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 8
Washington (state) Paul Pustovar 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 7
Player percentages
New York (state) Team Gemmell Washington (state) Team Pustovar
Mark Lazar 81% 94%
Martin Sather 100% 73%
Bill Stopera 83% 89%
Dean Gemmell 72% Paul Pustovar 75%
Total 84% Total 83%

Round 2[]

Thursday, February 19, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 8
New York (state) Dean Gemmell a hammer icon 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 6
Player percentages
New York (state) Team Corbett New York (state) Team Gemmell
90% Mark Lazar 86%
Paul Lyttle 81% Martin Sather 77%
90% Bill Stopera 74%
79% Dean Gemmell 79%
Total 85% Total 79%

Playoffs[]

  Page playoff system Semifinal Final
                           
1 Minnesota John Shuster 7  
2 Minnesota Craig Brown 6         1 Minnesota John Shuster 8
      2 Minnesota Craig Brown 4   2 Minnesota Craig Brown 5
  3 Minnesota Heath McCormick 3  
3 Minnesota Heath McCormick 8
4 New York (state) 5  

1 vs. 2[]

Friday, February 20, 12:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster a hammer icon 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 7
Minnesota Craig Brown 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 6
Player percentages
Minnesota Team Shuster Minnesota Team Brown
John Landsteiner 83% Sean Beighton 91%
Matt Hamilton 83% Jared Zezel 89%
Tyler George 88% Kroy Nernberger 84%
John Shuster 76% Craig Brown 86%
Total 83% Total 87%

3 vs. 4[]

Friday, February 20, 12:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Heath McCormick 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 8
New York (state) a hammer icon 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 5
Player percentages
Minnesota Team McCormick New York (state) Team Corbett
Colin Hufman 87% 86%
Joe Polo 86% Paul Lyttle 80%
Chris Plys 72% 59%
Heath McCormick 88% 72%
Total 83% Total 74%

Semifinal[]

Friday, February 20, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Craig Brown a hammer icon 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
Minnesota Heath McCormick 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
Player percentages
Minnesota Team Brown Minnesota Team McCormick
Sean Beighton 85% Colin Hufman 92%
Jared Zezel 92% Joe Polo 84%
Kroy Nernberger 87% Chris Plys 86%
Craig Brown 86% Heath McCormick 79%
Total 88% Total 85%

Final[]

Saturday, February 21, 3:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 8
Minnesota Craig Brown a hammer icon 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Player percentages
Minnesota Team Shuster Minnesota Team Brown
John Landsteiner 96% Sean Beighton 85%
Matt Hamilton 86% Jared Zezel 92%
Tyler George 79% Kroy Nernberger 83%
John Shuster 86% Craig Brown 84%
Total 87% Total 86%

Statistics[]

Perfect games[]

Player Team Position Shots Opponent
Jared Zezel Minnesota Team Brown Second 16 New York (state) Team Gemmell
Heath McCormick Minnesota Team McCormick Skip 20 New York (state) Team
Martin Sather New York (state) Team Gemmell Second 20 Washington (state) Team Pustovar

References[]

  1. ^ "Qualified teams to the 2015 National Championships". USA Curling. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "Dec. 22, 2014 OOM Standings" (PDF). United States Curling Association. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. ^ "2015 USA Curling National Championships Draw" (PDF). United States Curling Association. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

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