The 2020 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 8 to 15, 2020 at the Eastern Washington University Recreation Center in Spokane, Washington .[1] 2020 United States Women's Curling Championship . John Shuster claimed his seventh United States Championship, defeating Rich Ruohonen in the final.[2]
Since Team Shuster met certain prerequisites in terms of world ranking points (60 points year-to-date or ranked 70th or higher) they would have represented the United States at the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship ,[3] Glasgow, Scotland from March 28 to April 5, 2020 but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[4] Grand Slam of the season, the Champions Cup ,[5] 2021 Champions Cup .[6]
Qualification [ ] There were three ways for teams to qualify for the championship:
Challenge round [ ] Sixteen teams competed at the 2020 United States Men's Challenge Round, held at the Grand Forks Curling Club in Grand Forks, North Dakota , from January 2 to 5.[8] [9] Dominik Märki in the 'A' bracket final. Märki then dropped down to the 'B' bracket final and had another opportunity to play for a spot in the Nationals, but this time lost to Kyle Kakela who took the second Nationals berth. In the 'C' bracket Märki finally earned their spot when they defeated Steven Birklid's team. On the other side of the 'C' bracket Luc Violette defeated Nicholas Connolly for the fourth and final Nationals berth.[10]
Teams [ ] Ten teams participated in the 2020 national championship.[11]
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Second
Lead
Alternate
Locale
Korey Dropkin Tom Howell
Mark Fenner
Alex Fenson
Joe Polo Chaska, Minnesota
Todd Birr Andrew Stopera Hunter Clawson
Tom O’Connor
Ham Lake, Minnesota
Jed Brundidge
Evan Workin
Jarl Timothy Wagner
Cameron Rittenour
West St. Paul, Minnesota
Scott Dunnam
Alex Leichter
Cody Clouser
Andrew Dunnam
Daniel Dudt
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kevin Kakela Timothy Hodek
JP Munich
Owen Sampson
Rolla, North Dakota
Rich Ruohonen Greg Persinger Colin Hufman Phil Tilker Kroy Nernberger Minneapolis, Minnesota
John Shuster Chris Plys Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner Duluth , Minnesota
Dominik Märki Stephen Dropkin
Shawn Banyai
Erik Quistgaard
Jason Smith Chaska, Minnesota
Steven Birklid
Sam Galey
Matt Birklid
Chris Bond
Daniel Plys
Mountlake Terrace, Washington
Chase Sinnett
Sam Strouse
Eli Clawson
Ethan Sampson
Trevor Marquardt
Medfield, Massachusetts
Round robin standings [ ] Final round robin standings
Round robin results [ ] All draw times are listed in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−08:00 ).
Draw 1 [ ] Saturday, February 8, 7:30 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Korey Dropkin 2
2
0
1
0
0
2
0
X
X
7
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
X
X
3
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Todd Birr
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
7
0
3
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Rich Ruohonen 4
2
0
3
3
X
X
X
X
X
12
0
0
1
0
0
X
X
X
X
X
1
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
1
0
2
0
1
0
3
1
0
X
8
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
X
5
Draw 2 [ ] Sunday, February 9, 12:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
John Shuster 5
0
4
1
X
X
X
X
X
X
10
0
1
0
0
X
X
X
X
X
X
1
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
0
0
1
0
X
X
X
X
X
1
Dominik Märki 3
2
2
0
3
X
X
X
X
X
10
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
7
Todd Birr
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
5
Korey Dropkin 0
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
7
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
1
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
X
5
Rich Ruohonen 0
3
0
1
0
2
0
2
1
X
9
Draw 3 [ ] Sunday, February 9, 8:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
2
0
2
1
2
0
0
2
X
X
9
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
X
X
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
1
0
0
6
Dominik Märki 1
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
1
3
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Todd Birr 0
0
2
0
5
0
5
X
X
X
12
0
3
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
X
5
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Korey Dropkin 0
1
0
1
1
0
3
0
0
1
7
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
6
Draw 4 [ ] Monday, February 10, 10:00 am
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
2
0
0
1
1
3
0
1
X
X
8
Korey Dropkin
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
X
X
2
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
6
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
X
7
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
3
Draw 5 [ ] Monday, February 10, 7:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
1
0
2
2
1
2
X
X
X
X
8
Todd Birr
0
0
0
0
0
0
X
X
X
X
0
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
X
4
0
3
0
0
0
1
2
1
3
X
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
X
X
1
Rich Ruohonen 2
1
0
2
0
1
1
X
X
X
7
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
X
X
3
Dominik Märki 3
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
X
X
8
Draw 6 [ ] Tuesday, February 11, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
7
Korey Dropkin
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
5
Rich Ruohonen
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
1
X
5
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
X
7
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
John Shuster 1
0
2
0
3
0
2
1
X
X
9
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
X
3
Draw 7 [ ] Wednesday, February 12, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
X
3
John Shuster 1
0
1
0
0
5
0
1
X
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Dominik Märki 0
1
1
0
0
2
0
2
0
X
6
3
0
0
2
1
0
2
0
2
X
10
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Todd Birr 2
0
3
0
2
0
2
0
1
X
10
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
X
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
X
4
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
3
1
X
8
Draw 8 [ ] Wednesday, February 12, 7:00 pm
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
X
4
5
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
X
10
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
1
0
1
7
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
2
0
6
Draw 9 [ ] Thursday, February 13, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
0
3
3
0
1
0
1
2
X
X
10
1
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
X
X
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
John Shuster 0
1
1
1
0
3
0
0
1
X
7
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Rich Ruohonen 0
3
0
0
0
4
0
2
0
2
11
2
0
2
1
3
0
1
0
1
0
10
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Dominik Märki 1
0
3
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
9
0
2
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
1
0
8
Playoffs [ ] 1 vs. 2 [ ] Friday, February 14, 12:00 pm
3 vs. 4 [ ] Friday, February 14, 12:00 pm
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Dominik Märki 0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
X
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
X
6
Player percentages
Team Märki
Erik Quistgaard
76%
Trevor Marquardt
83%
Stephen Dropkin
78%
Ethan Sampson
88%
Dominik Märki 77%
Sam Strouse
89%
Jason Smith 78%
Chase Sinnett
89%
Total 77%
Total 87%
Semifinal [ ] Friday, February 14, 7:00 pm
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Rich Ruohonen 0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
4
1
9
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
5
Final [ ] Saturday, February 15, 5:00 pm
2020 United States Men's Curling Championship
John Shuster
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Team Shuster
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rolla, North Dakota
Mountlake Terrace, Washington
Medfield, Massachusetts
