2016 United States Men's Curling Championship

2016 United States
Men's Curling Championship
2016 United States Men's Curling Championship
Host cityJacksonville, Florida
ArenaJacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
DatesFebruary 6–13
WinnerBrady Clark
Curling clubGranite CC, Seattle, Washington
SkipBrady Clark
ThirdGreg Persinger
SecondColin Hufman
LeadPhilip Tilker
FinalistJohn Shuster
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The 2016 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 6 to 13 at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. It was held in conjunction with the 2016 United States Women's Curling Championship.

Teams

Ten teams participated in the 2016 national championship. The teams are listed as follows:[1]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Qualification method
John Shuster Tyler George Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner Duluth, Minnesota Order of Merit
Craig Brown Kroy Nernberger Jared Zezel Sean Beighton Blaine, Minnesota Order of Merit
Chris Plys (fourth) Pete Fenson (skip) Joe Polo Jason Smith Blaine, Minnesota High Performance Program committee selection
Korey Dropkin Tom Howell Mark Fenner Alex Fenson Quinn Evenson Blaine, Minnesota High Performance Program committee selection
Heath McCormick Bill Stopera Dean Gemmell Mark Lazar Andrew Stopera New York, New York Challenge Round
Brady Clark Greg Persinger Colin Hufman Philip Tilker Seattle, Washington Challenge Round
Todd Birr Doug Pottinger John Benton Tom O'Connor Blaine, Minnesota Challenge Round
Brandon Corbett Derek Corbett Paul Lyttle Jared Wydysh Rochester, New York Challenge Round
Alex Leichter Martin Sather Nate Clark Ryan Hallisey Boston, Massachusetts Challenge Round
Hunter Clawson Cody Clouser Caleb Clawson Andy Dunnam Laurel, Maryland Challenge Round

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Skip W L PF PA Ends
won 		Ends
lost 		Blank
ends 		Stolen
ends 		Shot
pct.
Brady Clark 8 1 74 42 37 30 6 12 88%
John Shuster 7 2 69 50 39 34 6 6 85%
Korey Dropkin 6 3 56 45 36 28 13 11 87%
Craig Brown 5 4 50 51 36 32 16 11 88%
Todd Birr 4 5 59 67 33 40 7 5 83%
Hunter Clawson 4 5 54 61 37 36 12 10 82%
Pete Fenson 4 5 51 56 31 33 26 8 85%
Brandon Corbett 3 6 60 71 41 41 7 11 85%
Alex Leichter 3 6 50 57 30 35 16 7 80%
Heath McCormick 1 8 49 72 32 43 7 6 76%

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Saturday, February 6, 4:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
John Shuster 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 X 9
Heath McCormick (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Hunter Clawson (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7
Todd Birr 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Craig Brown 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 X 7
Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Pete Fenson 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
Alex Leichter (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Brady Clark (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 8
Brandon Corbett 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 7

Draw 2

Sunday, February 7, 8:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brandon Corbett 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 9
Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 6
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brady Clark (has hammer) 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 X X 10
Heath McCormick 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 X X 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alex Leichter (has hammer) 1 1 0 2 0 2 3 X X X 9
Todd Birr 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X X X 3
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Craig Brown (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 7
Hunter Clawson 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Pete Fenson 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 2
John Shuster (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 X X X 8

Draw 3

Sunday, February 7, 4:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Craig Brown (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 6
Todd Birr 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 7
Pete Fenson 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Hunter Clawson 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 8
Brandon Corbett (has hammer) 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brady Clark 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 X 10
John Shuster (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 7
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alex Leichter 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7
Heath McCormick (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 9

Draw 4

Monday, February 7, 8:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Heath McCormick (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 6
Hunter Clawson 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 X 9
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
John Shuster (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 2 X X 9
Alex Leichter 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brady Clark (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 8
Pete Fenson 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 6
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5
Todd Birr 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brandon Corbett 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 4
Craig Brown (has hammer) 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 X 8

Draw 5

Monday, February 7, 4:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alex Leichter 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 7
Craig Brown (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Pete Fenson 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
Hunter Clawson (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 6
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 X X X 8
John Shuster 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 2
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Heath McCormick 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 5
Brandon Corbett (has hammer) 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 8
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Todd Birr (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 X X X 5
Brady Clark 0 4 0 2 2 2 0 X X X 10

Draw 6

Tuesday, February 8, 10:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X X 2
Brady Clark 1 2 0 2 0 2 X X X X 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brandon Corbett 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6
John Shuster (has hammer) 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Heath McCormick 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5
Craig Brown (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Todd Birr (has hammer) 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7
Pete Fenson 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 3 11
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Hunter Clawson 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 2
Alex Leichter (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 X 7

Draw 7

Tuesday, February 8, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Todd Birr (has hammer) 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
John Shuster 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 8
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Heath McCormick (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 2
Korey Dropkin 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 X X X 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brandon Corbett (has hammer) 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 8
Alex Leichter 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Hunter Clawson (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 7
Brady Clark 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Craig Brown (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Pete Fenson 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2

Draw 8

Wednesday, February 9, 10:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Pete Fenson 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 8
Brandon Corbett (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Craig Brown (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X X X 2
Brady Clark 0 0 2 0 2 4 X X X X 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
John Shuster (has hammer) 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 X 10
Hunter Clawson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alex Leichter (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
Korey Dropkin 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 8
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Heath McCormick (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 X X 6
Todd Birr 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 X X 7

Draw 9

Wednesday, February 9, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brady Clark 0 1 1 0 2 5 X X X X 9
Alex Leichter (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X X X 2
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Todd Birr 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 5 X X 12
Brandon Corbett (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X X 5
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Pete Fenson 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8
Heath McCormick (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
John Shuster 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 8
Craig Brown (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 5
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Korey Dropkin 2 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 X X 9
Hunter Clawson (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 X X 4

Playoffs

Page playoff systemSemifinalFinal
1Brady Clark81Brady Clark10
2John Shuster22John Shuster4
2John Shuster7
4Craig Brown1
3Korey Dropkin3
4Craig Brown7

1 vs. 2

Thursday, February 11, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brady Clark (has hammer) 0 4 0 0 3 1 X X X X 8
John Shuster 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X X X 2
Player percentages
Team Clark Team Shuster
Philip Tilker 94% John Landsteiner 100%
Colin Hufman 91% Matt Hamilton 82%
Greg Persinger 100% Tyler George 94%
Brady Clark 94% John Shuster 62%
Total 95% Total 85%

3 vs. 4

Thursday, February 11, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Craig Brown 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 X 7
Player percentages
Team Dropkin Team Brown
Alex Fenson 81% Sean Beighton 97%
Mark Fenner 86% Jared Zezel 92%
Tom Howell 77% Kroy Nernberger 95%
Korey Dropkin 81% Craig Brown 96%
Total 71% Total 95%

Semifinal

Friday, February 12, 3:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
John Shuster (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 X X X 7
Craig Brown 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 1
Player percentages
Team Shuster Team Brown
John Landsteiner 94% Sean Beighton 85%
Matt Hamilton 90% Jared Zezel 75%
Tyler George 96% Kroy Nernberger 95%
John Shuster 91% Craig Brown 70%
Total 93% Total 81%

Final

Saturday, February 13, 6:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brady Clark (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 X 10
John Shuster 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
Player percentages
Team Clark Team Shuster
Philip Tilker 91% John Landsteiner 99%
Colin Hufman 95% Matt Hamilton 82%
Greg Persinger 91% Tyler George 83%
Brady Clark 93% John Shuster 76%
Total 93% Total 85%

Statistics

Perfect games

Player Team Position Shots Opponent
Colin Hufman Team Clark Second 16 Team McCormick
John Shuster Team Shuster Skip 16 Team Leichter
Jared Zezel Team Brown Second 18 Team Corbett
Sean Beighton Team Brown Lead 20 Team Leichter
Mark Fenner Team Dropkin Second 12 Team Clark
Greg Persinger Team Clark Third 12 Team Drokpin
Pete Fenson Team Fenson Skip 19 Team Birr
Phil Tilker Team Clark Lead 20 Team Clawson
Paul Lyttle Team Corbett Second 16 Team Birr
Greg Persinger Team Clark Third 12 Team Shuster
John Landsteiner Team Shuster Lead 12 Team Clark

References

  1. ^ "Qualified teams to the 2016 National Championships". USA Curling. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 28 January 2016.

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