2019 United States Men's Curling Championship

2019 United States
Men's Curling Championship
2019 United States ; Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Kalamazoo, Michigan
Arena	Wings Event Center
Dates	February 9 - 16
Winner	Team Shuster
Curling club	Duluth Curling Club, Duluth, Minnesota
Skip	John Shuster
Third	Chris Plys
Second	Matt Hamilton
Lead	John Landsteiner
Finalist	Rich Ruohonen
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The 2019 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 9 to 16 at the Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was held in conjunction with the 2019 United States Women's Curling Championship.

Teams

Ten teams qualified to participate in the 2019 national championship.

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Steven Birklid	Sam Galey	Matt Birklid	Nicholas Connolly	Seattle, Washington
Todd Birr	Greg Johnson	Hunter Clawson	Tom O'Connor	Blaine, Minnesota
Jed Brundidge	Jordan Brown	Evan Workin	Cameron Rittenour	St Paul, Minnesota
Brandon Corbett	Derek Corbett	Evan Jensen	Aaron Carlson	Rochester, New York
Scott Dunnam	Cody Clouser	Andrew Dunnam	Daniel Dudt	Dresher, Pennsylvania
Korey Dropkin (fourth)	Thomas Howell	Mark Fenner (skip)	Alex Fenson	Chaska, Minnesota
Greg Persinger (fourth)	Rich Ruohonen (skip)	Colin Hufman	Phil Tilker	Chaska, Minnesota
John Shuster	Chris Plys	Matt Hamilton	John Landsteiner	Duluth, Minnesota
Chase Sinnett	Trevor Marquardt	Jonathon Harstad	Eli Clawson	Medfield, Massachusetts
Samuel Strouse	John Paul Munich	Andrew McDonald	Ryan Elwing	Midland, Michigan

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings^[1]

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Skip	W	L
Rich Ruohonen	8	1
John Shuster	8	1
Todd Birr	6	3
Mark Fenner	6	3
Steven Birklid	4	5
Scott Dunnam	4	5
Brandon Corbett	3	6
Chase Sinnett	3	6
Jed Brundidge	2	7
Samuel Strouse	1	8

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−7)^[1]

Draw 1

Saturday, February 9, 7:00pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Samuel Strouse	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	X	2
John Shuster 🔨	3	0	0	0	0	4	2	X	X	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Dunnam	1	1	0	4	1	1	1	X	X	X	9
Steven Birklid 🔨	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chase Sinnett	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	6
Brandon Corbett 🔨	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jed Brundidge	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	4
Mark Fenner 🔨	1	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	X	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	X	5
Rich Ruohonen 🔨	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	X	9

Draw 2

Sunday, February 10, 8:00am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jed Brundidge	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	3
Rich Ruohonen 🔨	0	1	0	2	3	0	3	X	X	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brandon Corbett	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3
Mark Fenner 🔨	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	X	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	9
Scott Dunnam 🔨	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Steven Birklid	3	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	8
Samuel Strouse 🔨	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster 🔨	1	2	1	1	0	3	X	X	X	X	8
Chase Sinnett	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	1

Draw 3

Sunday, February 10, 4:00pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Steven Birklid	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	6
Todd Birr 🔨	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chase Sinnett	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	2	3	X	11
Jed Brundidge 🔨	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rich Ruohonen	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	8
Mark Fenner 🔨	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Dunnam	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	X	X	X	5
John Shuster 🔨	3	0	4	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Samuel Strouse 🔨	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	7
Brandon Corbett	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	8

Draw 4

Monday, February 11, 9:00am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Chase Sinnett	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	2	8
Mark Fenner 🔨	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr 🔨	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	X	X	8
Samuel Strouse	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Steven Birklid	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	5
John Shuster 🔨	3	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rich Ruohonen 🔨	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	5
Brandon Corbett	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Dunnam	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	X	6
Jed Brundidge 🔨	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	2	2	X	10

Draw 5

Monday, February 11, 7:00pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brandon Corbett 🔨	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	4
Scott Dunnam	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster 🔨	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	8
Rich Ruohonen	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Samuel Strouse	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	7
Jed Brundidge 🔨	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Todd Birr 🔨	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	6
Chase Sinnett	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Steven Birklid	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	X	8
Mark Fenner 🔨	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	X	6

Draw 6

Monday, February 12, 2:00pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rich Ruohonen 🔨	3	1	0	2	3	0	X	X	X	X	9
Samuel Strouse	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Steven Birklid	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	6
Chase Sinnett 🔨	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Brandon Corbett 🔨	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	5
Todd Birr	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mark Fenner 🔨	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	7
Scott Dunnam	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jed Brundidge	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	5
John Shuster 🔨	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	6

Draw 7

Monday, February 13, 9:00am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr	0	3	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	1	11
Jed Brundidge 🔨	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mark Fenner	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	3	X	X	9
John Shuster 🔨	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Scott Dunnam 🔨	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	6
Rich Ruohonen	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brandon Corbett	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	X	4
Steven Birklid 🔨	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chase Sinnett	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	7
Samuel Strouse 🔨	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6

Draw 8

Monday, February 13, 7:00pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Dunnam	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	6
Chase Sinnett 🔨	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jed Brundidge	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6
Brandon Corbett 🔨	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mark Fenner	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	2	9
Samuel Strouse 🔨	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster	3	0	0	6	0	X	X	X	X	X	9
Todd Birr 🔨	0	0	1	0	2	X	X	X	X	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rich Ruohonen 🔨	2	0	0	5	1	0	X	X	X	X	8
Steven Birklid	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	2

Draw 9

Monday, February 14, 4:00pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster	1	2	1	5	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
Brandon Corbett 🔨	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Samuel Strouse	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	5
Scott Dunnam 🔨	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Jed Brundidge	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	9
Steven Birklid 🔨	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chase Sinnett	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	X	6
Rich Ruohonen 🔨	2	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mark Fenner	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	7
Todd Birr 🔨	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4

Playoffs


Page playoff system			Semifinal			Final



1	Rich Ruohonen	3				2	John Shuster	8

2	John Shuster	8				1	Rich Ruohonen	4

			1	Rich Ruohonen	6

			3	Todd Birr	5

3	Todd Birr	5

4	Mark Fenner	4

1 vs. 2

Friday, February 15, 1:00pm ET^[2]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster 🔨	0	3	0	2	1	0	2	X	X	X	8
Rich Ruohonen	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	3

Player percentages
John Shuster		Rich Ruohonen
John Landsteiner	76%	Phil Tilker	97%
Matt Hamilton	78%	Colin Hufman	79%
Chris Plys	97%	Rich Ruohonen	67%
John Shuster	86%	Greg Persinger	64%
Total	84%	Total	77%

3 vs. 4

Friday, February 15, 1:00pm ET^[2]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mark Fenner 🔨	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
Todd Birr	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	5

Player percentages
Mark Fenner		Todd Birr
Alex Fenson	73%	Tom O'Connor	88%
Mark Fenner	66%	Hunter Clawson	67%
Thomas Howell	83%	Greg Johnson	73%
Korey Dropkin	74%	Todd Birr	77%
Total	74%	Total	76%

Semifinal

Friday, February 15, 7:00pm ET^[3]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rich Ruohonen 🔨	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6
Todd Birr	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5

Player percentages
Rich Ruohonen		Todd Birr
Phil Tilker	78%	Tom O'Connor	88%
Colin Hufman	84%	Hunter Clawson	77%
Rich Ruohonen	82%	Greg Johnson	76%
Greg Persinger	89%	Todd Birr	81%
Total	83%	Total	80%

Final

Saturday, February 16, 3:00 pm ET^[4]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster 🔨	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	X	8
Rich Ruohonen	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	4

Player percentages
John Shuster		Rich Ruohonen
John Landsteiner	84%	Phil Tilker	92%
Matt Hamilton	80%	Colin Hufman	74%
Chris Plys	87%	Rich Ruohonen	80%
John Shuster	97%	Greg Persinger	74%
Total	87%	Total	80%

References

1 2 "USA Curling National Championships: Round-Robin". Retrieved March 15, 2019.
1 2 "USA Curling National Championships - Scores: PGs". CurlingZone. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
↑ "USA Curling National Championships - Scores: SF". CurlingZone. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
↑ "USA Curling National Championships: Scores". Retrieved March 15, 2019.

External links

Official website

[:1-1] 1 2 "USA Curling National Championships: Round-Robin". Retrieved March 15, 2019.

[:0-2] 1 2 "USA Curling National Championships - Scores: PGs". CurlingZone. Retrieved November 11, 2019.

[3] "USA Curling National Championships - Scores: SF". CurlingZone. Retrieved November 11, 2019.

[4] "USA Curling National Championships: Scores". Retrieved March 15, 2019.

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