2015 United States Men's Curling Championship

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2015 United States Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Kalamazoo, Michigan
Arena	Wings Stadium
Dates	February 14–21
Winner	John Shuster
Curling club	Duluth CC, Duluth, Minnesota
Skip	John Shuster
Third	Tyler George
Second	Matt Hamilton
Lead	John Landsteiner
Finalist	Craig Brown
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Events at the 2015 United States National Curling Championships

Tournament
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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	Alex Leichter	Blaine, Minnesota	High Performance Program committee selection^[2]
Korey Dropkin	Tom Howell	Mark Fenner	Andrew Stopera	Luc Violette	Blaine, Minnesota	High Performance Program committee selection^[2]
Heath McCormick	Chris Plys	Joe Polo	Colin Hufman	Ryan Brunt	Blaine, Minnesota	Order of Merit^[2]
John Shuster	Tyler George	Matt Hamilton	John Landsteiner	Trevor Host	Duluth, Minnesota	Order of Merit^[2]
Brandon Corbett	Derek Corbett	Paul Lyttle	Jared Wydysh	Mark Hartman	Rochester, New York	Challenge Round
Dean Gemmell	Bill Stopera	Martin Sather	Mark Lazar		New York, New York	Challenge Round
Brady Clark	Greg Persinger	Nick Myers	Matt Birklid	Philip Tilker	Seattle, Washington	Challenge Round
Mark Haluptzok	Josh Bahr	Aaron Wald	Jon Chandler		Bemidji, Minnesota	Challenge Round
Paul Pustovar	Chris Bond	Sam Galey	Duane Rutan		Seattle, Washington	Challenge Round
Ethan Meyers	Quinn Evenson	Steven Szemple	William Pryor		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.
John Shuster	8	1	69	46	43	31	11	11	80%
Craig Brown	7	2	70	41	36	34	12	6	87%
Heath McCormick	6	3	56	50	35	31	12	10	84%
Brandon Corbett	4	5	47	50	32	34	17	10	79%
Korey Dropkin	4	5	49	43	32	30	12	10	80%
Dean Gemmell	4	5	48	55	27	35	10	5	77%
Paul Pustovar	4	5	56	56	42	33	9	20	77%
Brady Clark	3	6	42	50	29	32	12	6	78%
Mark Haluptzok	3	6	48	70	35	41	7	7	75%
Ethan Meyers	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
Brady Clark	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
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
John Shuster	2	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	3	X	11
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
Ethan Meyers	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	2
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
Brandon Corbett	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	X	9
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
Craig Brown	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	3	X	X	10
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
Heath McCormick	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	X	X	X	7
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
Craig Brown	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	3	X	9
Paul Pustovar	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Korey Dropkin	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	6
Mark Haluptzok	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
Ethan Meyers	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	6
John Shuster	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
Brandon Corbett	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	5
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
Ethan Meyers	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	8
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
Dean Gemmell	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	7
Brandon Corbett	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	6

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	X	9
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
Craig Brown	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	7
Brady Clark	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
Korey Dropkin	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	X	7
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
Paul Pustovar	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6
John Shuster	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
Brady Clark	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	0
Korey Dropkin	1	1	1	4	X	X	X	X	X	X	7

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Craig Brown	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	7
Brandon Corbett	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	X	4

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Dean Gemmell	4	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	X	X	9
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
Heath McCormick	0	2	0	4	0	2	X	X	X	X	8
Ethan Meyers	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
Korey Dropkin	2	0	2	3	2	X	X	X	X	X	9
Ethan Meyers	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	1

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

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Dean Gemmell	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	0
Brady Clark	2	2	3	1	X	X	X	X	X	X	8

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Paul Pustovar	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5
Heath McCormick	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
Mark Haluptzok	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	6
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
Dean Gemmell	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3
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
Heath McCormick	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	5
Brady Clark	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	7

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Paul Pustovar	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	7
Quinn Evenson	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	8

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mark Haluptzok	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	4
Brandon Corbett	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	X	7

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6
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
Mark Haluptzok	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	X	4
Brady Clark	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	X	7

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Paul Pustovar	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	X	6
Dean Gemmell	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	X	10

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Heath McCormick	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	3	X	X	8
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
John Shuster	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	8
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
Ethan Meyers	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4
Brandon Corbett	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
Brandon Corbett	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
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
Ethan Meyers	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	X	4
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
Brady Clark	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	X	5
John Shuster	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	X	7

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Korey Dropkin	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
Dean Gemmell	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Paul Pustovar	2	1	2	1	0	0	3	X	X	X	9
Mark Haluptzok	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
Craig Brown	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	6
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
Mark Haluptzok	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	7
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
Brandon Corbett	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	6
Paul Pustovar	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
Brady Clark	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	3
Ethan Meyers	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	X	6

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Dean Gemmell	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	7
John Shuster	2	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	1	9

Tiebreakers

Semifinals		To Playoffs

Korey Dropkin	5

Brandon Corbett	6
		Brandon Corbett	8

		Dean Gemmell	6
Dean Gemmell	8

Paul Pustovar	7

Round 1

Thursday, February 19, 4:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Korey Dropkin	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	5
Brandon Corbett	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	6

Player percentages
Team Dropkin		Team Corbett
Andrew Stopera	78%	Jared Wydysh	82%
Mark Fenner	87%	Paul Lyttle	88%
Tom Howell	87%	Derek Corbett	79%
Korey Dropkin	77%	Brandon Corbett	70%
Total	82%	Total	80%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Dean Gemmell	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	8
Paul Pustovar	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	7

Player percentages
Team Gemmell		Team Pustovar
Mark Lazar	81%	Duane Rutan	94%
Martin Sather	100%	Sam Galey	73%
Bill Stopera	83%	Chris Bond	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
Brandon Corbett	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	8
Dean Gemmell	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	6

Player percentages
Team Corbett		Team Gemmell
Jared Wydysh	90%	Mark Lazar	86%
Paul Lyttle	81%	Martin Sather	77%
Derek Corbett	90%	Bill Stopera	74%
Brandon Corbett	79%	Dean Gemmell	79%
Total	85%	Total	79%

Playoffs


Page playoff system			Semifinal			Final



1	John Shuster	7				1	John Shuster	8

2	Craig Brown	6				2	Craig Brown	5

			2	Craig Brown	4

			3	Heath McCormick	3

3	Heath McCormick	8

4	Brandon Corbett	5

1 vs. 2

Friday, February 20, 12:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	7
Craig Brown	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	6

Player percentages
Team Shuster		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
Heath McCormick	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	8
Brandon Corbett	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	5

Player percentages
Team McCormick		Team Corbett
Colin Hufman	87%	Jared Wydysh	86%
Joe Polo	86%	Paul Lyttle	80%
Chris Plys	72%	Derek Corbett	59%
Heath McCormick	88%	Brandon Corbett	72%
Total	83%	Total	74%

Semifinal

Friday, February 20, 8:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Craig Brown	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	4
Heath McCormick	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3

Player percentages
Team Brown		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
John Shuster	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	8
Craig Brown	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5

Player percentages
Team Shuster		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	Team Brown	Second	16	Team Gemmell
Heath McCormick	Team McCormick	Skip	20	Team Corbett
Martin Sather	Team Gemmell	Second	20	Team Pustovar

References

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

External links

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