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2015 United States Men's Curling Championship

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.

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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Teams

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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

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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

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

Draw 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Semifinals To Playoffs
      
  Korey Dropkin 5
  Brandon Corbett 6
  Brandon Corbett 8
  Dean Gemmell 6
  Dean Gemmell 8
  Paul Pustovar 7

Round 1

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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

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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

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1 vs. 2

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Perfect games

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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

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  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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