2024 United States Men's Curling Championship

The 2024 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from January 30 to February 4 at The Rink at American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey.[1][2] The event was held in conjunction with the 2024 United States Women's Curling Championship. The winning John Shuster rink represented the United States at the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship at the KSS Sports Complex in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.[3] Team Shuster also earned the first berth into the 2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials.[4]

2024 United States Men's
Curling Championship
Host cityEast Rutherford, New Jersey
ArenaThe Rink at American Dream
DatesJanuary 30 – February 4
WinnerMinnesota Team Shuster
Curling clubDuluth CC, Duluth
SkipJohn Shuster
ThirdChris Plys
SecondColin Hufman
LeadMatt Hamilton
AlternateJohn Landsteiner
FinalistMinnesota Korey Dropkin
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Qualification process

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The following teams qualified to participate in the 2024 national championship:[4]

Qualification Berths Qualifying Team(s)
2023 World Men's Curling Championship representative 1   John Shuster
2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships representative 1   Korey Dropkin
2024 World Junior Curling Championships representative 1   Wesley Wendling
Qualifying Event #1 (US Open of Curling) 1   Daniel Casper
Qualifying Event #2 (Curl Mesabi Classic) 1   Ethan Sampson
WCF Year-to-date points leaders (December 23, 2023) 3   Scott Dunnam
  Rich Ruohonen
  Nicholas Connolly
TOTAL 8

Teams

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The teams are listed as follows:[4][5]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Daniel Casper Luc Violette Ben Richardson Chase Sinnett   Chaska, Minnesota
Nicholas Connolly Evan Workin Chris Bond Nathan Parry   Seattle, Washington
Korey Dropkin Andrew Stopera Mark Fenner Thomas Howell   Duluth, Minnesota
Scott Dunnam Cody Clouser Lance Wheeler Andrew Dunnam   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rich Ruohonen Jason Smith Samuel Strouse Jared Allen Aidan Oldenburg   Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ethan Sampson Coleman Thurston Jacob Zeman Marius Kleinas   Chaska, Minnesota
John Shuster Chris Plys Colin Hufman Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner   Duluth, Minnesota
Wesley Wendling Jackson Bestland Kevin Tuma Jackson Armstrong Caden Hebert   Wausau, Wisconsin

Map of teams

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  2024 Men's Teams

Round robin standings

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Final Round Robin Standings[6]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Team W L PF PA EW EL BE SE
  John Shuster 7 0 65 21 31 16 3 16
  Korey Dropkin 5 2 52 29 28 20 9 8
  Daniel Casper 4 3 48 46 30 29 3 6
  Ethan Sampson 3 4 36 49 25 30 2 7
  Wesley Wendling 3 4 47 49 25 34 2 3
  Scott Dunnam 3 4 45 52 29 34 1 6
  Nicholas Connolly 2 5 32 55 25 27 4 6
  Rich Ruohonen 1 6 30 55 26 30 7 8

Round robin results

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All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−05:00).[7][8]

Draw 1

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Tuesday, January 30, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scott Dunnam   1 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X X 3
  John Shuster 0 2 2 3 0 2 1 X X X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Wesley Wendling 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 6
  Ethan Sampson   1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Daniel Casper 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 9
  Rich Ruohonen   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Korey Dropkin   0 0 2 0 3 0 5 X X X 10
  Nicholas Connolly 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 3

Draw 2

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Tuesday, January 30, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Rich Ruohonen   1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
  Ethan Sampson 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Shuster   0 2 2 0 4 3 X X X X 11
  Nicholas Connolly 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scott Dunnam   4 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 X 8
  Korey Dropkin 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Wesley Wendling   0 1 0 4 0 5 0 1 X X 11
  Daniel Casper 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X X 5

Draw 3

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Wednesday, January 31, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Daniel Casper   3 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 X 11
  Scott Dunnam 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ethan Sampson 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2
  Korey Dropkin   2 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Wesley Wendling   0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 4 X 10
  Nicholas Connolly 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Shuster   0 3 0 3 1 0 0 3 X X 10
  Rich Ruohonen 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 X X 4

Draw 4

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Wednesday, January 31, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Wesley Wendling 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 X X 4
  Korey Dropkin   0 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Daniel Casper   1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 5
  John Shuster 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Rich Ruohonen   1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
  Scott Dunnam 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nicholas Connolly   0 0 0 1 0 1 X X X X 2
  Ethan Sampson 1 2 1 0 4 0 X X X X 8

Draw 5

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Thursday, February 1, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nicholas Connolly   2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 8
  Rich Ruohonen 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scott Dunnam   1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 6
  Wesley Wendling 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Shuster   2 2 0 2 1 2 X X X X 9
  Ethan Sampson 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Daniel Casper   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
  Korey Dropkin 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 X X 7

Draw 6

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Friday, February 2, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Shuster 0 1 2 1 0 3 2 X X X 9
  Wesley Wendling   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Korey Dropkin   2 1 0 2 0 0 3 X X X 8
  Rich Ruohonen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nicholas Connolly   1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 4
  Daniel Casper 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ethan Sampson 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X X 4
  Scott Dunnam   2 0 2 0 4 0 2 1 X X 11

Draw 7

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Friday, February 2, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ethan Sampson   1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6
  Daniel Casper 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nicholas Connolly   2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 8
  Scott Dunnam 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Korey Dropkin   0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 5
  John Shuster 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Rich Ruohonen 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 8
  Wesley Wendling   0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 7

Tiebreaker

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Saturday, February 3, 7:30 am

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ethan Sampson   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5
  Wesley Wendling 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 9

Playoffs

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1 vs. 2

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Saturday, February 3, 12:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Shuster   1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 X 5
  Korey Dropkin 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 X 9

3 vs. 4

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Saturday, February 3, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Daniel Casper   1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 X 11
  Wesley Wendling 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 X 6

Semifinal

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Saturday, February 3, 7:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Shuster   0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 7
  Daniel Casper 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 5

Final

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Sunday, February 4, 4:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Korey Dropkin   0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 6
  John Shuster 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 0 3 X 11
2024 United States Men's Curling Championship
 
John Shuster
10th United States Championship title

References

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  1. ^ "2024 US men's & women's national championships slated for The Rink at American Dream". USA Curling. June 5, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Cindy Capitani (June 9, 2023). "Olympic Hopefuls Take to the Ice for Curling Championships at American Dream". Meadowlands Media. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  3. ^ "World Men's Curling Championship 2024". World Curling Federation. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Field for 2024 USA Curling Nationals includes Olympic gold medalists and former NFL All-Pro". USA Curling. December 20, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  5. ^ "Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  6. ^ "Standings". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  7. ^ "Draw Schedule" (PDF). USA Curling. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  8. ^ "Results". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 1, 2024.