2013 United States Men's Curling Championship

2013 United States Men's Curling Championship
2013 United States Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Green Bay, Wisconsin
Arena	Cornerstone Community Center
Dates	February 9–16
Winner	Brady Clark
Curling club	Granite CC, Seattle
Skip	Brady Clark
Third	Sean Beighton
Second	Darren Lehto
Lead	Philip Tilker
Alternate	Steve Lundeen
Finalist	Tyler George
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The 2013 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 9 to 16 at the Cornerstone Community Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin.^[1] It was held in conjunction with the 2013 United States Women's Curling Championship. The winning team represented the United States at the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The championship also acted as a qualifier to the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials, awarding qualifying spots to the winners and runners-up of the championship.^[2]

Road to the Nationals

A total of ten teams qualified to participate in the men's national championship through the High Performance Program, through the World Curling Tour Order of Merit, or through a challenge round.^[3]

Teams

Ten teams participated in the national championship. The teams are listed as follows:^[4]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale	Qualification Method
Pete Fenson	Shawn Rojeski	Joe Polo	Ryan Brunt		Bemidji, Minnesota	High Performance Program team^[5]
Heath McCormick	Bill Stopera	Martin Sather	Dean Gemmell	Matt Hames	New York, New York	High Performance Program team^[5]
Chris Plys (fourth)	Tyler George (skip)	Richard Ruohonen	Colin Hufman		Duluth, Minnesota	Order of Merit^[6]
John Shuster	Jeff Isaacson	Jared Zezel	John Landsteiner		Duluth, Minnesota	Order of Merit^[6]
Craig Brown	Kroy Nernberger	Matt Hamilton	Jon Brunt		Madison, Wisconsin	Challenge Round
Greg Persinger	Nicholas Myers	Sean Murray	Tim Gartner		Fairbanks, Alaska	Challenge Round
Ryan Lemke	Nate Gebert	John Lilla	Casey Konopacky		Medford, Wisconsin	Challenge Round
Brady Clark	Sean Beighton	Darren Lehto	Philip Tilker	Steve Lundeen	Seattle, Washington	Challenge Round^[7]
Mike Farbelow	Kevin Deeren	Kraig Deeren	Mark Lazar		St. Paul, Minnesota	Challenge Round
Todd Birr	Doug Pottinger	Greg Romaniuk	Thomas O'Connor	Kevin Birr	Mankato, Minnesota	Challenge Round

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.
Tyler George	7	2	67	41	41	29	8	13	83%
John Shuster	7	2	64	45	38	33	10	11	82%
Brady Clark	5	4	57	52	40	32	6	10	75%
Pete Fenson	5	4	50	56	33	38	11	6	79%
Heath McCormick	5	4	59	43	36	27	10	11	78%
Craig Brown	5	4	64	58	35	39	12	5	81%
Mike Farbelow	5	4	56	55	36	30	8	12	77%
Greg Persinger	3	6	38	60	27	37	9	3	72%
Todd Birr	3	6	52	60	35	42	7	10	77%
Ryan Lemke	0	9	35	75	25	39	11	6	74%

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−6).^[8]

Draw 1

Saturday, February 9, 8:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Heath McCormick	1	1	2	0	3	2	X	X	X	X	9
Todd Birr	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Craig Brown	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	7
Pete Fenson	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tyler George	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	8
Brady Clark	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Lemke	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	5
Greg Persinger	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Farbelow	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	X	5
John Shuster	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	X	8

Draw 2

Sunday, February 9, 12:00 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Farbelow	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	5
Todd Birr	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Persinger	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3
Pete Fenson	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tyler George	1	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	1	X	9
Craig Brown	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Lemke	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	3
Heath McCormick	0	3	0	4	0	2	X	X	X	X	9

Draw 3

Sunday, February 9, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tyler George	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	3
Pete Fenson	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brady Clark	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	X	9
Ryan Lemke	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	4

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Farbelow	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	3
Heath McCormick	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	2	X	X	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Persinger	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	6
Todd Birr	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4

Draw 4

Monday, February 10, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Todd Birr	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	7
Craig Brown	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Heath McCormick	3	0	1	1	0	2	X	X	X	X	7
Greg Persinger	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Farbelow	2	1	0	4	0	2	0	X	X	X	9
Ryan Lemke	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	X	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brady Clark	2	0	2	2	1	1	X	X	X	X	8
Pete Fenson	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	5
Tyler George	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	6

Draw 5

Monday, February 10, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Persinger	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	3
Tyler George	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	3	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Lemke	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	X	X	3
Craig Brown	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	4	X	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brady Clark	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	X	7
Heath McCormick	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	6
John Shuster	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Pete Fenson	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	8
Mike Farbelow	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	9

Draw 6

Tuesday, February 11, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brady Clark	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	3
Mike Farbelow	0	2	1	0	4	0	1	1	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	6
Heath McCormick	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	5
Tyler George	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Pete Fenson	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	7
Ryan Lemke	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Craig Brown	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	9
Greg Persinger	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	8

Draw 7

Wednesday, February 12, 8:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Pete Fenson	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	7
Heath McCormick	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	X	X	7
Brady Clark	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	3

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Craig Brown	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	4
Mike Farbelow	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tyler George	2	0	3	0	2	1	X	X	X	X	8
Ryan Lemke	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	1

Draw 8

Wednesday, February 12, 4:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Lemke	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	4
John Shuster	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	2	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tyler George	3	0	0	4	0	1	1	X	X	X	9
Mike Farbelow	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	2

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Persinger	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	X	8
Brady Clark	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	X	5
Pete Fenson	1	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	X	8

Draw 9

Thursday, February 13, 8:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Farbelow	1	2	1	0	3	X	X	X	X	X	7
Greg Persinger	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Pete Fenson	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	1
John Shuster	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	X	X	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Lemke	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	6
Todd Birr	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Heath McCormick	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	X	5
Tyler George	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brady Clark	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	6
Craig Brown	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	8

Tiebreakers

Semifinals		To Playoffs

		Mike Farbelow	6
Heath McCormick	7	Heath McCormick	9
Pete Fenson	5

To Playoffs

1	Brady Clark	9

2	Craig Brown	8

Thursday, February 14, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Heath McCormick	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	X	7
Pete Fenson	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	5

Player percentages
Heath McCormick		Pete Fenson
Dean Gemmell	86%	Ryan Brunt	79%
Martin Sather	82%	Joe Polo	83%
Bill Stopera	84%	Shawn Rojeski	72%
Heath McCormick	87%	Pete Fenson	80%
Total	85%	Total	79%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Craig Brown	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	8
Brady Clark	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	9

Player percentages
Craig Brown		Brady Clark
Jon Brunt	87%	Phil Tilker	78%
Matt Hamilton	77%	Darren Lehto	82%
Kroy Nernberger	74%	Sean Beighton	84%
Craig Brown	80%	Brady Clark	89%
Total	79%	Total	83%

Thursday, February 14, 8:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Heath McCormick	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	1	9
Mike Farbelow	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	6

Player percentages
Heath McCormick		Mike Farbelow
Dean Gemmell	70%	Mark Lazar	85%
Martin Sather	81%	Kraig Deeren	83%
Bill Stopera	84%	Kevin Deeren	60%
Heath McCormick	80%	Mike Farbelow	68%
Total	79%	Total	74%

Playoffs


Page playoff system			Semifinal			Final



1	Tyler George	6				1	Tyler George	5

2	John Shuster	4				3	Brady Clark	6

			2	John Shuster	5

			3	Brady Clark	6

3	Brady Clark	7

4	Heath McCormick	4

1 vs. 2

Friday, February 14, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tyler George	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	6
John Shuster	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	4

Player percentages
Tyler George		John Shuster
Colin Hufman	76%	John Landsteiner	76%
Richard Ruohonen	83%	Jared Zezel	77%
Tyler George	80%	Jeff Isaacson	92%
Chris Plys	85%	John Shuster	70%
Total	81%	Total	79%

3 vs. 4

Friday, February 14, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brady Clark	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	X	7
Heath McCormick	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	4

Player percentages
Brady Clark		Heath McCormick
Phil Tilker	79%	Dean Gemmell	82%
Darren Lehto	78%	Martin Sather	73%
Sean Beighton	73%	Bill Stopera	85%
Brady Clark	82%	Heath McCormick	70%
Total	78%	Total	77%

Semifinal

Friday, February 14, 8:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	5
Brady Clark	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	6

Player percentages
John Shuster		Brady Clark
John Landsteiner	80%	Phil Tilker	84%
Jared Zezel	93%	Darren Lehto	75%
Jeff Isaacson	93%	Sean Beighton	92%
John Shuster	63%	Brady Clark	68%
Total	82%	Total	80%

Final

Saturday, February 15, 3:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tyler George	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	5
Brady Clark	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	6

Player percentages
Tyler George		Brady Clark
Colin Hufman	86%	Phil Tilker	82%
Richard Ruohonen	84%	Darren Lehto	84%
Tyler George	73%	Sean Beighton	71%
Chris Plys	65%	Brady Clark	77%
Total	77%	Total	79%

References

^ "Green Bay to host 2013 National Championships" (PDF). USA Curling. 25 October 2011.
^ "U.S. Curling Association – Athlete Selection Procedures for the 2014 Olympic Games" (PDF). USA Curling. 19 August 2011.
^ "2012–2013 USCA Rules of Curling and Competition" (PDF). United States Curling Association. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
^ "Qualified teams, 2013 National Championships". United States Curling Association. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b "USCA Year to Date Order of Merit as of Tuesday, November 27th, 2012" (PDF). USA Curling. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b "USCA Year to Date Order of Merit as of Tuesday, December 18th, 2012" (PDF). USA Curling. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
^ Olympic Trials
^ "2013 United States Men's Curling Championship – Draw Schedule" (PDF). United States Curling Association. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

External links

[1] "Green Bay to host 2013 National Championships" (PDF). USA Curling. 25 October 2011.

[2] "U.S. Curling Association – Athlete Selection Procedures for the 2014 Olympic Games" (PDF). USA Curling. 19 August 2011.

[rules-3] "2012–2013 USCA Rules of Curling and Competition" (PDF). United States Curling Association. Retrieved 6 December 2012.

[4] "Qualified teams, 2013 National Championships". United States Curling Association. Retrieved 9 January 2013.

[OOM_HPP-5] "USCA Year to Date Order of Merit as of Tuesday, November 27th, 2012" (PDF). USA Curling. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[OOM_qual-6] "USCA Year to Date Order of Merit as of Tuesday, December 18th, 2012" (PDF). USA Curling. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.

[7] Olympic Trials

[8] "2013 United States Men's Curling Championship – Draw Schedule" (PDF). United States Curling Association. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

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