2014 United States Men's Curling Championship – Qualification

Qualification for the 2014 United States Men's Curling Championship consisted of three different paths. Four teams qualified directly through the High Performance Program or the Order of Merit system. The number of the remaining entrants to the national championships was cut down to six teams through a challenge round held in early January.

Qualification system[edit]

Teams can qualify 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.

Two spots in the nationals were awarded to two teams on the United States Curling Association's High Performance National Program. The teams qualified through the High Performance Program were those skipped by John Shuster and Pete Fenson. Two more spots were awarded to the top two men's teams on the World Curling Tour Order of Merit standings table at the year's end. The teams qualified through the Order of Merit were those skipped by Heath McCormick and Brady Clark.

The remaining six spots in the nationals will be awarded to the teams that earn qualification spots through the challenge round. The challenge round will be held in a triple knockout format.

Challenge round[edit]

The challenge round for the men's nationals will be held from January 9 to 12 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, Minnesota.^[1]

Teams[edit]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Kent Beadle	Dave Jensen	Richard Maskel	Roger Smith	St. Paul, Minnesota
Ryan Berg	Tyler Runing	Evan Workin	Jordan Brown	West Fargo, North Dakota
Todd Birr	Doug Pottinger	Tom O'Connor	Troy Schroeder	Blaine, Minnesota
Chris Bond	Matt Birkild	Benj Guzman	Rob Corn	Seattle, Washington
Joseph Bonfoey	Ted Trolson	Paul Lyttle	Harold Rutan	Duluth, Minnesota
Craig Brown	Kroy Nernberger	Matt Hamilton	Jon Brunt	Madison, Wisconsin
Stephen Dropkin	Evan Jensen	Steve Scheffler	Michael Graziano	St. Paul, Minnesota
Mike Farbelow	Kevin Deeren	Kraig Deeren	Mark Lazar	St. Paul, Minnesota
Eric Fenson	Josh Bahr	Jon Chandler	Mark Haluptzok	Bemidji, Minnesota
Sam Galey	Andrew Ernst	Mac Guy	Jeremy Dinsel	Seattle, Washington
Tyler George	Bill Stopera	Martin Sather	Dean Gemmell	Duluth, Minnesota
Dale Gibbs	Eric Schultz	Perry Tholl	Matt Fowler	St. Paul, Minnesota
Kevin Kakela	Kyle Kakela	Ryan Lagasse	Todd Ussatis	Rolla, North Dakota
Alex Leichter	Brandon Corbett	Derek Corbett	Jeff Pulli	Rochester, New York
Ryan Lemke	Nathan Gebert	Ash Nelson	Casey Konopacky	Medford, Wisconsin
John Lilla	Aaron Nunberg	Bryan Hanson	Joel Cooper	St. Paul, Minnesota
Lionel Locke	George Allendorph	Nathan Chilson	Michael Vosberg	St. Paul, Minnesota
Owen Sampson	Tucker Smith	Ned Sampson	Cooper Smith	Fargo, North Dakota
Peter Stolt	Brad Caldwell	Erik Ordway	Clayton Orvik	Plymouth, Minnesota
Mark Willmert	Chris Dolan	Tim Jeanetta	Brian Sparstad	St. Paul, Minnesota

Knockout draw brackets[edit]

A Event[edit]

First Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 1

		Ryan Lemke	8
		Kevin Kakela	0
				Ryan Lemke	5
Chris Bond	5			Tyler George	8
Kent Beadle	8	Kent Beadle	5
		Tyler George	7
						Tyler George	5
						Joseph Bonfoey	9
		Alex Leichter	8
		Owen Sampson	7
				Alex Leichter	2
Joseph Bonfoey	9			Joseph Bonfoey	3
Lionel Locke	4	Joseph Bonfoey	8
		Mike Farbelow	3

First Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 2

		Stephen Dropkin	9
		Eric Fenson	2
				Stephen Dropkin	1
Mark Willmert	8			Craig Brown	9
Dale Gibbs	4	Mark Willmert	5
		Craig Brown	8
						Craig Brown	6
						Todd Birr	0
		John Lilla	3
		Peter Stolt	7
				Peter Stolt	5
Ryan Berg	9			Todd Birr	9
Sam Galey	6	Ryan Berg	2
		Todd Birr	8

B Event[edit]

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To Qualifier 3

				Stephen Dropkin	6
				Mike Farbelow	5
		Mike Farbelow	7
Owen Sampson	10	Owen Sampson	2
Chris Bond	6					Stephen Dropkin	7
						Peter Stolt	8


				Peter Stolt	8	Qualifier 3
				Kent Beadle	4
		Kent Beadle	8			Peter Stolt	4
Kevin Kakela	7	Lionel Locke	6			Tyler George	8
Lionel Locke	8

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To Qualifier 4

				Ryan Lemke	7
				Ryan Berg	4
		Ryan Berg	11
John Lilla	6	John Lilla	5
Dale Gibbs	5					Ryan Lemke	6
						Alex Leichter	7


				Alex Leichter	7	Qualifier 4
				Eric Fenson	6
		Mark Willmert	5			Alex Leichter	8
Eric Fenson	8	Eric Fenson	8			Todd Birr	6
Sam Galey	7

C Event[edit]

Third Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To Qualifier 5

		Eric Fenson	11
Dale Gibbs	8	Dale Gibbs	5
Lionel Locke	6			Eric Fenson	8
				Owen Sampson	6
		Ryan Berg	3
Sam Galey	4	Owen Sampson	6
Owen Sampson	9					Eric Fenson	6
						Stephen Dropkin	5


						Qualifier 5

						Eric Fenson	10
						Todd Birr	9

Third Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To Qualifier 6

		Kent Beadle	11
Chris Bond	8	Chris Bond	9
Mark Willmert	6			Kent Beadle	5
				Mike Farbelow	8
		Mike Farbelow	7
Kevin Kakela	3	John Lilla	6
John Lilla	9					Mike Farbelow	7
						Ryan Lemke	5


						Qualifier 6

						Mike Farbelow	6
						Peter Stolt	12

Knockout results[edit]

Draw 1[edit]

Thursday, January 9, 7:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chris Bond	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	X	5
Kent Beadle	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Joseph Bonfoey	0	3	0	0	4	0	2	0	X	X	9
Lionel Locke	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mark Willmert	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	X	8
Dale Gibbs	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Berg	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	0	2	X	9
Sam Galey	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Lemke	0	2	3	3	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Kevin Kakela	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alex Leichter	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	8
Owen Sampson	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	7

Draw 2[edit]

Friday, January 10, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kent Beadle	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	X	5
Tyler George	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Joseph Bonfoey	1	0	0	3	0	2	1	1	X	X	8
Mike Farbelow	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Stephen Dropkin	2	0	3	4	0	X	X	X	X	X	9
Eric Fenson	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mark Willmert	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	5
Craig Brown	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Lilla	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	3
Peter Stolt	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Berg	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	2
Todd Birr	2	1	1	1	0	3	X	X	X	X	8

Draw 3[edit]

Friday, January 10, 2:00 pm

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alex Leichter	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
Joseph Bonfoey	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Owen Sampson	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	3	X	X	10
Chris Bond	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	X	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Kevin Kakela	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7
Lionel Locke	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	2	1	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Lilla	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	6
Dale Gibbs	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Eric Fenson	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	8
Sam Galey	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	7

Draw 4[edit]

Friday, January 10, 7:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Stephen Dropkin	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	1
Craig Brown	1	0	6	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Peter Stolt	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	X	5
Todd Birr	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Farbelow	3	0	0	3	1	0	X	X	X	X	7
Owen Sampson	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kent Beadle	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	3	0	X	8
Lionel Locke	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Berg	0	2	0	1	0	2	3	0	3	X	11
John Lilla	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mark Willmert	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	5
Eric Fenson	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	X	8

Draw 5[edit]

Saturday, January 11, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tyler George	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	X	5
Joseph Bonfoey	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	1	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Craig Brown	0	2	1	2	1	X	X	X	X	X	6
Todd Birr	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Dale Gibbs	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	8
Lionel Locke	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sam Galey	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	4
Owen Sampson	2	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	X	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chris Bond	0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	X	8
Mark Willmert	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Kakela	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	3
John Lilla	3	0	0	1	3	0	2	X	X	X	9

Draw 6[edit]

Saturday, January 11, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Stephen Dropkin	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	6
Mike Farbelow	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Peter Stolt	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	X	8
Kent Beadle	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Lemke	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	7
Ryan Berg	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alex Leichter	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7
Eric Fenson	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	6

Draw 7[edit]

Saturday, January 11, 7:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Stephen Dropkin	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	7
Peter Stolt	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Lemke	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	6
Alex Leichter	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	1	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Eric Fenson	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	2	X	X	11
Dale Gibbs	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Berg	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
Owen Sampson	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Kent Beadle	0	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	2	11
Chris Bond	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Mike Farbelow	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	7
John Lilla	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6

Draw 8[edit]

Sunday, January 12, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Peter Stolt	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	X	4
Tyler George	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alex Leichter	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	X	8
Todd Birr	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Eric Fenson	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	8
Owen Sampson	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kent Beadle	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	X	5
Mike Farbelow	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	8

Draw 9[edit]

Sunday, January 12, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Eric Fenson	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	6
Stephen Dropkin	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5

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

Draw 10[edit]

Sunday, January 12, 7:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Eric Fenson	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	10
Todd Birr	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Farbelow	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	6
Peter Stolt	0	3	0	4	0	1	0	1	3	X	12

References[edit]

^ "Challenge Round begins Thursday". USA Curling. 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.

[1] "Challenge Round begins Thursday". USA Curling. 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.

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