2024 United States Men's Curling Championship

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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
CoachSteven Birklid
FinalistMinnesota Korey Dropkin
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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]

Qualification process[edit]

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

Teams[edit]

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

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

Round robin standings[edit]

Final Round Robin Standings[6]

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

Round robin results[edit]

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

Draw 1[edit]

Tuesday, January 30, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X X 3
Minnesota 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
Wisconsin Wesley Wendling 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 6
Minnesota Ethan Sampson (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Daniel Casper 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 9
Minnesota Rich Ruohonen (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 3 0 5 X X X 10
Washington (state) Nicholas Connolly 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 3

Draw 2[edit]

Tuesday, January 30, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Rich Ruohonen (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Minnesota 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
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 0 2 2 0 4 3 X X X X 11
Washington (state) 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
Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam (has hammer) 4 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 X 8
Minnesota 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
Wisconsin Wesley Wendling (has hammer) 0 1 0 4 0 5 0 1 X X 11
Minnesota Daniel Casper 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X X 5

Draw 3[edit]

Wednesday, January 31, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Daniel Casper (has hammer) 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 X 11
Pennsylvania 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
Minnesota Ethan Sampson 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Minnesota Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Wesley Wendling (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 4 X 10
Washington (state) 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
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 3 X X 10
Minnesota Rich Ruohonen 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 X X 4

Draw 4[edit]

Wednesday, January 31, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Wesley Wendling 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 X X 4
Minnesota Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Daniel Casper (has hammer) 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 5
Minnesota 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
Minnesota Rich Ruohonen (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
Pennsylvania 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
Washington (state) Nicholas Connolly (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 1 X X X X 2
Minnesota Ethan Sampson 1 2 1 0 4 0 X X X X 8

Draw 5[edit]

Thursday, February 1, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Nicholas Connolly (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 8
Minnesota 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
Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 6
Wisconsin 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
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 2 2 0 2 1 2 X X X X 9
Minnesota 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
Minnesota Daniel Casper (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 X X 7

Draw 6[edit]

Friday, February 2, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster 0 1 2 1 0 3 2 X X X 9
Wisconsin Wesley Wendling (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 X X X 8
Minnesota 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
Washington (state) Nicholas Connolly (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 4
Minnesota 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
Minnesota Ethan Sampson 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X X 4
Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 4 0 2 1 X X 11

Draw 7[edit]

Friday, February 2, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Ethan Sampson (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6
Minnesota 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
Washington (state) Nicholas Connolly (has hammer) 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 8
Pennsylvania 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
Minnesota Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 5
Minnesota 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
Minnesota Rich Ruohonen 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 8
Wisconsin Wesley Wendling (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 7

Tiebreaker[edit]

Saturday, February 3, 7:30 am

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Ethan Sampson (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5
Wisconsin Wesley Wendling 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 9

Playoffs[edit]

Page playoff systemSemifinalFinal
1Minnesota John Shuster52Minnesota Korey Dropkin6
2Minnesota Korey Dropkin91Minnesota John Shuster11
1Minnesota John Shuster7
3Minnesota Daniel Casper5
3Minnesota Daniel Casper11
4Wisconsin Wesley Wendling6

1 vs. 2[edit]

Saturday, February 3, 12:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 X 5
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 X 9

3 vs. 4[edit]

Saturday, February 3, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Daniel Casper (has hammer) 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 X 11
Wisconsin Wesley Wendling 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 X 6

Semifinal[edit]

Saturday, February 3, 7:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 7
Minnesota Daniel Casper 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 5

Final[edit]

Sunday, February 4, 4:00 pm

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

References[edit]

  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.
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