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2012 United States Men's Curling Championship

The 2012 United States Men's Curling Championship took place from February 11 to 18 at the IceWorks Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania, (with the host city being listed as Philadelphia).[1][2] It was held in conjunction with the 2012 United States Women's Curling Championship. The winning team, skipped by Heath McCormick, represented the United States at the 2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship in Basel, Switzerland. The first and second placed teams, skipped respectively by Heath McCormick and Pete Fenson, earned qualification spots to the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials, which will determine the teams that will represent the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[3]

2012 United States Men's Curling Championship
2012 United States Men's Curling Championship
Host cityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
ArenaIceWorks Skating Complex
DatesFebruary 11–18
WinnerNew York (state) Heath McCormick
Curling clubArdlsey CC, Irvington, New York
SkipHeath McCormick
ThirdBill Stopera
SecondMartin Sather
LeadDean Gemmell
FinalistMinnesota Pete Fenson
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Road to the Nationals edit

Main article: 2012 United States Men's Curling Championship – Qualification

As with last year, teams qualified for the men's nationals by qualifying automatically through the World Curling Tour Order of Merit, through regional qualifiers, or through a challenge round. Two teams qualified via the Order of Merit, five teams qualified through the regional qualifiers, and the remaining three teams qualified through the challenge round.[4] The regional qualifiers in Green Bay, Seattle, Grand Forks, and Laurel each received one or more qualifying spots, which were awarded to the top finishers from the qualifiers. Teams that were not awarded a qualification spot but were top finishers were invited to the challenge round, where the top three teams qualified.

The Pete Fenson rink stood as an exception to the preceding rules. Since Fenson and his team were scheduled to represent the United States in the 2012 USA-Brazil Challenge, which was cancelled, they received an automatic berth into the nationals, regardless of their Order of Merit standing. Because they were not one of the top two Order of Merit teams, the Fenson rink participated as the eleventh team in the nationals.[4]

Teams edit

Eleven teams participated in the national championship, one more team than usual, due to the Fenson rink's scheduled participation in the USA-Brazil Challenge.[4] The teams are listed as follows:[5]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Qualification Method
Pete Fenson Shawn Rojeski Joe Polo Ryan Brunt   Bemidji, Minnesota Special Exemption
Tyler George Christopher Plys Rich Ruohonen Colin Hufman   Duluth, Minnesota Order of Merit[6]
Craig Brown Kroy Nernberger Matt Hamilton Derrick Casper   Madison, Wisconsin Order of Merit[6]
Heath McCormick Bill Stopera Martin Sather Dean Gemmell   New York, New York Laurel Qualifier
Brady Clark Darren Lehto Leon Romaniuk Steve Lundeen Wes Johnson   Seattle, Washington Seattle Qualifier
John Shuster Zach Jacobson Jared Zezel John Landsteiner   Duluth, Minnesota Grand Forks Qualifier
Owen Sampson Ned Sampson Tucker Smith Kyle Young   Edmore, North Dakota Grand Forks Qualifier
Blake Morton Marcus Fonger Tommy Juszczyk Calvin Weber   McFarland, Wisconsin Green Bay Qualifier
Eric Fenson Trevor Andrews Quentin Way Mark Lazar   Bemidji, Minnesota Challenge Round
Mike Farbelow Kevin Deeren Kraig Deeren Tim Solin   Minneapolis, Minnesota Challenge Round
Todd Birr Greg Romaniuk Doug Pottinger Thomas O'Connor Kevin Birr   Mankato, Minnesota Challenge Round

Round-robin standings edit

Final round-robin standings

Skip W L PF PA Ends Won Ends Lost Blank Ends Stolen Ends
  Heath McCormick 10 0 82 52 52 34 4 24
  Pete Fenson 9 1 73 39 43 34 8 11
  Craig Brown 7 3 76 55 45 38 8 11
  John Shuster 6 4 75 57 45 41 6 13
  Brady Clark 5 5 62 66 39 45 12 9
  Todd Birr 4 6 68 74 43 48 7 5
  Tyler George 4 6 68 65 43 42 6 11
  Mike Farbelow 4 6 52 66 37 42 9 5
  Eric Fenson 3 7 47 66 32 43 9 7
  Owen Sampson 2 7 48 70 39 42 7 12
  Blake Morton 1 9 42 73 36 46 6 12

Round-robin results edit

All times listed in Eastern Standard Time.[7]

Draw 1 edit

Saturday, February 11, 8:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Todd Birr   2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6
  John Shuster 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Blake Morton 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
  Tyler George   3 0 2 1 1 0 2 X X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Brady Clark 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
  Craig Brown   2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Pete Fenson   3 1 0 2 1 0 2 X X X 9
  Eric Fenson 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X X 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Heath McCormick   0 2 1 1 2 0 3 X X X 9
  Mike Farbelow 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 2

Draw 2 edit

Sunday, February 12, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Blake Morton 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 4
  Craig Brown   1 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mike Farbelow 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 6
  Todd Birr   0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Owen Sampson 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 X 9
  Tyler George   2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Shuster 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6
  Heath McCormick   1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Pete Fenson 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 X X 7
  Brady Clark   0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2

Draw 3 edit

Sunday, February 12, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Tyler George   3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
  Heath McCormick 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Pete Fenson 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 X 7
  Blake Morton   0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Shuster 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 X 10
  Mike Farbelow   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Owen Sampson 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 3
  Craig Brown   4 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 X X 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Todd Birr 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
  Eric Fenson   1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 6

Draw 4 edit

Monday, February 13, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Shuster 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
  Pete Fenson   0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Craig Brown 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 8
  Mike Farbelow   0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Blake Morton 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
  Eric Fenson   0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Brady Clark   0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 X X 5
  Tyler George 1 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 X X 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Owen Sampson 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 3
  Heath McCormick   2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 X 7

Draw 5 edit

Monday, February 13, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Owen Sampson 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
  Todd Birr   2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Brady Clark   0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 5
  John Shuster 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Heath McCormick 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7
  Pete Fenson   1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mike Farbelow   2 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 X X 10
  Blake Morton 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 X X 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Eric Fenson   1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 X X 5
  Craig Brown 0 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 X X 11

Draw 6 edit

Tuesday, February 14, 8:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Heath McCormick 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 8
  Brady Clark   0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Tyler George   4 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 X X 11
  Eric Fenson 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mike Farbelow   2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 8
  Owen Sampson 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Todd Birr   1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 4
  Pete Fenson 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 2 X X 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Shuster   0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 X X 7
  Blake Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1

Draw 7 edit

Tuesday, February 14, 4:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mike Farbelow 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3
  Eric Fenson   3 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 X X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Pete Fenson 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 X 6
  Craig Brown   1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Todd Birr   0 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 8
  Blake Morton 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Tyler George 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 9
  John Shuster   0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Brady Clark 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 7
  Owen Sampson   0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5

Draw 8 edit

Wednesday, February 15, 8:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Shuster   2 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 X X 8
  Owen Sampson 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Blake Morton 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 6
  Heath McCormick   2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Eric Fenson   0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6
  Brady Clark 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Craig Brown 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
  Todd Birr   0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mike Farbelow   2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
  Tyler George 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3

Draw 9 edit

Wednesday, February 15, 4:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Pete Fenson 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 8
  Mike Farbelow   0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Eric Fenson   0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
  Owen Sampson 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Tyler George 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 8
  Todd Birr   2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Blake Morton 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 5
  Brady Clark   0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Craig Brown   0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 7
  Heath McCormick 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 8

Draw 10 edit

Thursday, February 16, 8:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Owen Sampson 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 X 4
  Blake Morton   1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Todd Birr 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 6
  Brady Clark   1 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Craig Brown   2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 X 10
  John Shuster 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Heath McCormick   2 1 1 3 2 X X X X X 9
  Eric Fenson 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X X 0
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Tyler George 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
  Pete Fenson   1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 6

Draw 11 edit

Thursday, February 16, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Craig Brown   2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 X 8
  Tyler George 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Owen Sampson   0 0 2 1 0 X X X X X 3
  Pete Fenson 3 1 0 0 3 X X X X X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Todd Birr   0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 9
  Heath McCormick 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 12
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Brady Clark 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 6
  Mike Farbelow   0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Eric Fenson   0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4
  John Shuster 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 6

Playoffs edit

1 vs. 2 game edit

Friday, February 17, 12:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Heath McCormick   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5
  Pete Fenson 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
Player Percentages
  Heath McCormick   Pete Fenson
Dean Gemmell 83% Ryan Brunt 84%
Martin Sather 83% Joe Polo 88%
Bill Stopera 71% Shawn Rojeski 67%
Heath McCormick 82% Pete Fenson 76%
Total 80% Total 79%

3 vs. 4 game edit

Friday, February 17, 12:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Craig Brown   0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5
  John Shuster 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 7
Player Percentages
  Craig Brown   John Shuster
Derrick Casper 90% John Landsteiner 90%
Matt Hamilton 81% Jared Zezel 73%
Kroy Nernberger 62% Zach Jacobson 84%
Craig Brown 80% John Shuster 85%
Total 78% Total 83%

Semifinal edit

Friday, February 17, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Pete Fenson   1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 8
  John Shuster 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 5
Player Percentages
  Pete Fenson   John Shuster
Ryan Brunt 78% John Landsteiner 85%
Joe Polo 82% Jared Zezel 89%
Shawn Rojeski 69% Zach Jacobson 76%
Pete Fenson 82% John Shuster 77%
Total 78% Total 82%

Championship final edit

Saturday, February 18, 3:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Heath McCormick   2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
  Pete Fenson 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
Player Percentages
  Heath McCormick   Pete Fenson
Dean Gemmell 78% Ryan Brunt 71%
Martin Sather 83% Joe Polo 89%
Bill Stopera 73% Shawn Rojeski 82%
Heath McCormick 74% Pete Fenson 73%
Total 77% Total 79%

References edit

  1. ^ "Championships/Nationals/saturday21911.pdf" (PDF).
  2. ^ "philly.pdf" (PDF).
  3. ^ "U.S. Curling Association – Athlete Selection Procedures for the 2014 Olympic Games" (PDF). USA Curling. 19 August 2011.
  4. ^ a b c "2011–12 USCA Championships Rules and Procedures" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-15. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
  5. ^ "Qualified teams to Nationals".
  6. ^ a b "Qualified teams, 2012 Nationals". USA Curling.
  7. ^ "Draw Schedule" (PDF).

External links edit

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