2014 United States Men's Curling Championship

2014 United States
Men's Curling Championship
2014 United States; Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Arena	IceWorks Skating Complex
Dates	March 1–8
Winner	Pete Fenson
Curling club	Bemidji CC, Bemidji
Skip	Pete Fenson
Third	Shawn Rojeski
Second	Joe Polo
Lead	Ryan Brunt
Finalist	Craig Brown
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The 2014 Labatt^[1] United States Men's Curling Championship was held from March 1 to 8 at the IceWorks Skating Complex in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was held in conjunction with the 2014 United States Women's Curling Championship.

Road to the Nationals[edit]

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.^[2]

Teams[edit]

Ten teams participated in the national championship. The teams are listed as follows:^[3]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale	Qualification Method
John Shuster	Jeff Isaacson	Jared Zezel	John Landsteiner		Duluth, Minnesota	High Performance Program committee selection^[2]
Pete Fenson	Shawn Rojeski	Joe Polo	Ryan Brunt		Bemidji, Minnesota	High Performance Program committee selection^[2]
Brady Clark	Sean Beighton	Greg Persinger	Philip Tilker		Seattle, Washington	Order of Merit
Heath McCormick	Chris Plys	Rich Ruohonen	Colin Hufman		New York, New York	Order of Merit
Paul Pustovar	Joseph Bonfoey	Paul Lyttle	Harold Rutan	Ted Trolson	Duluth, Minnesota	Challenge Round
Craig Brown	Kroy Nernberger	Matt Hamilton	Jon Brunt		Madison, Wisconsin	Challenge Round
Tyler George	Bill Stopera	Dean Gemmell	Martin Sather		Duluth, Minnesota	Challenge Round
Alex Leichter	Brandon Corbett	Derek Corbett	Jeff Pulli		Rochester, New York	Challenge Round
Peter Stolt	Brad Caldwell	Erik Ordway	Clayton Orvik	Stephen Dropkin	Plymouth, Minnesota	Challenge Round
Eric Fenson	Josh Bahr	Jon Chandler	Mark Haluptzok	Riley Fenson	Bemidji, Minnesota	Challenge Round

Round-robin standings[edit]

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends won	Ends Lost	Blank ends	Stolen ends	Shot pct.
Craig Brown	7	2	58	40	31	29	13	7	86%
Heath McCormick	7	2	59	43	34	25	12	10	83%
Pete Fenson	6	3	55	41	30	33	17	11	85%
Brady Clark	6	3	59	53	40	37	10	9	82%
John Shuster	5	4	58	53	34	32	12	5	85%
Tyler George	4	5	54	55	35	36	11	8	80%
Alex Leichter	3	6	43	60	29	35	16	7	80%
Peter Stolt	3	6	41	61	33	34	11	10	77%
Paul Pustovar	2	7	48	60	37	35	9	8	73%
Eric Fenson	2	7	50	62	32	39	9	7	75%

Round-robin results[edit]

All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−7).^[4]^[5]

Draw 1[edit]

Saturday, March 1, 8:30 pm

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

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

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

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

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Paul Pustovar	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	5
Heath McCormick	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	X	8

Draw 2[edit]

Sunday, March 2, 12:00 pm

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

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Paul Pustovar	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	7
Tyler George	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	9

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

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

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alex Leichter	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	7
Peter Stolt	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	X	5

Draw 3[edit]

Sunday, March 2, 8:00 pm

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

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Craig Brown	0	2	2	0	0	3	X	X	X	X	7
Alex Leichter	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	1

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

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Paul Pustovar	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	4
Peter Stolt	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	6

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

Draw 4[edit]

Monday, March 3, 4:00 pm

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

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Peter Stolt	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	6
Eric Fenson	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	5

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Paul Pustovar	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	6
Alex Leichter	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	5

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

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

Draw 5[edit]

Tuesday, March 4, 8:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Eric Fenson	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	7
Pete Fenson	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	6

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alex Leichter	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	1
John Shuster	0	3	3	1	0	2	X	X	X	X	9

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Craig Brown	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	2	X	X	10
Peter Stolt	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	X	4

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

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brady Clark	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	6
Paul Pustovar	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	4

Draw 6[edit]

Tuesday, March 4, 4:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Craig Brown	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	8
Paul Pustovar	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	7

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Heath McCormick	3	0	4	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	8
Peter Stolt	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	2

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

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Brady Clark	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7
Alex Leichter	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	6

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	X	X	6
Eric Fenson	2	0	3	0	0	6	0	1	X	X	12

Draw 7[edit]

Wednesday, March 5, 8:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brady Clark	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	X	8
Peter Stolt	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

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

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

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	X	7
Paul Pustovar	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Pete Fenson	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	1	0	X	8
Alex Leichter	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	X	5

Draw 8[edit]

Wednesday, March 5, 4:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alex Leichter	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	X	5
Heath McCormick	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	X	8

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Pete Fenson	0	3	1	3	0	0	X	X	X	X	7
Paul Pustovar	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	2

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

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Eric Fenson	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	5
Craig Brown	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	X	6

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

Draw 9[edit]

Thursday, March 6, 8:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Paul Pustovar	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	X	X	9
Eric Fenson	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	X	X	4

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

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alex Leichter	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	7
Tyler George	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	6

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Peter Stolt	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	4
Pete Fenson	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	X	6

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

Playoffs[edit]


Page playoff system			Semifinal			Final



1	Craig Brown	7				1	Craig Brown	3

2	Heath McCormick	6				3	Pete Fenson	9

			2	Heath McCormick	4

			3	Pete Fenson	5

3	Pete Fenson	7

4	Brady Clark	4

1 vs. 2[edit]

Friday, March 7, 12:00 pm

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

Player percentages
Craig Brown		Heath McCormick
Jon Brunt	86%	Colin Hufman	94%
Matt Hamilton	72%	Rich Ruohonen	79%
Kroy Nernberger	82%	Chris Plys	91%
Craig Brown	81%	Heath McCormick	73%
Total	80%	Total	84%

3 vs. 4[edit]

Friday, March 7, 12:00 pm

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

Player percentages
Pete Fenson		Brady Clark
Ryan Brunt	77%	Philip Tilker	85%
Joe Polo	88%	Greg Persinger	86%
Shawn Rojeski	79%	Sean Beighton	82%
Pete Fenson	84%	Brady Clark	80%
Total	82%	Total	84%

Semifinal[edit]

Friday, March 7, 8:00 pm

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

Player percentages
Heath McCormick		Pete Fenson
Colin Hufman	91%	Ryan Brunt	82%
Rich Ruohonen	88%	Joe Polo	83%
Christopher Plys	88%	Shawn Rojeski	83%
Heath McCormick	82%	Pete Fenson	78%
Total	87%	Total	82%

Final[edit]

Saturday, March 8, 3:00 pm

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

Player percentages
Craig Brown		Pete Fenson
Jon Brunt	100%	Ryan Brunt	91%
Matt Hamilton	89%	Joe Polo	97%
Kroy Nernberger	56%	Shawn Rojeski	100%
Craig Brown	47%	Pete Fenson	93%
Total	73%	Total	96%

References[edit]

^ "Labatt named presenting sponsor of 2014 Nationals". USA Curling. 1 August 2013. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "First four teams qualify to 2014 Nationals". USA Curling. 26 November 2013. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
^ "Qualified teams to the 2014 National Championships". USA Curling. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
^ "2014 United States National Curling Championships – Draw Schedule" (PDF). United States Curling Association. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "2014 United States National Curling Championships – Revised Draw due to Winter Storm Titan" (PDF). United States Curling Association. 3 March 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-17. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "Labatt named presenting sponsor of 2014 Nationals". USA Curling. 1 August 2013. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.

[HPP-2] "First four teams qualify to 2014 Nationals". USA Curling. 26 November 2013. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.

[3] "Qualified teams to the 2014 National Championships". USA Curling. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

[4] "2014 United States National Curling Championships – Draw Schedule" (PDF). United States Curling Association. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[5] "2014 United States National Curling Championships – Revised Draw due to Winter Storm Titan" (PDF). United States Curling Association. 3 March 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-17. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

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Events at the 2014 United States National Curling Championships

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