en 2023 United States Men%27s Curling Championship

2023 United States Men's
Curling Championship
2023 United States Men's ; Curling Championship
Host city	Denver, Colorado
Arena	Denver Coliseum
Dates	February 5-11
Winner	Team Shuster
Skip	John Shuster
Third	Chris Plys
Second	Matt Hamilton
Lead	John Landsteiner
Alternate	Colin Hufman
Coach	Steven Birklid
Finalist	Daniel Casper
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The 2023 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 5 to 11, 2023 at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado.^[1] The event was held in conjunction with the 2023 United States Women's Curling Championship. This was the first Men's Championship in two years, after the 2022 Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Qualification

Teams qualified for the event according to the following procedure:^[3]

Prior season's World Championship representative (Team Dropkin),
2022 Olympic representative (Team Shuster),
Current season's World Junior Curling Championships representative (Team Sampson),
Three highest-ranking teams (not already qualified) on the World Curling Federation YTD ranking system as of December 20, 2022 (Team Smith, Team Sobering, Team Strouse), and
Highest-finishing team (not already qualified) in either of two qualifying events: the Curling Stadium Contender Series (Team Casper), and the Curl Mesabi Classic (Team Dunnam).

Teams

Eight teams participated in the 2023 national championship.^[1]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale^[4]
Daniel Casper	Luc Violette	Ben Richardson	Chase Sinnett		Chaska, Minnesota
Korey Dropkin	Andrew Stopera	Mark Fenner	Tom Howell		Duluth, Minnesota
Scott Dunnam	Cody Clouser	Lance Wheeler	Andy Dunnam		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rich Ruohonen	Sam Strouse	Connor Kauffman	Aidan Oldenburg		Chaska, Minnesota
Ethan Sampson	Kevin Tuma	Coleman Thurston	Marius Kleinas	Jake Zeman	Chaska, Minnesota
John Shuster	Chris Plys	Matt Hamilton	John Landsteiner	Colin Hufman	Duluth, Minnesota
Jason Smith	Dominik Märki	Hunter Clawson	Jared Allen	Eli Clawson	Nashville, Tennessee
Darryl Sobering	Alec Celecki	DJ Johnson	Josh Chetwynd	Sean Stevinson	Denver, Colorado

Round robin standings

Final round robin standings^[5]

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Skip	W	L
Daniel Casper	6	1
John Shuster	5	2
Scott Dunnam	5	2
Korey Dropkin	4	3
Ethan Sampson	3	4
Jason Smith	3	4
Darryl Sobering	1	6
Rich Ruohonen	1	6

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−07:00).

Draw 1

Sunday, February 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	6
Jason Smith	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	3	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Daniel Casper	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	7
Korey Dropkin	0	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	2	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Darryl Sobering	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	4
Scott Dunnam	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ethan Sampson	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	4
Rich Ruohonen	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	X	7

Draw 2

Monday, February 6, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Dunnam	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	2	X	9
Korey Dropkin	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jason Smith	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	X	8
Rich Ruohonen	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
John Shuster	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	8
Ethan Sampson	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Daniel Casper	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	3	X	X	9
Darryl Sobering	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	4

Draw 3

Tuesday, February 7, 8:00 am

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Korey Dropkin	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	5
Ethan Sampson	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Daniel Casper	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	9
Rich Ruohonen	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jason Smith	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	3
Scott Dunnam	2	0	0	2	1	0	4	X	X	X	9

Draw 4

Tuesday, February 7, 4:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Daniel Casper	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	2	X	X	8
Ethan Sampson	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Darryl Sobering	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	4
Jason Smith	2	0	3	0	0	3	0	2	X	X	10

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rich Ruohonen	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	1
Korey Dropkin	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	2	X	X	8

Draw 5

Wednesday, February 8, 10:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rich Ruohonen	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	4
Scott Dunnam	2	0	0	2	3	1	1	X	X	X	9

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jason Smith	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Korey Dropkin	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Darryl Sobering	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	1
Ethan Sampson	0	1	3	0	1	1	1	X	X	X	7

Draw 6

Wednesday, February 8, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jason Smith	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1
Daniel Casper	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	5	X	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ethan Sampson	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	1
Scott Dunnam	0	1	0	3	0	3	X	X	X	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rich Ruohonen	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	X	X	5
Darryl Sobering	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	X	X	10

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

Draw 7

Thursday, February 9, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Korey Dropkin	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	8
Darryl Sobering	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ethan Sampson	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	X	8
Jason Smith	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Dunnam	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	X	2
Daniel Casper	2	1	1	1	0	2	1	X	X	X	8

Playoffs


Page playoff system			Semifinal			Final



1	Daniel Casper	5				2	John Shuster	8

2	John Shuster	8				1	Daniel Casper	3

			1	Daniel Casper	8

			4	Korey Dropkin	5

3	Scott Dunnam	5

4	Korey Dropkin	14

1 vs. 2

Friday, February 10, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Daniel Casper	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	5
John Shuster	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	X	8

3 vs. 4

Friday, February 10, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Dunnam	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	X	5
Korey Dropkin	0	0	2	0	5	4	0	3	X	X	14

Semifinal

Friday, February 10, 7:00 pm

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Daniel Casper	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	X	8
Korey Dropkin	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	X	5

Final

Saturday, February 11, 12:00 pm

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Country's Top Curlers Return to Denver" (Press release). Eagan, MN: USA Curling. January 31, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
^ "Curling: U.S. nationals canceled due to COVID concerns". Duluth News Tribune. December 23, 2021. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
^ "Fields Set for USA Curling Men's and Women's National Championships" (Press release). Eagan, MN: USA Curling. December 27, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
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[denver_pr-1] "Country's Top Curlers Return to Denver" (Press release). Eagan, MN: USA Curling. January 31, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.

[2] "Curling: U.S. nationals canceled due to COVID concerns". Duluth News Tribune. December 23, 2021. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023.

[field_set-3] "Fields Set for USA Curling Men's and Women's National Championships" (Press release). Eagan, MN: USA Curling. December 27, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2023.

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[5] "USA Curling National Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved February 10, 2023.

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