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
Host city	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Arena	IceWorks Skating Complex
Dates	February 11–18
Winner	Heath McCormick
Curling club	Ardlsey CC, Irvington, New York
Skip	Heath McCormick
Third	Bill Stopera
Second	Martin Sather
Lead	Dean Gemmell
Finalist	Pete Fenson
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Road to the Nationals

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

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

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

All times listed in Eastern Standard Time.[7]

Draw 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Heath McCormick	5
	2	Pete Fenson	4								1	Heath McCormick	5
						2	Pete Fenson	8			2	Pete Fenson	4
						4	John Shuster	5
	3	Craig Brown	5
	4	John Shuster	7

1 vs. 2 Game

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

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

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

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

1. http://www.usacurl.org/curlingrocks/images/Championships/Nationals/saturday21911.pdf
2. http://www.curlingrocks.net/sites/default/files/press_pdf/philly.pdf
3. "U.S. Curling Association – Athlete Selection Procedures for the 2014 Olympic Games" (PDF). USA Curling. 19 August 2011.
4. United States Curling Association. "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. "Qualified teams, 2012 Nationals". USA Curling.
7. "Draw Schedule" (PDF).

External links

• 2012 Nationals Home
• USA Curling Home