Heath McCormick

Heath McCormick (born August 7, 1976) is a Canadian-American curler from Sarnia, Ontario.

Heath McCormick
Curler
Born (1976-08-07) August 7, 1976
Lansing, Michigan
Career
Member Association Ontario (1992–2010; 2019–present)
Grand National (2010–2014; 2015–2016)
Minnesota (2014–2015; 2016–2019)
World Championship
appearances		1 (2012)
Medal record
Men's curling
Representing the  United States
United States Men's Curling Championship
2012 Philadelphia
2014 Philadelphia
2015 Kalamazoo
United States Olympic Curling Trials
2017 Omaha
2013 Fargo

Career

McCormick began curling in 1992 as a junior in Ontario. He competed in the Ontario Junior Curling Championships five times, and won in 1996 playing third for Patrick Ferris. That rink represented Ontario at the 1996 Canadian Junior Curling Championships where they lost in a tie-breaker game to Nova Scotia's Rob Sifton.[1] He also competed in the Ontario's men's provincial championships six times and finished as runner-up in 2003. He was part of the winning team in the 2004 Ontario mixed championship.[2] He lost in the final of the 2004 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship to Shannon Kleibrink of Alberta.[3]

In 2010, McCormick returned to the United States after he was recruited by Bill Stopera, Martin Sather, and Dean Gemmell to replace Matt Hames, who was retiring, as skip. With his new team, McCormick competed in the 2011 United States Men's Curling Championship, finishing fourth after a playoff loss to Todd Birr. He returned the next year to play in the nationals and went through the round robin undefeated, eventually securing his first nationals title with a win over defending champion Pete Fenson.

McCormick and his team played at the 2013 United States Men's Curling Championship, and qualified for the playoffs, defeating Fenson and Mike Farbelow in the tiebreaker round. They lost to eventual champion Brady Clark in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game.

Upon their semifinal win at the 2012 United States Men's Curling Championship, McCormick and his team were qualified to participate at the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials.[4]

Grand Slam record
Key
C Champion
F Lost in Final
SF Lost in Semifinal
QF Lost in Quarterfinals
R16 Lost in the round of 16
Q Did not advance to playoffs
T2 Played in Tier 2 event
DNP Did not participate in event
N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Tour Challenge N/A DNP DNP Q
Masters / World Cup DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Q DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The National Q Q DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP SF DNP DNP DNP
Canadian Open Q DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Q DNP
Players' DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

Personal life

McCormick grew up in Sarnia, Ontario. He studied at the University of Western Ontario. He works as an insurance broker with McCormick Insurance Brokers Ltd. Despite sharing a last name, Heath is not related to United States female curler Debbie McCormick.[2]

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events
2010–11 Heath McCormickBill StoperaMartin SatherDean Gemmell2011 USNCC
2011–12 Heath McCormickBill StoperaMartin SatherDean Gemmell2012 USNCC, 2012 WCC
2012–13 Heath McCormickBill StoperaMartin SatherDean Gemmell2013 USNCC
2013–14 Heath McCormickBill StoperaDean GemmellMartin Sather2013 USOCT
2014–15 Heath McCormickChris PlysJoe PoloColin HufmanRyan Brunt2015 USNCC
2015–16 Heath McCormickBill StoperaDean GemmellMark LazarAndrew Stopera2016 USNCC
2016–17 Heath McCormickChris PlysKorey DropkinTom Howell2017 USNCC
2017–18 Heath McCormickChris PlysKorey DropkinTom HowellRich Ruohonen2017 USOCT
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References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2012-02-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Player Profile: Heath McCormick". United States Curling Association.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2012-02-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Field set for 2014 US Olympic Team Trials". USA Curling. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
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