# 2008 United States Men's Curling Championship

The 2008 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 16 to 23 at the Hibbing Curling Club in Hibbing, Minnesota. It was held in conjunction with the 2008 United States Women's Curling Championship. Craig Brown skipped his team to victory, his second national title. Craig Disher was runner-up for the third year in a row. As national champions, Team Brown earned the opportunity to represent the United States at the 2008 World Men's Curling Championship in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where they finished in 7th place.

## Teams

Ten men's teams competed in the 2008 Championship:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate Coach | Locale |
| Todd Birr | Bill Todhunter | Greg Johnson | Kevin Birr | Paul Pustovar | Mankato, Minnesota |
| Craig Brown | Rich Ruohonen | John Dunlop | Pete Annis | | Madison, Wisconsin |
| Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Zach Jacobson | Carey Kakela | Kurt Disher Joel Jacobson | Rolla, North Dakota |
| Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Tom O'Connor | Bob Fenson | Bemidji, Minnesota |
| Tyler George | Kris Perkovich | Phill Drobnick | Kevin Johnson | Tom George | Duluth, Minnesota |
| Jason Larway | Colin Hufman | Greg Persinger | Joel Larway | Steven Demlow | Lynnwood, Washington |
| Jeremy Roe | Pat Roe | Richard Maskel | Mark Hartman | Matt Hamilton | Rio, Wisconsin |
| Greg Romaniuk | Leon Romaniuk | Doug Pottinger | Mike Calcagno | Cory Yalowicki | Snohomish, Washington |
| John Shuster | Jeff Isaacson | Chris Plys | Shane McKinlay | Jason Smith Tim Wright | Duluth, Minnesota |
| Willie Wilberg | Charles Taggart | Alex Leichter | Andrew Quigley | Andy Campbell Bill Wilberg | Green Bay, Wisconsin |

## Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings.
Key :
* Teams to playoffs
* Teams to tiebreakers
| Skip | W | L |
| Craig Brown | 7 | 2 |
| Craig Disher | 6 | 3 |
| Greg Romaniuk | 6 | 3 |
| Tyler George | 6 | 3 |
| Jason Larway | 6 | 3 |
| Pete Fenson | 4 | 5 |
| John Shuster | 4 | 5 |
| Todd Birr | 3 | 6 |
| Jeremy Roe | 2 | 7 |
| Willie Wilberg | 1 | 8 |

## Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−6).

### Draw 1

Saturday, February 16, 6:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Greg Romaniuk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 7 |
| John Shuster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Pete Fenson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| Jeremy Roe | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jason Larway | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 10 |
| Willie Wilberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Disher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Tyler George | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |

### Draw 2

Saturday, February 16, 6:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Jeremy Roe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Craig Disher | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tyler George | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Willie Wilberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 4 |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 9 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Pete Fenson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Romaniuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Jason Larway | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |

### Draw 3

Sunday, February 17, 2:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Brown | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Pete Fenson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jason Larway | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 11 |
| Jeremy Roe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Craig Disher | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| John Shuster | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Romaniuk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Tyler George | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Willie Wilberg | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |

### Draw 4

Monday, February 18, 12:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| John Shuster | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Todd Birr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Willie Wilberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Greg Romaniuk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tyler George | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Jason Larway | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Brown | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Jeremy Roe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Pete Fenson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Craig Disher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |

### Draw 5

Monday, February 18, 8:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Pete Fenson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Willie Wilberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jason Larway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| John Shuster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Romaniuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Jeremy Roe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Craig Disher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Tyler George | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 9 |

### Draw 6

Tuesday, February 19, 2:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jeremy Roe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Tyler George | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | X | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Disher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | X | X | 8 |
| Greg Romaniuk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Pete Fenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jason Larway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Craig Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Willie Wilberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 1 |

### Draw 7

Wednesday, February 20, 8:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Greg Romaniuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jeremy Roe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Todd Birr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Willie Wilberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Craig Disher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | X | X | X | X | X | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tyler George | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| John Shuster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Pete Fenson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Jason Larway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |

### Draw 8

Wednesday, February 20, 4:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Disher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Jason Larway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Pete Fenson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | X | 11 |
| Tyler George | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 10 |
| Greg Romaniuk | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Willie Wilberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Jeremy Roe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | X | 9 |

### Draw 9

Thursday, February 21, 8:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tyler George | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Willie Wilberg | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Disher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jason Larway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 7 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Romaniuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 9 |
| Pete Fenson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jeremy Roe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 |
| John Shuster | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |

## Tiebreaker

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jason Larway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Tyler George | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Craig Brown | 6 | | | | 2 | Craig Disher | 6 |
| 2 | Craig Disher | 9 | | | | 1 | Craig Brown | 9 |
| | | | 1 | Craig Brown | 7 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Jason Larway | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Greg Romaniuk | 5 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Jason Larway | 7 | | | | | | |

### 1 vs. 2

Friday, February 22, 12:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Craig Disher | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 9 |

### 3 vs. 4

Friday, February 22, 12:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Romaniuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Jason Larway | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |

### Semifinal

Friday, February 22, 7:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Jason Larway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |

### Final

Saturday, February 23, 3:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Disher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |