# 2024 United States Men's Curling Championship

The 2024 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from January 30 to February 4 at The Rink at American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The event was held in conjunction with the 2024 United States Women's Curling Championship. The winning John Shuster rink represented the United States at the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship at the KSS Sports Complex in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Team Shuster also earned the first berth into the 2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials.

## Qualification process

The following teams qualified to participate in the 2024 national championship:
| Qualification | Berths | Qualifying Team(s) |
| 2023 World Men's Curling Championship representative | 1 | John Shuster |
| 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships representative | 1 | Korey Dropkin |
| 2024 World Junior Curling Championships representative | 1 | Wesley Wendling |
| Qualifying Event #1 (US Open of Curling) | 1 | Daniel Casper |
| Qualifying Event #2 (Curl Mesabi Classic) | 1 | Ethan Sampson |
| WCF Year-to-date points leaders (December 23, 2023) | 3 | Scott Dunnam Rich Ruohonen Nicholas Connolly |
| TOTAL | 8 | |

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale |
| Daniel Casper | Luc Violette | Ben Richardson | Chase Sinnett | | Chaska, Minnesota |
| Nicholas Connolly | Evan Workin | Chris Bond | Nathan Parry | | Seattle, Washington |
| Korey Dropkin | Andrew Stopera | Mark Fenner | Thomas Howell | | Duluth, Minnesota |
| Scott Dunnam | Cody Clouser | Lance Wheeler | Andrew Dunnam | | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Rich Ruohonen | Jason Smith | Samuel Strouse | Jared Allen | Aidan Oldenburg | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Ethan Sampson | Coleman Thurston | Jacob Zeman | Marius Kleinas | | Chaska, Minnesota |
| John Shuster | Chris Plys | Colin Hufman | Matt Hamilton | John Landsteiner | Duluth, Minnesota |
| Wesley Wendling | Jackson Bestland | Kevin Tuma | Jackson Armstrong | Caden Hebert | Wausau, Wisconsin |

## Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreaker
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | EW | EL | BE | SE |
| John Shuster | 7 | 0 | 65 | 21 | 31 | 16 | 3 | 16 |
| Korey Dropkin | 5 | 2 | 52 | 29 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 8 |
| Daniel Casper | 4 | 3 | 48 | 46 | 30 | 29 | 3 | 6 |
| Ethan Sampson | 3 | 4 | 36 | 49 | 25 | 30 | 2 | 7 |
| Wesley Wendling | 3 | 4 | 47 | 49 | 25 | 34 | 2 | 3 |
| Scott Dunnam | 3 | 4 | 45 | 52 | 29 | 34 | 1 | 6 |
| Nicholas Connolly | 2 | 5 | 32 | 55 | 25 | 27 | 4 | 6 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 1 | 6 | 30 | 55 | 26 | 30 | 7 | 8 |

## Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−05:00).

### Draw 1

Tuesday, January 30, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Scott Dunnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
| John Shuster | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | X | X | 10 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Wesley Wendling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ethan Sampson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Daniel Casper | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Korey Dropkin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | X | X | X | 10 |
| Nicholas Connolly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |

### Draw 2

Tuesday, January 30, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Rich Ruohonen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ethan Sampson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Nicholas Connolly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Scott Dunnam | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Korey Dropkin | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Wesley Wendling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 11 |
| Daniel Casper | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 5 |

### Draw 3

Wednesday, January 31, 12:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Daniel Casper | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 11 |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Ethan Sampson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Korey Dropkin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Wesley Wendling | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 10 |
| Nicholas Connolly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 10 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 4 |

### Draw 4

Wednesday, January 31, 8:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Wesley Wendling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 4 |
| Korey Dropkin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Daniel Casper | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| John Shuster | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Rich Ruohonen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Nicholas Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Ethan Sampson | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 8 |

### Draw 5

Thursday, February 1, 2:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Nicholas Connolly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Scott Dunnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Wesley Wendling | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Ethan Sampson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Daniel Casper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Korey Dropkin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 7 |

### Draw 6

Friday, February 2, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Wesley Wendling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Korey Dropkin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Nicholas Connolly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Daniel Casper | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Ethan Sampson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Scott Dunnam | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 11 |

### Draw 7

Friday, February 2, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Ethan Sampson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Daniel Casper | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Nicholas Connolly | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Korey Dropkin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| John Shuster | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Rich Ruohonen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Wesley Wendling | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |

## Tiebreaker

Saturday, February 3, 7:30 am
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Ethan Sampson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Wesley Wendling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | John Shuster | 5 | | | | 2 | Korey Dropkin | 6 |
| 2 | Korey Dropkin | 9 | | | | 1 | John Shuster | 11 |
| | | | 1 | John Shuster | 7 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Daniel Casper | 5 | | | |
| 3 | Daniel Casper | 11 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Wesley Wendling | 6 | | | | | | |

### 1 vs. 2

Saturday, February 3, 12:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Korey Dropkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |

### 3 vs. 4

Saturday, February 3, 12:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Daniel Casper | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 11 |
| Wesley Wendling | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |

### Semifinal

Saturday, February 3, 7:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Daniel Casper | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |

### Final

Sunday, February 4, 4:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Korey Dropkin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
| John Shuster | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | X | 11 |
* 2024 United States Men's Curling Championship
* John Shuster 10th United States Championship title