# 2017 United States Men's Curling Championship

The 2017 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 11 to 18 at the Xfinity Arena in Everett, Washington. It was held in conjunction with the 2017 United States Women's Curling Championship.

## Teams

Ten teams qualified to participate in the 2017 national championship.
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Todd Birr | Rich Ruohonen | John Benton | Tom O'Connor | Blaine, Minnesota |
| Craig Brown | Kroy Nernberger | Jason Smith | Sean Beighton | Blaine, Minnesota |
| Brady Clark | Greg Persinger | Colin Hufman | Phil Tilker | Seattle, Washington |
| Hunter Clawson | Cody Clouser | Caleb Clawson | Andrew Dunnam | Laurel, Maryland |
| Stephen Dropkin | Ethan Meyers | Trevor Host | Brandon Myhre | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Pete Fenson | Jared Zezel | Mark Fenner | Alex Fenson | Bemidji, Minnesota |
| Alex Leichter | Martin Sather | Nate Clark | Ryan Hallisey | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Heath McCormick | Chris Plys | Korey Dropkin | Thomas Howell | Blaine, Minnesota |
| John Shuster | Tyler George | Matt Hamilton | John Landsteiner | Duluth, Minnesota |
| Darryl Sobering | Aaron Johnston | Evan Jaffe | Josh Chetwynd | Denver, Colorado |

## Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to playoffs
* Teams to tiebreakers
| Skip | W | L |
| John Shuster | 9 | 0 |
| Brady Clark | 7 | 2 |
| Todd Birr | 6 | 3 |
| Craig Brown | 5 | 4 |
| Pete Fenson | 5 | 4 |
| Hunter Clawson | 4 | 5 |
| Alex Leichter | 4 | 5 |
| Heath McCormick | 4 | 5 |
| Darryl Sobering | 1 | 8 |
| Stephen Dropkin | 0 | 9 |

## Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time.

### Draw 1

Saturday, February 11, 8:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Stephen Dropkin | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Darryl Sobering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Brady Clark | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 9 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Heath McCormick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Pete Fenson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Alex Leichter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | X | X | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Hunter Clawson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| John Shuster | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 9 |

### Draw 2

Sunday, February 12, 12:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Pete Fenson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| John Shuster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Heath McCormick | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Alex Leichter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Hunter Clawson | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Darryl Sobering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brady Clark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Craig Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Stephen Dropkin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Todd Birr | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

### Draw 3

Sunday, February 12, 8:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brady Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Hunter Clawson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Pete Fenson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Alex Leichter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Darryl Sobering | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Stephen Dropkin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Heath McCormick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |

### Draw 4

Monday, February 13, 2:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Alex Leichter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Hunter Clawson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Craig Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brady Clark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 9 |
| Stephen Dropkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Heath McCormick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Darryl Sobering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | 2 |
| Pete Fenson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | X | X | 8 |

### Draw 5

Tuesday, February 14, 8:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Heath McCormick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 8 |
| Darryl Sobering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Stephen Dropkin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| John Shuster | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Pete Fenson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Hunter Clawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brady Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Alex Leichter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |

### Draw 6

Tuesday, February 14, 4:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brady Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | X | X | 9 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Heath McCormick | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Hunter Clawson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Alex Leichter | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Darryl Sobering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Pete Fenson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 7 |
| Stephen Dropkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 4 |

### Draw 7

Wednesday, February 15, 9:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Hunter Clawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Pete Fenson | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Alex Leichter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Stephen Dropkin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Darryl Sobering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| John Shuster | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Heath McCormick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Brady Clark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

### Draw 8

Wednesday, February 15, 7:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Darryl Sobering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Todd Birr | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Pete Fenson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | X | 9 |
| Heath McCormick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Alex Leichter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Stephen Dropkin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Hunter Clawson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Brady Clark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 3 |

### Draw 9

Thursday, February 16, 12:00pm

### Tiebreaker

Thursday, February 16, 8:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Pete Fenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | John Shuster | 6 | | | | 1 | John Shuster | 8 |
| 2 | Brady Clark | 4 | | | | 3 | Todd Birr | 7 |
| | | | 2 | Brady Clark | 5 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Todd Birr | 8 | | | |
| 3 | Todd Birr | 7 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Craig Brown | 6 | | | | | | |

### 1 vs. 2

Friday, February 17, 9:00am PT
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Brady Clark | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Player percentages :
| John Shuster | John Shuster | Brady Clark | Brady Clark |
| John Landsteiner | 90% | Phil Tilker | 90% |
| Matt Hamilton | 91% | Colin Hufman | 76% |
| Tyler George | 77% | Greg Persinger | 81% |
| John Shuster | 96% | Brady Clark | 85% |
| Total | 88% | Total | 83% |

### 3 vs. 4

Friday, February 17, 9:00am PT
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Player percentages :
| Todd Birr | Todd Birr | Craig Brown | Craig Brown |
| Tom O'Connor | 80% | Sean Beighton | 88% |
| John Benton | 83% | Jason Smith | 79% |
| Rich Ruohonen | 77% | Kroy Nernberger | 81% |
| Todd Birr | 63% | Craig Brown | 78% |
| Total | 76% | Total | 82% |

### Semifinal

Friday, February 17, 7:00pm PT
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brady Clark | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
Player percentages :
| Brady Clark | Brady Clark | Todd Birr | Todd Birr |
| Phil Tilker | 94% | Tom O'Connor | 74% |
| Colin Hufman | 86% | John Benton | 98% |
| Greg Persinger | 79% | Rich Ruohonen | 82% |
| Brady Clark | 75% | Todd Birr | 91% |
| Total | 83% | Total | 87% |

### Final

Saturday, February 18, 3:00 pm PT
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Player percentages :
| John Shuster | John Shuster | Todd Birr | Todd Birr |
| John Landsteiner | 82% | Tom O'Connor | 90% |
| Matt Hamilton | 77% | John Benton | 91% |
| Tyler George | 79% | Rich Ruohonen | 81% |
| John Shuster | 81% | Todd Birr | 73% |
| Total | 80% | Total | 84% |