# 2018 United States Men's Curling Championship

The 2018 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from March 3 to 10 at the Scheels Arena in Fargo, North Dakota. It was held in conjunction with the 2018 United States Women's Curling Championship.

## Teams

Ten teams qualified to participate in the 2018 national championship.
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Todd Birr | John Benton | Hunter Clawson | Tom O'Connor | Blaine, Minnesota |
| Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Mark Fenner | Alex Fenson | Bemidji, Minnesota |
| Heath McCormick | Chris Plys | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Blaine, Minnesota |
| Greg Persinger | Rich Ruohonen | Colin Hufman | Phil Tilker | Seattle, Washington |
| Jed Brundidge | Jordan Brown | Evan Workin | Cameron Rittenour | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Alex Leichter | Martin Sather | Chris Bond | Jared Wydysh | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Sean Beighton (Fourth) | Kroy Nernberger (Skip) | Derrick McLean | Quinn Evenson | Blaine, Minnesota |
| Scott Dunnam | Cody Clouser | Trevor Host | Ethan Meyers | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Nicholas Connolly | Chase Sinnett | Andrew McDonald | Andrew Dunnam | Seattle, Washington |
| Tucker Smith | Kyle Kakela | Timothy Hodek | Will Pryor | Bismarck, North Dakota |

## Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to playoffs
* Teams to tiebreakers
| Skip | W | L |
| Heath McCormick | 8 | 1 |
| Greg Persinger | 8 | 1 |
| Todd Birr | 6 | 3 |
| Kroy Nernberger | 5 | 4 |
| Jed Brundidge | 5 | 4 |
| Nicholas Connolly | 4 | 5 |
| Pete Fenson | 4 | 5 |
| Alex Leichter | 3 | 6 |
| Scott Dunnam | 1 | 8 |
| Tucker Smith | 1 | 8 |

## Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time.

### Draw 1

Saturday, March 03, 4:30pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jed Brundidge | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Greg Persinger | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Alex Leichter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pete Fenson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Heath McCormick | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 11 |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Kroy Nernberger | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Tucker Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Nicholas Connolly | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

### Draw 2

Sunday, March 04, 8:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Nicholas Connolly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Kroy Nernberger | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tucker Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | X | 10 |
| Alex Leichter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Pete Fenson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Jed Brundidge | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Persinger | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | X | X | 8 |
| Heath McCormick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |

### Draw 3

Sunday, March 04, 4:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Pete Fenson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 6 |
| Tucker Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Heath McCormick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 6 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Nicholas Connolly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Kroy Nernberger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Alex Leichter | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Greg Persinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jed Brundidge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Draw 4

Monday, March 05, 10:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Heath McCormick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Kroy Nernberger | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tucker Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Jed Brundidge | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Pete Fenson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Greg Persinger | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Nicholas Connolly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Alex Leichter | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 1 |

### Draw 5

Monday, March 05, 7:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Scott Dunnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Alex Leichter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Persinger | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | 10 |
| Nicholas Connolly | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jed Brundidge | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tucker Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Heath McCormick | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Pete Fenson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Kroy Nernberger | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | 8 |

### Draw 6

Tuesday, March 06, 12:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Nicholas Connolly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jed Brundidge | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Pete Fenson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Heath McCormick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Scott Dunnam | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Tucker Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Kroy Nernberger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Leichter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Greg Persinger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |

### Draw 7

Tuesday, March 06, 8:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tucker Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | X | X | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kroy Nernberger | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Greg Persinger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Alex Leichter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 |
| Nicholas Connolly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Pete Fenson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | X | 10 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Heath McCormick | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Jed Brundidge | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 3 |

### Draw 8

Wednesday, March 07, 12:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Alex Leichter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Heath McCormick | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 9 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Scott Dunnam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kroy Nernberger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 9 |
| Jed Brundidge | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Persinger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 7 |
| Tucker Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Nicholas Connolly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Pete Fenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Draw 9

Wednesday, March 07, 8:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Persinger | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 6 |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jed Brundidge | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Alex Leichter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 10 |
| Pete Fenson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Heath McCormick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Nicholas Connolly | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kroy Nernberger | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Tucker Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Heath McCormick | 4 | | | | 2 | Greg Persinger | 7 |
| 2 | Greg Persinger | 8 | | | | 1 | Heath McCormick | 5 |
| | | | 1 | Heath McCormick | 8 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Todd Birr | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Todd Birr | 7 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Kroy Nernberger | 6 | | | | | | |

### 1 vs. 2

Thursday, March 8, 8:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Greg Persinger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Heath McCormick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Player percentages :
| Team Persinger | Team Persinger | Team McCormick | Team McCormick |
| Phil Tilker | 88% | Thomas Howell | 96% |
| Colin Hufman | 91% | Korey Dropkin | 79% |
| Rich Ruohonen | 97% | Christopher Plys | 72% |
| Greg Persinger | 97% | Heath McCormick | 80% |
| Total | 93% | Total | 82% |

### 3 vs. 4

Thursday, March 8, 8:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Kroy Nernberger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Player percentages :
| Team Birr | Team Birr | Team Nernberger | Team Nernberger |
| Tom O'Connor | 89% | Quinn Evenson | 100% |
| Hunter Clawson | 89% | Derrick McLean | 88% |
| John Benton | 70% | Kroy Nernberger | 95% |
| Todd Birr | 86% | Sean Beighton | 84% |
| Total | 83% | Total | 92% |

### Semifinal

Friday, March 9, 7:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Heath McCormick | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 1 |
Player percentages :
| Team McCormick | Team McCormick | Team Birr | Team Birr |
| Thomas Howell | 93% | Tom O'Connor | 74% |
| Korey Dropkin | 78% | Hunter Clawson | 84% |
| Christopher Plys | 100% | John Benton | 83% |
| Heath McCormick | 97% | Todd Birr | 49% |
| Total | 92% | Total | 72% |

### Final

Saturday, March 10, 5:00 pm CT
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Persinger | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Heath McCormick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Player percentages :
| Team Persinger | Team Persinger | Team McCormick | Team McCormick |
| Philip Tilker | 93% | Thomas Howell | 85% |
| Colin Hufman | 83% | Korey Dropkin | 82% |
| Rich Ruohonen | 90% | Chris Plys | 71% |
| Greg Persinger | 81% | Heath McCormick | 74% |
| Total | 87% | Total | 78% |