2010 United States Men's Curling Championship | |
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Host city | Kalamazoo, Michigan |
Arena | Wings Stadium |
Dates | March 6–13 |
Winner | Pete Fenson |
Curling club | Bemidji CC, Bemidji, Minnesota |
Skip | Pete Fenson |
Third | Joe Polo |
Second | Shawn Rojeski |
Lead | Tyler George |
Finalist | Mike Farbelow |
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Events at the 2010 United States National Curling Championships | ||
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Tournament | ||
men | women | |
The 2010 United States Curling Men's Championships were held in Kalamazoo, Michigan from March 6 to 13. The 54th edition of the United States Curling Men's Championships was held alongside the 2010 Women's Nationals. Teams could qualify through three different methods. John Shuster's team qualified through the first method by virtue of being the defending champions. Next, teams could qualify by finishing in the top spots of their respective regional championships. The final method of qualification came in a Nationals Playdown where the teams that placed between 2nd and 4th in their regional qualifications compete for the final three spots. [1]
On Friday, February 27, 2010 it was revealed on the USA Network broadcast that John Shuster's team had elected to withdraw from the National Championships. The team skipped by Wes Johnson replaced them.
The winning team represented the United States at the 2010 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship.
The teams are listed as follows: [2]
Skip | W | L |
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Pete Fenson | 6 | 3 |
Mike Farbelow | 6 | 3 |
Matt Stevens | 6 | 3 |
Matt Hames | 6 | 3 |
Wes Johnson | 5 | 4 |
Craig Brown | 5 | 4 |
Todd Birr | 4 | 5 |
Kevin Kakela | 3 | 6 |
Blake Morton | 3 | 6 |
Bryan Wight | 1 | 8 |
Thursday, March 11, 8:00 pm [3]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Pete Fenson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
Matt Stevens | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Matt Hames | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Mike Farbelow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Page playoff system | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||
1 | Pete Fenson | 10 | 1 | Pete Fenson | 8 | ||||||||
2 | Mike Farbelow | 4 | 2 | Mike Farbelow | 4 | ||||||||
2 | Mike Farbelow | 10 | |||||||||||
3 | Matt Stevens | 5 | |||||||||||
3 | Matt Stevens | 10 | |||||||||||
4 | Matt Hames | 5 | |||||||||||
Friday, March 12, 12:00 pm [4]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Pete Fenson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 10 |
Mike Farbelow | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
Friday, March 12, 12:00 pm [4]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Matt Hames | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 5 |
Matt Stevens | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 10 |
Friday, March 12, 8:00 pm [5]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Mike Farbelow | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 10 |
Matt Stevens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 5 |
Saturday, March 13, 3:00 pm [6]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Pete Fenson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 |
Mike Farbelow | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
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