2023 United States Men's Curling Championship

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2023 United States Men's
Curling Championship
Host city Denver, Colorado
Arena Denver Coliseum
DatesFebruary 5-11
Winner Flag of Minnesota.svg Team Shuster
Skip John Shuster
Third Chris Plys
Second Matt Hamilton
Lead John Landsteiner
Alternate Colin Hufman
CoachSteven Birklid
Finalist Flag of Minnesota.svg Danny Casper
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The 2023 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 5 to 11, 2023 at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado. [1] The event was held in conjunction with the 2023 United States Women's Curling Championship. This was the first Men's Championship in two years, after the 2022 Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

Contents



Qualification

Teams qualified for the event according to the following procedure: [3]

Teams

Eight teams participated in the 2023 national championship. [1]

SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocale [4]
Danny Casper Luc Violette Ben RichardsonChase Sinnett Flag of Minnesota.svg Chaska, Minnesota
Korey Dropkin Andrew Stopera Mark Fenner Tom Howell Flag of Minnesota.svg Duluth, Minnesota
Scott DunnamCody ClouserLance WheelerAndy Dunnam Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rich Ruohonen Sam StrouseConnor KauffmanAidan Oldenburg Flag of Minnesota.svg Chaska, Minnesota
Ethan SampsonKevin TumaColeman ThurstonMarius KleinasJake Zeman Flag of Minnesota.svg Chaska, Minnesota
John Shuster Chris Plys Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner Colin Hufman Flag of Minnesota.svg Duluth, Minnesota
Jason Smith Dominik Märki Hunter Clawson Jared Allen Eli Clawson Flag of Tennessee.svg Nashville, Tennessee
Darryl SoberingAlec CeleckiDJ Johnson Josh Chetwynd Sean Stevinson Flag of Colorado.svg Denver, Colorado

Round robin standings

Final round robin standings [5]

Key
Teams to playoffs
SkipWL
Danny Casper61
John Shuster 52
Scott Dunnam52
Korey Dropkin 43
Ethan Sampson34
Jason Smith 34
Darryl Sobering16
Rich Ruohonen 16

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−07:00).

Draw 1

Sunday, February 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
John Shuster Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10021002006
Jason Smith 011001202310
Sheet B12345678910Final
Danny Casper Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20020200107
Korey Dropkin 002040200210
Sheet C12345678910Final
Darryl Sobering Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010100200X4
Scott Dunnam201021011X8
Sheet D12345678910Final
Ethan Sampson Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg110000200X4
Rich Ruohonen 000211003X7

Draw 2

Monday, February 6, 2:00 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Scott Dunnam100300212X9
Korey Dropkin Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg011021000X5
Sheet B12345678910Final
Jason Smith Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg120021020X8
Rich Ruohonen 001200201X6
Sheet C1234567891011Final
John Shuster Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100103020018
Ethan Sampson002020101107
Sheet D12345678910Final
Danny Casper Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg12010203XX9
Darryl Sobering00101020XX4

Draw 3

Tuesday, February 7, 8:00 am

Sheet A12345678910Final
Darryl Sobering010101XXXX3
John Shuster Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg405010XXXX10
Sheet B12345678910Final
Korey Dropkin Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02010100015
Ethan Sampson20101011006
Sheet C12345678910Final
Danny Casper00202020219
Rich Ruohonen Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg13010102008
Sheet D12345678910Final
Jason Smith 0200010XXX3
Scott Dunnam Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg2002104XXX9

Draw 4

Tuesday, February 7, 4:00 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Danny Casper Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01022012XX8
Ethan Sampson00100100XX2
Sheet B12345678910Final
Darryl Sobering02001010XX4
Jason Smith Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20300302XX10
Sheet C12345678910Final
Scott Dunnam Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00110010XX3
John Shuster 00002204XX8
Sheet D12345678910Final
Rich Ruohonen 00100000XX1
Korey Dropkin Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02001032XX8

Draw 5

Wednesday, February 8, 10:00 am

Sheet A12345678910Final
Rich Ruohonen 0130000XXX4
Scott Dunnam Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg2002311XXX9
Sheet B12345678910Final
John Shuster 00100200XX3
Danny Casper Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10011034XX10
Sheet C12345678910Final
Jason Smith 00200100104
Korey Dropkin Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg12010001016
Sheet D12345678910Final
Darryl Sobering Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0001000XXX1
Ethan Sampson0130111XXX7

Draw 6

Wednesday, February 8, 7:00 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Jason Smith 00010000XX1
Danny Casper Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01100035XX10
Sheet B12345678910Final
Ethan Sampson000010XXXX1
Scott Dunnam Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010303XXXX7
Sheet C12345678910Final
Rich Ruohonen 00102020XX5
Darryl Sobering Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20020105XX10
Sheet D12345678910Final
Korey Dropkin 01001010003
John Shuster Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10020002016

Draw 7

Thursday, February 9, 2:00 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Korey Dropkin Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20200101028
Darryl Sobering02011010005
Sheet B12345678910Final
Rich Ruohonen 10001101004
John Shuster Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01010020116
Sheet C12345678910Final
Ethan Sampson Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg002003030X8
Jason Smith 000020102X5
Sheet D12345678910Final
Scott Dunnam0000200XXX2
Danny Casper Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg2111021XXX8

Playoffs

Page playoff system SemifinalFinal
1 Flag of Minnesota.svg Danny Casper52 Flag of Minnesota.svg John Shuster 8
2 Flag of Minnesota.svg John Shuster 81 Flag of Minnesota.svg Danny Casper3
1 Flag of Minnesota.svg Danny Casper8
4 Flag of Minnesota.svg Korey Dropkin 5
3 Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Scott Dunnam5
4 Flag of Minnesota.svg Korey Dropkin 14

1 vs. 2

Friday, February 10, 2:00 pm

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Minnesota.svg Danny Casper020101001X5
Flag of Minnesota.svg John Shuster Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg102010220X8

3 vs. 4

Friday, February 10, 2:00 pm

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Scott Dunnam Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg11010020XX5
Flag of Minnesota.svg Korey Dropkin 00205403XX14

Semifinal

Friday, February 10, 7:00 pm

Sheet 412345678910Final
Flag of Minnesota.svg Danny Casper Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg202002110X8
Flag of Minnesota.svg Korey Dropkin 010210001X5

Final

Saturday, February 11, 12:00 pm

Sheet 412345678910Final
Flag of Minnesota.svg John Shuster Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20010203XX8
Flag of Minnesota.svg Danny Casper00001020XX3

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