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2012 United States Men's Curling Championship

FieldValue
Name2012 United States Men's Curling Championship
Logo2012USNCC.jpg
Size250
Host cityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
ArenaIceWorks Skating Complex
DatesFebruary 11–18
WinnerNY **Heath McCormick**
Curling clubArdlsey CC, Irvington, New York
SkipHeath McCormick
ThirdBill Stopera
SecondMartin Sather
LeadDean Gemmell
FinalistMN Pete Fenson
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The 2012 United States Men's Curling Championship took place from February 11 to 18 at the IceWorks Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania, (with the host city being listed as Philadelphia). It was held in conjunction with the 2012 United States Women's Curling Championship. The winning team, skipped by Heath McCormick, represented the United States at the 2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship in Basel, Switzerland. The first and second placed teams, skipped respectively by Heath McCormick and Pete Fenson, earned qualification spots to the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials, which will determine the teams that will represent the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Road to the Nationals

Main article: 2012 United States Men's Curling Championship – Qualification

As with last year, teams qualified for the men's nationals by qualifying automatically through the World Curling Tour Order of Merit, through regional qualifiers, or through a challenge round. Two teams qualified via the Order of Merit, five teams qualified through the regional qualifiers, and the remaining three teams qualified through the challenge round. The regional qualifiers in Green Bay, Seattle, Grand Forks, and Laurel each received one or more qualifying spots, which were awarded to the top finishers from the qualifiers. Teams that were not awarded a qualification spot but were top finishers were invited to the challenge round, where the top three teams qualified.

Special Exemption The Pete Fenson rink stood as an exception to the preceding rules. Since Fenson and his team were scheduled to represent the United States in the 2012 USA-Brazil Challenge, which was cancelled, they received an automatic berth into the nationals, regardless of their Order of Merit standing. Because they were not one of the top two Order of Merit teams, the Fenson rink participated as the eleventh team in the nationals.

Teams

Eleven teams participated in the national championship, one more team than usual, due to the Fenson rink's scheduled participation in the USA-Brazil Challenge. The teams are listed as follows:

SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocaleQualification Method
Pete FensonShawn RojeskiJoe PoloRyan BruntMN Bemidji, MinnesotaSpecial Exemption
Tyler GeorgeChristopher PlysRich RuohonenColin HufmanMN Duluth, Minnesotatitle=Qualified teams, 2012 Nationalsurl=http://www.usacurl.org/curlingrocks//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1387&Itemid=108publisher=USA Curling}}
Craig BrownKroy NernbergerMatt HamiltonDerrick CasperWI Madison, WisconsinOrder of Merit
Heath McCormickBill StoperaMartin SatherDean GemmellNY New York, New York[Laurel Qualifier](2012-united-states-men-s-curling-championship-qualification-laurel-qualifier)
Brady ClarkDarren LehtoLeon RomaniukSteve LundeenWes JohnsonWA Seattle, Washington[Seattle Qualifier](2012-united-states-men-s-curling-championship-qualification-seattle-qualifier)
John ShusterZach JacobsonJared ZezelJohn LandsteinerMN Duluth, Minnesota[Grand Forks Qualifier](2012-united-states-men-s-curling-championship-qualification-grand-forks-qualifier)
Owen SampsonNed SampsonTucker SmithKyle YoungND Edmore, North Dakota[Grand Forks Qualifier](2012-united-states-men-s-curling-championship-qualification-grand-forks-qualifier)
Blake MortonMarcus FongerTommy JuszczykCalvin WeberWI McFarland, Wisconsin[Green Bay Qualifier](2012-united-states-men-s-curling-championship-qualification-green-bay-qualifier)
Eric FensonTrevor AndrewsQuentin WayMark LazarMN Bemidji, Minnesota[Challenge Round](2012-united-states-men-s-curling-championship-qualification-challenge-round-2)
Mike FarbelowKevin DeerenKraig DeerenTim SolinMN Minneapolis, Minnesota[Challenge Round](2012-united-states-men-s-curling-championship-qualification-challenge-round-2)
Todd BirrGreg RomaniukDoug PottingerThomas O'ConnorKevin BirrMN Mankato, Minnesota[Challenge Round](2012-united-states-men-s-curling-championship-qualification-challenge-round-2)

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

SkipWLPFPAEnds WonEnds LostBlank EndsStolen Ends
NY Heath McCormick10082525234424
MN Pete Fenson9173394334811
WI Craig Brown7376554538811
MN John Shuster6475574541613
WA Brady Clark5562663945129
MN Todd Birr466874434875
MN Tyler George4668654342611
MN Mike Farbelow465266374295
MN Eric Fenson374766324397
ND Owen Sampson2748703942712
WI Blake Morton1942733646612

Round-robin results

All times listed in Eastern Standard Time.

Draw 1

Saturday, February 11, 8:30 pm |2|0|0|1|0|1|1|0|1|0| |6 |0|2|1|0|4|0|0|0|0|2| |9 |0|1|0|0|0|1|0|X|X|X| |2 |3|0|2|1|1|0|2|X|X|X| |9 |0|0|1|1|0|0|2|0|2|0| |6 |2|0|0|0|0|3|0|1|0|2| |8 |3|1|0|2|1|0|2|X|X|X| |9 |0|0|2|0|0|1|0|X|X|X| |3 |0|2|1|1|2|0|3|X|X|X| |9 |1|0|0|0|0|1|0|X|X|X| |2

Draw 2

Sunday, February 12, 12:00 pm |0|0|1|0|1|0|0|2|0|X| |4 |1|1|0|2|0|1|2|0|1|X| |8 |0|0|1|1|0|0|0|2|0|2| |6 |0|2|0|0|0|0|1|0|1|0| |4 |0|2|0|2|1|0|1|0|3|X| |9 |2|0|1|0|0|1|0|1|0|X| |5 |0|1|0|0|1|0|2|0|2|0| |6 |1|0|2|2|0|1|0|1|0|1| |8 |0|1|1|0|2|0|2|1|X|X| |7 |0|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|X|X| |2

Draw 3

Sunday, February 12, 8:00 pm |3|0|0|0|1|1|0|1|0|0| |6 |0|2|1|1|0|0|2|0|0|1| |7 |1|0|0|0|4|0|0|0|2|X| |7 |0|0|1|0|0|1|1|1|0|X| |4 |0|2|1|1|0|2|1|0|3|X| |10 |1|0|0|0|1|0|0|1|0|X| |3 |0|1|0|1|0|0|0|1|X|X| |3 |4|0|1|0|1|1|1|0|X|X| |8 |0|1|1|0|1|0|0|1|0|0| |4 |1|0|0|1|0|1|1|0|0|2| |6

Draw 4

Monday, February 13, 12:00 pm |1|2|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|0| |5 |0|0|1|0|2|0|1|0|1|3| |8 |0|0|3|0|2|0|0|1|0|2| |8 |0|2|0|1|0|1|1|0|2|0| |7 |0|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|1|1| |4 |0|1|0|1|2|0|0|1|0|0| |5 |0|1|0|0|0|3|1|1|X|X| |5 |1|0|3|1|2|0|2|0|X|X| |9 |0|0|0|1|0|0|1|0|1|X| |3 |2|1|0|0|1|2|0|1|0|X| |7

Draw 5

Monday, February 13, 8:00 pm |0|1|0|2|1|1|0|0|1|0| |6 |2|0|3|0|0|0|0|2|0|3| |10 |0|1|0|1|0|1|2|0|0|0| |5 |1|0|1|0|2|0|0|3|1|1| |9 |0|2|2|0|0|1|0|1|0|1| |7 |1|0|0|3|0|0|2|0|0|0| |6 |2|1|0|3|0|3|0|1|X|X| |10 |0|0|3|0|2|0|0|0|X|X| |5 |1|0|3|0|0|1|0|0|X|X| |5 |0|3|0|1|2|0|3|2|X|X| |11

Draw 6

Tuesday, February 14, 8:00 am |1|1|1|3|0|1|0|0|0|1| |8 |0|0|0|0|3|0|1|1|1|0| |6 |4|0|1|4|0|0|0|2|X|X| |11 |0|1|0|0|2|0|1|0|X|X| |4 |2|0|0|2|0|1|0|1|0|2| |8 |0|1|2|0|1|0|1|0|1|0| |6 |1|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|X|X| |4 |0|2|0|1|0|4|0|2|X|X| |9 |0|2|1|0|1|1|0|2|X|X| |7 |0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|X|X| |1

Draw 7

Tuesday, February 14, 4:00 pm |0|0|1|1|0|1|0|0|X|X| |3 |3|1|0|0|1|0|4|1|X|X| |10 |0|0|1|0|1|0|2|1|1|X| |6 |1|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|X| |3 |0|1|2|0|0|2|0|2|0|1| |8 |1|0|0|1|1|0|1|0|1|0| |5 |1|0|3|0|3|0|1|1|0|0| |9 |0|1|0|1|0|3|0|0|2|1| |8 |0|0|0|0|3|0|2|0|0|0|2|7 |0|1|0|0|0|1|0|1|1|1|0|5

Draw 8

Wednesday, February 15, 8:00 am |2|1|0|2|1|0|2|0|X|X| |8 |0|0|1|0|0|1|0|1|X|X| |3 |0|0|0|1|0|1|0|2|1|1| |6 |2|0|1|0|2|0|2|0|0|0| |7 |0|2|1|0|0|0|0|0|3|0| |6 |1|0|0|3|1|0|1|0|0|3| |9 |1|0|0|1|0|0|1|0|2|0| |5 |0|1|0|0|3|0|0|2|0|1| |7 |2|0|0|1|0|2|0|1|0|X| |6 |0|1|1|0|1|0|0|0|0|X| |3

Draw 9

Wednesday, February 15, 4:00 pm |0|0|1|0|3|0|1|0|1|2| |8 |0|2|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|0| |4 |0|1|0|1|0|0|0|2|0|0| |4 |0|0|0|0|2|1|1|0|1|1| |6 |0|2|1|0|1|2|0|1|0|1|0|8 |2|0|0|2|0|0|2|0|2|0|2|10 |0|0|1|0|1|0|0|2|1|0| |5 |0|2|0|2|0|2|1|0|0|1| |8 |0|2|0|0|2|1|0|0|2|0| |7 |0|0|2|1|0|0|3|1|0|1| |8

Draw 10

Thursday, February 16, 8:00 am |0|0|0|0|0|2|1|1|0|X| |4 |1|1|1|1|1|0|0|0|1|X| |6 |0|0|1|0|2|0|2|0|1|X| |6 |1|2|0|2|0|2|0|1|0|X| |8 |2|0|0|2|0|2|0|1|3|X| |10 |0|1|0|0|2|0|2|0|0|X| |5 |2|1|1|3|2|X|X|X|X|X| |9 |0|0|0|0|0|X|X|X|X|X| |0 |0|1|0|1|0|0|0|1|1|0| |4 |1|0|1|0|0|1|1|0|0|2| |6

Draw 11

Thursday, February 16, 12:00 pm |2|0|1|0|1|0|2|0|2|X| |8 |0|1|0|0|0|1|0|2|0|X| |4 |0|0|2|1|0|X|X|X|X|X| |3 |3|1|0|0|3|X|X|X|X|X| |7 |0|2|0|0|0|2|1|0|3|1|0 |9 |2|0|4|1|1|0|0|1|0|0|3 |12 |0|0|1|0|2|0|0|2|0|1| |6 |0|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|1|0| |3 |0|1|0|0|1|0|1|0|1|X| |4 |2|0|0|2|0|0|0|2|0|X| |6

Playoffs

| team-width=150

| RD1-seed1= 1 | RD1-team1= NY Heath McCormick | RD1-score1= 5 | RD1-seed2= 2 | RD1-team2= MN Pete Fenson | RD1-score2= 4 | RD1-seed3= 3 | RD1-team3= WI Craig Brown | RD1-score3= 5 | RD1-seed4= 4 | RD1-team4= MN John Shuster | RD1-score4= 7

| RD2-seed1= 2 | RD2-team1= MN Pete Fenson | RD2-score1= 8 | RD2-seed2= 4 | RD2-team2= MN John Shuster | RD2-score2= 5

| RD3-seed1= 1 | RD3-team1= NY Heath McCormick | RD3-score1= 5 | RD3-seed2= 2 | RD3-team2= MN Pete Fenson | RD3-score2= 4

1 vs. 2 game

Friday, February 17, 12:00 pm |1|1|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|2| |5 |0|0|1|1|0|0|1|1|0|0| |4

Player PercentagesNY Heath McCormickMN Pete Fenson
Dean Gemmell83%Ryan Brunt
Martin Sather83%Joe Polo
Bill Stopera71%Shawn Rojeski
Heath McCormick82%Pete Fenson
**Total**80%**Total**

3 vs. 4 game

Friday, February 17, 12:00 pm |0|2|0|0|1|0|1|1|0|0| |5 |0|0|1|1|0|2|0|0|1|2| |7

Player PercentagesWI Craig BrownMN John Shuster
Derrick Casper90%John Landsteiner
Matt Hamilton81%Jared Zezel
Kroy Nernberger62%Zach Jacobson
Craig Brown80%John Shuster
**Total**78%**Total**

Semifinal

Friday, February 17, 8:00 pm |1|0|0|2|0|0|1|1|0|3| |8 |0|0|2|0|0|2|0|0|1|0| |5

Player PercentagesMN Pete FensonMN John Shuster
Ryan Brunt78%John Landsteiner
Joe Polo82%Jared Zezel
Shawn Rojeski69%Zach Jacobson
Pete Fenson82%John Shuster
**Total**78%**Total**

Championship final

Saturday, February 18, 3:00 pm |2|0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|1| |5 |0|2|0|0|0|0|1|0|1|0| |4

Player PercentagesNY Heath McCormickMN Pete Fenson
Dean Gemmell78%Ryan Brunt
Martin Sather83%Joe Polo
Bill Stopera73%Shawn Rojeski
Heath McCormick74%Pete Fenson
**Total**77%**Total**

References

References

  1. "Championships/Nationals/saturday21911.pdf".
  2. "philly.pdf".
  3. (19 August 2011). "U.S. Curling Association – Athlete Selection Procedures for the 2014 Olympic Games". [[USA Curling]].
  4. "2011–12 USCA Championships Rules and Procedures".
  5. "Qualified teams to Nationals".
  6. "Qualified teams, 2012 Nationals". [[USA Curling]].
  7. "Draw Schedule".
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