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2012 United States Men's Curling Championship – Qualification
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Qualification for the 2012 United States Men's Curling Championship took place in two rounds in January at various locations throughout the nation. The number of entrants to the national championships was cut down to eleven teams through a playdown system of regional qualifiers and a challenge round.
Qualification system
As with last year, teams qualified for the men's nationals either by qualifying automatically as one of the top two teams on the World Curling Tour Order of Merit, by qualifying through a regional qualifier, or by qualifying through the challenge round. The two teams that qualified automatically to the championships were chosen based on the Order of Merit upon the conclusion of the Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel. This year, the teams were those skipped by Tyler George and Craig Brown. The other eight spots in the nationals were awarded as follows: five were awarded to the top finishers in the regional qualifiers, and three were awarded to the top finishers in the challenge round.
The qualification rounds were all held with the double knockout provision in place. The double knockout provision states that a team is eliminated from qualifying for the nationals if the team has at least two losses in their win-loss record. If there are teams with less than two losses, they will play each other until the number of teams still able to qualify matches the number of qualification spots available.
Regional qualifiers
The qualifiers were held from January 4 to 8 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Seattle, Washington, Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Laurel, Maryland, given that at least five teams sign up at each qualifier. If there were less than five teams signed up at any site, the qualifier at that site would have been cancelled, and teams could either be moved to an alternate site or cancel their registration. Qualifiers with more than ten teams would have been held in a knockout format, and qualifiers with less than ten teams would have been held in a round robin format. Each qualifier site was awarded one or more qualification spots to the nationals based on the strength of field at each qualifier site. The strength of field of each team was calculated using Order of Merit points, past participation in national championships and world championships, and final ranks at past national championships. In total, five teams qualified from the four regional qualifiers, and eight teams moved from the qualifiers to the challenge round. This year, the teams that qualified from the regional qualifiers were those skipped by Heath McCormick, Wes Johnson, John Shuster, Owen Sampson, and Blake Morton.
Challenge round
The top eight finishers from the regional qualifiers that did not qualify for the nationals were invited to play in the challenge round, which were held from January 19 to 22 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Two other teams that were not qualified to either the nationals or the challenge round were then invited based on their Order of Merit points. If a team qualifying to the challenge round through a regional qualifier declined its invitation, the spot would have been filled based on the Order of Merit. A maximum of ten teams could play at the challenge round. The number of teams invited from each qualifier were determined using the strength of field system. The challenge round was played in a round robin format. At the conclusion of the round robin, the top three teams were chosen to qualify to the nationals. This year, those teams were those skipped by Eric Fenson, Mike Farbelow, and Todd Birr.
Regional qualifiers
All four qualifiers were held at their respective locations from January 4 to 8. A total of 39 teams registered to participate in the regional qualifiers. Of these teams, three teams qualified directly to the nationals without participation in the qualifying rounds. The rink skipped by Pete Fenson did not have to participate in the qualifiers due to their participation on behalf of the United States at the 2012 USA-Brazil Challenge. Two teams, skipped by Tyler George and Craig Brown, qualified directly to the nationals by virtue of their Order of Merit rankings. If Fenson was one of the top two ranked Order of Merit teams, there would only have been one other team qualifying directly to the nationals via Order of Merit, but Fenson was not one of the top two ranked Order of Merit teams, so the top two ranked teams qualified directly to the nationals.
Participating teams
The following is a list of all teams registered to participate in the regional qualifiers. The teams skipped by Pete Fenson, Craig Brown, and Tyler George qualified automatically, and as such did not need to participate in the qualifying rounds.
| Key |
|---|
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale | Laurel Qualifier | Seattle Qualifier | Grand Forks Qualifier | Green Bay Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Calabrese | Michael Mengel | Jason Sethi | Brian Anderson | NY Fairport, New York | |||||
| Brandon Corbett | Sean Murray | Mark Mooney | Mike Graziano | NY Rochester, New York | |||||
| Brian Damon | Michael Stefanik | Peter Drechsler | Arthur Merkley | NY Schenectady, New York | |||||
| Brian Galebach | Richard Ashford | Brandon Kiraly | Eric Clawson | MD Columbia, Maryland | |||||
| Matt Holtwick | Benjamin Levy | Nik Geller | Philip Wolf | OH Elyria, Ohio | |||||
| Heath McCormick | William Stopera | Martin Sather | Dean Gemmell | NY New York, New York | |||||
| Clark Raven | Jeff Pulli | Jason Scott | Christopher Lopez | NY Rochester, New York | |||||
| Derek Surka | Alex Leichter | Bryan Fink | Jared Wydysh | CT New Haven, Connecticut | |||||
| Richard Van Cuyck | Scott Parmelee | Joshua Ozarowsky | Tristan Mondy | Aaron Crawley | NY Fairport, New York | ||||
| Sean Beighton | Andrew Ernst | Samuel Galey | MacAllan Guy | WA Seattle, Washington | |||||
| Benjamin Guzman | Doug Schaak | Charles Taggart | Christopher Rimple | WA Seattle, Washington | |||||
| Wes Johnson | Brady Clark | Darren Lehto | Steve Lundeen | WA Seattle, Washington | |||||
| Doug Kauffman | Paul Lyttle | Liam Barksdale | John Rasmussen | WA Seattle, Washington | |||||
| Christopher Pleasants | Zachary Radmer | Jon Chartrand | Richard Burmeister | WA Seattle, Washington | |||||
| Ryan Berg | Mitch Oakland | Al Gulseth | Jordan Brown | ND West Fargo, North Dakota | |||||
| Todd Birr | Greg Romaniuk | Doug Pottinger | Thomas O'Connor | Kevin Birr | MN Mankato, Minnesota | ||||
| Scott Brown | Evan Workin | Braden Burckhard | Ryan Westby | ND Fargo, North Dakota | |||||
| Joey Erjavec | Steven Gebauer | Daniel Ruehl | Marty Jurek | Noah Johnson | |||||
| Eric Fenson | Trevor Andrews | Quentin Way | Mark Lazar | MN Bemidji, Minnesota | |||||
| Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Ryan Brunt | MN Bemidji, Minnesota | |||||
| Tyler George | Christopher Plys | Rich Ruohonen | Aanders Brorson | MN Duluth, Minnesota | |||||
| Mark Haluptzok | John Israelson | Randy Hovet | Jon Chandler | MN Bemidji, Minnesota | |||||
| Kevin Kakela | Kurt Disher | Kyle Kakela | Pete Annis | ND Rolla, North Dakota | |||||
| Adam Kitchens | Brandon Myhre | Alex Kitchens | Nathan Myhre | ND Devils Lake, North Dakota | |||||
| Bill Morehouse | Cameron Delaney | Joel Cooper | Ash Nelson | NY Utica, New York | |||||
| Owen Sampson | Ned Sampson | Tucker Smith | Kyle Young | ND Edmore, North Dakota | |||||
| John Shuster | Zach Jacobson | Jared Zezel | John Landsteiner | MN Duluth, Minnesota | |||||
| Jason Smith | Jeffrey Isaacson | Aaron Wald | Connor McLeod | FL Fort Myers, Florida | |||||
| Matt Stevens | Cody Stevens | Robert Liapis | Jeff Breyen | MN Bemidji, Minnesota | |||||
| Peter Stolt | Jerod Roland | Brad Caldwell | Erik Ordway | MN St. Paul, Minnesota | |||||
| Josh Bahr | Chris Bond | John Muller | Atticus Wallace | MN Bemidji, Minnesota | |||||
| Ryan Lemke (fourth) | John Benton (skip) | John Lilla | Steve Day | WI Medford, Wisconsin | |||||
| Joey Bonfoey | Joel Dietz | Matt Carlson | Ted Trolson | MN Duluth, Minnesota | |||||
| Craig Brown | Kroy Nernberger | Matt Hamilton | Derrick Casper | WI Madison, Wisconsin | |||||
| Mike Farbelow | Kevin Deeren | Kraig Deeren | Tim Solin | MN Minneapolis, Minnesota | |||||
| Blake Morton | Marcus Fonger | Tommy Juszczyk | Calvin Weber | WI McFarland, Wisconsin | |||||
| Paul Pustovar | Nicholas Myers | Andrew Jukich | Jeff Puleo | Harold Rutan | MN Hibbing, Minnesota | ||||
| Matt Rudig | Dan Wiza | Jeff Kuemmel | Michael Krajewski | WI Madison, Wisconsin | |||||
| Greg Wilson | David Brown | Jeremy Roe | Richard Maskel | IL Vernon Hills, Illinois |
Laurel qualifier
The Laurel qualifier was held at the Potomac Curling Club in Laurel, Maryland. It was held in a round robin format. At the conclusion of the round robin, the top team qualified directly to the Nationals, and the second-ranked team qualified to the challenge round. The team skipped by Heath McCormick qualified directly to the Nationals, and the team skipped by Derek Surka qualified to the challenge round.
Standings
Final round-robin standings
| Skip | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| NY Heath McCormick | 8 | 0 |
| NY Brandon Corbett | 5 | 3 |
| NY Brian Damon | 5 | 3 |
| CT Derek Surka | 5 | 3 |
| NY Joe Calabrese | 4 | 4 |
| MD Brian Galebach | 3 | 4 |
| NY Clark Raven | 2 | 4 |
| OH Matt Holtwick | 1 | 6 |
| NY Richard Van Cuyck | 1 | 7 |
Standings after tiebreakers
| Skip | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| NY Heath McCormick | 8 | 0 |
| CT Derek Surka | 7 | 3 |
| NY Brandon Corbett | 5 | 4 |
| NY Brian Damon | 5 | 4 |
| NY Joe Calabrese | 4 | 4 |
| MD Brian Galebach | 3 | 4 |
| NY Clark Raven | 2 | 4 |
| OH Matt Holtwick | 1 | 6 |
| NY Richard Van Cuyck | 1 | 7 |
Round-robin results
Draw 1
Thursday, January 5, 2:00 pm |0|0|0|0|2|1|0|1|0|X| |4 |3|1|1|2|0|0|2|0|5|X| |14 |3|2|1|1|0|3|X|X|X|X| |10 |0|0|0|0|2|0|X|X|X|X| |2 |0|1|0|1|0|2|0|1|0|0| |5 |0|0|1|0|2|0|0|0|2|1| |6 |0|1|1|0|0|1|2|0|0|X| |5 |1|0|0|1|2|0|0|4|1|X| |9
Draw 2
Thursday, January 5, 7:00 pm |0|1|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|X| |3 |0|0|1|0|2|2|0|0|1|X| |6 |2|0|4|0|1|0|3|0|0|0|1|11 |0|4|0|1|0|1|0|1|1|2|0|10 |0|1|0|3|2|0|6|X|X|X| |12 |2|0|1|0|0|1|0|X|X|X| |4 |0|0|1|0|1|0|3|0|0|0| |5 |1|1|0|1|0|2|0|1|0|1| |7
Draw 3
Friday, January 6, 9:00 am |0|0|0|4|0|1|0|1|0|X| |6 |2|2|1|0|2|0|3|0|1|X| |11 |1|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|1|X| |4 |0|1|0|1|1|2|0|2|0|X| |7 |0|0|0|2|1|0|4|1|0|X| |8 |1|1|2|0|0|1|0|0|0|X| |5 |0|3|0|5|0|1|0|X|X|X| |9 |1|0|1|0|1|0|2|X|X|X| |5
Draw 4
Friday, January 6, 2:00 pm |0|0|2|0|1|0|X|X|X|X| |3 |3|2|0|2|0|2|X|X|X|X| |9 |1|0|1|0|1|0|X|X|X|X| |3 |0|2|0|3|0|4|X|X|X|X| |9 |3|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|2|X| |7 |0|0|0|1|2|0|0|1|0|X| |4 |0|1|0|0|4|1|0|1|1|X| |8 |1|0|0|1|0|0|1|0|0|X| |3
Draw 5
Friday, January 6, 7:00 pm |0|1|0|3|2|3|X|X|X|X| |9 |1|0|1|0|0|0|X|X|X|X| |2 |0|1|0|0|1|0|0|X|X|X| |2 |1|0|1|2|0|2|5|X|X|X| |11 |1|0|1|0|0|1|0|0|1|0| |4 |0|1|0|1|0|0|0|3|0|1| |6 |0|0|2|0|3|1|0|1|X|X| |7 |0|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|X|X| |2
Draw 6
Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am |0|0|0|0|1|0|1|1|1|0|0|4 |0|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|2|1|5 |0|0|2|0|1|2|0|0|1|0|1|7 |0|1|0|1|0|0|1|1|0|2|0|6 |0|0|2|0|2|0|1|0|5|X| |10 |0|2|0|0|0|1|0|1|0|X| |4 |2|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|X| |4 |0|0|0|1|1|1|0|3|1|X| |7
Draw 7
Saturday, January 7, 2:00 pm |0|2|0|1|1|0|0|2|0|2| |8 |0|0|1|0|0|1|4|0|1|0| |7 |1|0|0|2|0|1|2|0|0|0| |6 |0|0|1|0|2|0|0|2|1|1| |7 |0|1|0|0|1|0|X|X|X|X| |2 |2|0|2|3|0|2|X|X|X|X| |9 |0|2|0|0|0|X|X|X|X|X| |2 |2|0|3|2|2|X|X|X|X|X| |9
Draw 8
Saturday, January 7, 7:00 pm |0|1|0|0|2|0|0|1|1|0| |5 |2|0|1|1|0|2|0|0|0|1| |7 |2|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|X|X| |3 |0|1|0|2|1|2|1|3|X|X| |10
| MD Brian Galebach | **NP** |
|---|
|0|0|1|1|1|0|0|1|X|X| |4 |2|1|0|0|0|3|2|0|X|X| |8
Draw 9
Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am |0|2|0|1|0|0|0|2|3|X| |8 |1|0|1|0|1|1|1|0|0|X| |5
| NY Clark Raven | **NP** |
|---|
|2|0|0|1|0|0|1|1|1|0| |6 |0|3|1|0|0|2|0|0|0|3| |9 |0|1|0|0|0|1|0|0|X|X| |7 |1|0|1|2|2|0|0|1|X|X| |2
Tiebreakers
| RD1-team3 = CT Derek Surka | RD1-score3 = 11 | RD1-team4 = NY Brian Damon | RD1-score4 = 6
| RD2-team1 = NY Brandon Corbett | RD2-score1 = 5 | RD2-team2 = CT Derek Surka | RD2-score2 = 6
Round 1
Sunday, January 8, 2:00 pm |2|0|1|0|0|3|0|5|X|X| |11 |0|1|0|1|3|0|1|0|X|X| |6
Round 2
Sunday, January 8, 7:00 pm |1|0|0|0|2|1|0|0|1|0| |5 |0|0|1|1|0|0|1|1|0|2| |6
Seattle qualifier
The Seattle qualifier was held at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington. It was held in a round robin format. At the conclusion of the round robin, the top team qualified directly to the Nationals, and the second-ranked team qualified to the challenge round. The team skipped by Wes Johnson qualified directly to the Nationals, while the team skipped by Sean Beighton qualified to the challenge round.
Standings
Final round-robin standings
| Skip | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| WA Wes Johnson | 4 | 0 |
| WA Sean Beighton | 3 | 1 |
| WA Benjamin Guzman | 1 | 3 |
| WA Doug Kauffman | 1 | 3 |
| WA Christopher Pleasants | 1 | 3 |
Standings after tiebreakers
| Skip | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| WA Wes Johnson | 5 | 0 |
| WA Sean Beighton | 3 | 2 |
| WA Benjamin Guzman | 1 | 3 |
| WA Doug Kauffman | 1 | 3 |
| WA Christopher Pleasants | 1 | 3 |
Round-robin results
Draw 1
Thursday, January 5, 7:00 pm |4|0|4|0|0|2|X|X|X|X| |10 |0|1|0|2|1|0|X|X|X|X| |4 |1|0|3|2|0|2|0|1|X|X| |9 |0|1|0|0|1|0|1|0|X|X| |3
Draw 2
Friday, January 6, 1:00 pm |2|0|2|0|3|1|1|0|X|X| |9 |0|2|0|1|0|0|0|1|X|X| |4 |0|2|0|0|0|2|1|1|0|2| |8 |1|0|3|1|1|0|0|0|1|0| |7
Draw 3
Friday, January 6, 7:00 pm |1|0|2|1|0|0|0|X|X|X| |4 |0|3|0|0|2|2|3|X|X|X| |10 |1|0|1|1|0|0|0|1|0|X| |4 |0|1|0|0|2|2|1|0|2|X| |8
Draw 4
Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am |0|0|0|0|0|3|0|3|2|X| |8 |0|0|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|X| |2 |0|1|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|0| |2 |0|0|2|0|0|0|1|1|0|1| |5
Draw 5
Saturday, January 7, 2:00 pm |0|1|0|2|3|0|2|1|0|X| |9 |1|0|3|0|0|1|0|0|2|X| |7 |0|0|1|0|2|0|2|0|1|0| |6 |1|0|0|2|0|2|0|1|0|1| |7
Tiebreaker
The "tiebreaker" was played in accordance with the double knockout provision. Wes Johnson and Sean Beighton were the top two teams in the pool, and even though Johnson was undefeated, a deciding game needed to be held between Johnson and Beighton. Beighton had one loss (from losing to Johnson), and Johnson had none. If Beighton had won the tiebreaker, he and Johnson would have had one loss apiece, and would have needed to decide which team would advance to the nationals by playing another tiebreaker, which would have given one team two losses, therefore eliminating that team from the top spot. Johnson won this tiebreaker, so Beighton, with two losses, took second place.
Saturday, January 7, 7:00 pm |0|1|1|0|2|0|0|0|0|2| |6 |2|0|0|1|0|2|0|0|0|0| |5
Grand Forks qualifier
The Grand Forks qualifier was held at the Grand Forks Curling Club in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It will be held in a triple knockout format. Two teams qualified directly to the Nationals, and four teams qualified to the challenge round. The team skipped by John Shuster qualified directly to the Nationals by winning the A Event, and the team skipped by Owen Sampson qualified directly to the Nationals by winning the B Event. Teams skipped by Eric Fenson, Peter Stolt, Ryan Berg, and Todd Birr qualified to the challenge round.
Knockout brackets
A event
The qualifier in the A event will be qualified to participate in the Nationals. | team-width=125px
| RD1-team1 = MN Mark Haluptzok | RD1-score1 = 8 | RD1-team2 = ND Owen Sampson | RD1-score2 = 12
| RD1-team5 = ND Kevin Kakela | RD1-score5 = 10 | RD1-team6 = ND Scott Brown | RD1-score6 = 8 | RD1-team7 = MN Eric Fenson | RD1-score7 = | RD1-team8 = ND Adam Kitchens | RD1-score8 =
| RD1-team09 = MN Peter Stolt | RD1-score09 = 7 | RD1-team10 = NY Bill Morehouse | RD1-score10 = 5
| RD1-team13 = MN Matt Stevens | RD1-score13 = 4 | RD1-team14 = ND Ryan Berg | RD1-score14 = 7
| RD2-team1 = ND Owen Sampson | RD2-score1 = 4 | RD2-team2 = MN Todd Birr | RD2-score2 = 9 | RD2-team3 = ND Kevin Kakela | RD2-score3 = 7 | RD2-team4 = MN Eric Fenson | RD2-score4 = 0 | RD2-team5 = MN Peter Stolt | RD2-score5 = 3 | RD2-team6 = MN John Shuster | RD2-score6 = 9 | RD2-team7 = ND Ryan Berg | RD2-score7 = 4 | RD2-team8 = FL Jason Smith | RD2-score8 = 9
| RD3-team1 = MN Todd Birr | RD3-score1 = 6 | RD3-team2 = ND Kevin Kakela | RD3-score2 = 5 | RD3-team3 = MN John Shuster | RD3-score3 = 8 | RD3-team4 = FL Jason Smith | RD3-score4 = 4
| RD4-team1 = MN Todd Birr | RD4-score1 = 5 | RD4-team2 = MN John Shuster | RD4-score2 = 10
B event
The qualifier in the B event will be qualified to participate in the Nationals. | team-width=125px
| RD1-team5 = ND Owen Sampson | RD1-score5 = 10 | RD1-team6 = NY Bill Morehouse | RD1-score6 = 3 | RD1-team7 = MN Matt Stevens | RD1-score7 = 6 | RD1-team8 = MN Eric Fenson | RD1-score8 = 7
| RD2-team3 = ND Owen Sampson | RD2-score3 = 10 | RD2-team4 = MN Eric Fenson | RD2-score4 = 5
| RD3-team1 = ND Owen Sampson | RD3-score1 = 4 | RD3-team2 = FL Jason Smith | RD3-score2 = 3 | team-width=125px
| RD1-team11 = ND Scott Brown | RD1-score11 = 4 | RD1-team12 = ND Adam Kitchens | RD1-score12 = 8
| RD2-team5 = ND Ryan Berg | RD2-score5 = 11 | RD2-team6 = ND Adam Kitchens | RD2-score6 = 3 | RD2-team7 = MN Mark Haluptzok | RD2-score7 = 6 | RD2-team8 = MN Peter Stolt | RD2-score8 = 7
| RD3-team3 = ND Ryan Berg | RD3-score3 = 6 | RD3-team4 = MN Peter Stolt | RD3-score4 = 5
| RD4-team1 = ND Ryan Berg | RD4-score1 = 10 | RD4-team2 = ND Kevin Kakela | RD4-score2 = 7 | team-width=125px
| RD1-team1 = ND Owen Sampson | RD1-score1 = 6 | RD1-team2 = ND Ryan Berg | RD1-score2 = 3
| RD2-team1 = ND Owen Sampson | RD2-score1 = 8 | RD2-team2 = MN Todd Birr | RD2-score2 = 6
C event
All qualifiers in the C event will qualify to participate in the challenge round. | team-width=125px
| RD1-team1 = ND Adam Kitchens | RD1-score1 = 3 | RD1-team2 = MN Eric Fenson | RD1-score2 = 8
| RD2-team1 = ND Kevin Kakela | RD2-score1 = 2 | RD2-team2 = MN Eric Fenson | RD2-score2 = 6 | team-width=125px
| RD1-team1 = FL Jason Smith | RD1-score1 = 6 | RD1-team2 = MN Peter Stolt | RD1-score2 = 9 | team-width=125px
| RD1-team1 = MN Matt Stevens | RD1-score1 = 11 | RD1-team2 = MN Mark Haluptzok | RD1-score2 = 8
| RD2-team1 = ND Ryan Berg | RD2-score1 = 9 | RD2-team2 = MN Matt Stevens | RD2-score2 = 3 | team-width=125px
| RD1-team1 = ND Steve Brown | RD1-score1 = 8 | RD1-team2 = NY Bill Morehouse | RD1-score2 = 9
| RD2-team1 = MN Todd Birr | RD2-score1 = 9 | RD2-team2 = NY Bill Morehouse | RD2-score2 = 2
Knockout results
Draw 1
Thursday, January 5, 7:00 pm |2|1|0|0|2|0|0|1|0|1| |7 |0|0|3|0|0|0|1|0|1|0| |5 |3|0|3|1|0|0|2|0|0|1| |10 |0|2|0|0|2|0|0|3|1|0| |8 |0|0|1|0|0|2|0|1|0|X| |4 |1|0|0|2|2|0|1|0|1|X| |7 |2|0|0|0|1|0|2|2|1|0| |8 |0|1|2|2|0|2|0|0|0|5| |12
Draw 2
Friday, January 6, 9:00 am |1|0|0|1|0|1|0|X|X|X| |4 |0|2|2|0|4|0|1|X|X|X| |9 |0|0|2|0|1|0|0|1|X|X| |4 |0|3|0|2|0|0|4|0|X|X| |9 |3|0|3|0|1|0|0|2|X|X| |9 |0|2|0|1|0|0|1|0|X|X| |4 |1|0|0|1|0|1|0|X|X|X| |3 |0|2|2|0|4|0|1|X|X|X| |9
Draw 3
Friday, January 6, 2:00 pm |1|0|0|0|0|2|0|1|0|X| |4 |0|0|4|1|0|0|1|0|2|X| |8 |3|0|1|3|0|3|X|X|X|X| |10 |0|1|0|0|2|0|X|X|X|X| |3 |1|0|1|1|1|1|2|X|X|X| |7 |0|0|0|0|0|0|0|X|X|X| |0
Draw 4
Friday, January 6, 7:00 pm |0|0|0|1|2|0|1|0|2|0| |6 |0|0|3|0|0|2|0|1|0|1| |7 |0|1|0|3|0|0|0|0|2|0| |6 |1|0|2|0|1|0|1|1|0|1| |7 |2|1|0|2|1|1|0|4|X|X| |11 |0|0|2|0|0|0|1|0|X|X| |3
Draw 5
Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am |0|0|2|0|2|0|1|1|2|X| |8 |1|1|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|X| |4 |0|4|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|1| |6 |0|0|1|1|1|0|1|1|0|0| |5 |0|0|0|0|0|2|0|3|0|1| |6 |0|1|1|1|0|0|1|0|1|0| |5 |0|2|1|0|1|0|3|0|3|X| |10 |1|0|0|1|0|1|0|2|0|X| |5
Draw 6
Saturday, January 7, 2:00 pm |0|0|0|1|0|0|0|2|0|0|1|4 |1|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|3 |0|1|0|1|1|0|0|2|0|X| |5 |2|0|1|0|0|2|3|0|2|X| |10 |0|1|0|2|0|1|2|0|3|1| |10 |1|0|1|0|3|0|0|2|0|0| |7
Draw 7
Saturday, January 7, 7:00 pm |1|0|0|1|1|1|1|0|1|X| |6 |0|1|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|X| |3 |0|0|4|0|0|1|0|0|1|2| |8 |1|1|0|2|2|0|3|0|0|0| |9 |0|0|2|0|0|0|1|0|X|X| |3 |1|1|0|2|1|2|0|1|X|X| |8 |1|0|0|0|2|0|2|1|2|3| |11 |0|0|2|2|0|4|0|0|0|0| |8
Draw 8
Sunday, January 8, 9:00 am |0|0|3|0|1|1|0|0|1|0| |6 |2|0|0|2|0|0|1|2|0|1| |8
Draw 9
Sunday, January 8, 2:00 pm |2|0|0|1|3|0|0|0|0|0| |6 |0|1|0|0|0|1|2|2|1|2| |9 |1|0|0|0|0|1|0|X|X|X| |2 |0|0|1|2|1|0|2|X|X|X| |6 |0|3|0|4|0|1|0|1|X|X| |9 |0|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|X|X| |3 |2|3|0|4|X|X|X|X|X|X| |9 |0|0|2|0|X|X|X|X|X|X| |2
Green Bay qualifier
The Green Bay qualifier was held at the Green Bay Curling Club in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was held in a round robin format. At the conclusion of the round robin, one team qualified directly to the Nationals, and two teams qualified to the challenge round. The team skipped by Blake Morton qualified directly to the Nationals, while the teams skipped by John Benton and Mike Farbelow qualified to the challenge round.
Standings
Final round-robin standings
| Skip | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| WI John Benton | 3 | 2 |
| MN Mike Farbelow | 3 | 2 |
| WI Blake Morton | 3 | 2 |
| MN Paul Pustovar | 3 | 2 |
| MN Joey Bonfoey | 2 | 3 |
| WI Matt Rudig | 1 | 4 |
Standings after tiebreakers
| Skip | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| WI Blake Morton | 5 | 2 |
| WI John Benton | 4 | 3 |
| MN Mike Farbelow | 4 | 3 |
| MN Paul Pustovar | 3 | 4 |
| MN Joey Bonfoey | 2 | 3 |
| WI Matt Rudig | 1 | 4 |
Round-robin results
Draw 1
Thursday, January 5, 2:00 pm |0|0|1|0|0|0|0|X|X|X| |1 |2|0|0|1|0|1|3|X|X|X| |7 |1|0|0|0|1|1|0|3|0|1| |7 |0|3|2|1|0|0|1|0|1|0| |8 |1|1|3|4|3|X|X|X|X|X| |12 |0|0|0|0|0|X|X|X|X|X| |0
Draw 2
Thursday, January 5, 7:00 pm |3|0|0|1|2|0|3|X|X|X| |9 |0|1|0|0|0|1|0|X|X|X| |2 |0|0|2|0|1|0|X|X|X|X| |3 |4|1|0|4|0|2|X|X|X|X| |11 |0|0|0|2|0|0|3|0|0|2|0|7 |3|0|1|0|0|2|0|1|0|0|2|9
Draw 3
Friday, January 6, 2:00 pm |0|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|1| |3 |0|1|0|0|1|0|0|1|1|0| |4 |2|0|0|1|1|1|4|X|X|X| |9 |0|1|0|0|0|0|0|X|X|X| |1 |0|1|0|0|0|0|1|1|0|X| |3 |0|0|1|2|3|1|0|0|2|X| |9
Draw 4
Friday, January 6, 8:00 pm |0|0|3|0|1|0|2|0|0|X| |6 |1|2|0|5|0|1|0|0|1|X| |10 |0|0|0|3|3|3|X|X|X|X| |9 |0|1|0|0|0|0|X|X|X|X| |1 |0|2|0|1|0|2|1|2|0|0| |8 |0|0|2|0|2|0|0|0|2|1| |7
Draw 5
Saturday, January 7, 11:00 am |0|3|0|3|1|0|3|X|X|X| |10 |0|0|1|0|0|1|0|X|X|X| |2 |0|1|0|0|1|1|0|0|3|2| |8 |2|0|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|0| |4 |2|0|0|1|0|0|1|0|0|0| |4 |0|0|1|0|1|0|0|2|1|1| |6
Tiebreakers
Round 1
Saturday, January 7, 4:00 pm |1|0|0|0|1|2|0|1|0|2| |7 |0|2|0|0|0|0|1|0|2|0| |5 |0|0|1|1|2|0|0|4|X|X| |8 |0|0|0|0|0|2|0|0|X|X| |2
Round 2
Saturday, January 7, 9:00 pm |1|0|0|2|0|0|2|2|0|X| |7 |0|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|X| |3 |5|0|1|0|2|0|X|X|X|X| |8 |0|1|0|2|0|1|X|X|X|X| |4
Challenge round
The challenge round was held from January 19 to 22 at the Eau Claire Curling Club in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. A maximum of ten teams could compete in the challenge round, and three teams advanced to the nationals. A maximum of eight teams from the qualifiers could compete in the challenge round, while a minimum of two teams were chosen based on their Order of Merit. The teams skipped by Eric Fenson, Mike Farbelow, and Todd Birr advanced to the nationals.
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale | Qualification method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Lemke (fourth) | John Benton (skip) | John Lilla | Steve Day | WI Medford, Wisconsin | Green Bay Qualifier | |
| Mike Farbelow | Kevin Deeren | Kraig Deeren | Tim Solin | MN Minneapolis, Minnesota | Green Bay Qualifier | |
| Sean Beighton | Andrew Ernst | Samuel Galey | MacAllan Guy | WA Seattle, Washington | Seattle Qualifier | |
| Ryan Berg | Mitch Oakland | Al Gulseth | Jordan Brown | ND West Fargo, North Dakota | Grand Forks Qualifier | |
| Todd Birr | Greg Romaniuk | Doug Pottinger | Thomas O'Connor | Kevin Birr | MN Mankato, Minnesota | Grand Forks Qualifier |
| Eric Fenson | Trevor Andrews | Quentin Way | Mark Lazar | MN Bemidji, Minnesota | Grand Forks Qualifier | |
| Peter Stolt | Jerod Roland | Brad Caldwell | Erik Ordway | MN St. Paul, Minnesota | Grand Forks Qualifier | |
| Derek Surka | Alex Leichter | Chris Bond | Jared Wydysh | Bryan Fink | CT New Haven, Connecticut | Laurel Qualifier |
| Paul Pustovar | Nicholas Myers | Andrew Jukich | Jeff Puleo | Harold Rutan | MN Hibbing, Minnesota | Order of Merit |
| Sean Murray | Scott Edie | Mark Mooney | Mike Graziano | Brandon Corbett | NY Rochester, New York | Order of Merit |
;Notes
- Beighton declined his berth to the challenge round.
Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings
| Skip | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| MN Eric Fenson | 7 | 1 |
| MN Mike Farbelow | 6 | 2 |
| MN Todd Birr | 6 | 2 |
| CT Derek Surka | 5 | 3 |
| WI John Benton | 3 | 5 |
| MN Paul Pustovar | 3 | 5 |
| MN Peter Stolt | 2 | 5 |
| ND Ryan Berg | 2 | 6 |
| NY Sean Murray | 1 | 6 |
Round-robin results
Draw 1
Thursday, January 19, 2:00 pm |0|0|0|2|2|0|3|0|1|X| |8 |0|0|1|0|0|1|0|1|0|X| |3 |0|0|0|1|0|1|0|X|X|X| |2 |2|1|2|0|1|0|1|X|X|X| |7 |0|0|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|X| |2 |0|0|0|3|1|0|2|0|1|X| |7 |1|0|2|0|2|0|3|0|0|3| |11 |0|2|0|1|0|2|0|1|2|0| |8
Draw 2
Thursday, January 19, 7:00 pm |0|1|0|0|3|0|0|1|0|2|1|8 |0|0|1|1|0|3|0|0|2|0|0|7 |0|1|0|0|3|0|2|0|2|X| |8 |0|0|1|0|0|1|0|1|0|X| |3 |0|0|1|0|1|0|0|1|1|0| |4 |1|0|0|2|0|1|1|0|0|0| |5 |1|0|1|0|3|0|X|X|X|X| |5 |0|2|0|5|0|7|X|X|X|X| |14
Draw 3
Friday, January 20, 9:00 am |0|0|1|1|0|1|1|0|0|2|0|6 |2|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|2|0|1|7 |2|1|0|2|0|2|3|X|X|X| |10 |0|0|1|0|3|0|0|X|X|X| |4 |1|0|0|1|0|1|0|X|X|X| |3 |0|0|3|0|2|0|3|X|X|X| |8 |1|1|0|2|1|0|4|X|X|X| |9 |0|0|1|0|0|1|0|X|X|X| |2
Draw 4
Friday, January 20, 2:00 pm |0|3|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|0| |4 |0|0|1|1|2|1|0|0|1|1| |7 |0|0|0|1|1|0|1|0|0|0| |3 |2|1|0|0|0|1|0|1|1|1| |7 |0|2|0|0|1|0|2|0|0|0| |5 |1|0|0|2|0|2|0|1|0|1| |7 |0|0|3|0|1|2|0|1|1|X| |8 |0|1|0|2|0|0|1|0|0|X| |4
Draw 5
Friday, January 20, 7:00 pm |0|2|0|1|0|2|2|0|X|X| |7 |0|0|2|0|0|0|0|1|X|X| |3 |3|0|0|2|1|1|1|X|X|X| |8 |0|1|1|0|0|0|0|X|X|X| |2 |1|0|0|2|0|2|0|2|0|X| |7 |0|2|1|0|1|0|0|0|1|X| |5 |2|0|1|0|2|0|1|1|0|1| |8 |0|1|0|1|0|1|0|0|1|0| |4
Draw 6
Saturday, January 21, 9:00 am |2|0|1|0|2|0|0|3|X|X| |8 |0|1|0|1|0|1|0|0|X|X| |3 |0|0|2|0|1|0|0|1|0|0| |4 |0|1|0|1|0|1|0|0|2|1| |6 |1|1|2|0|1|1|1|X|X|X| |7 |0|0|0|2|0|0|0|X|X|X| |2 |0|1|0|1|0|2|1|1|1|0| |7 |1|0|2|0|3|0|0|0|0|2| |8
Draw 7
Saturday, January 21, 2:00 pm |0|2|0|0|1|0|0|1|0|2| |6 |1|0|0|1|0|1|1|0|1|0| |5 |0|1|0|2|0|0|1|0|X|X| |4 |0|0|2|0|3|2|0|2|X|X| |9 |1|0|1|0|0|1|1|1|0|0| |5 |0|2|0|0|1|0|0|0|2|1| |6 |0|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|1|X| |3 |0|2|1|1|0|0|1|1|0|X| |6
Draw 8
Saturday, January 21, 7:00 pm |2|1|0|1|0|5|X|X|X|X| |9 |0|0|1|0|1|0|X|X|X|X| |2 |1|0|0|2|0|1|2|0|3|X| |9 |0|2|0|0|1|0|0|1|0|X| |4 |0|1|1|0|1|0|1|1|1|1| |7 |1|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|0| |3 |2|0|2|2|3|0|X|X|X|X| |9 |0|0|0|0|0|1|X|X|X|X| |1
Draw 9
Sunday, January 22, 9:00 am |1|0|0|0|2|0|1|0|2|1| |7 |0|1|1|2|0|1|0|1|0|0| |6 |0|3|2|0|0|0|2|0|0|1|0|8 |0|0|0|0|2|3|0|3|0|0|2|10 |0|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|X|X| |3 |0|2|0|1|0|2|0|3|X|X| |8
| MN Peter Stolt | **NP** |
|---|
Notes
References
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- "Berth allocations announced for Men's qualifiers; schedules set". [[United States Curling Association]].
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