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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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1][2] It was held in conjunction with the 2012 United States Women's Curling Championship. The winning team, skipped by Heath McCormick, will represent 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.[3]
Road to the Nationals 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.[4] 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. 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 will be participating as the eleventh team in the nationals.[4] Teams There will be eleven teams participating in this year's national championship, one more team than usual, due to the Fenson rink's scheduled participation in the USA-Brazil Challenge.[4] The teams are listed as follows:[5] | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale | Qualification Method | | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Ryan Brunt | | Bemidji, Minnesota | Special Exemption | | Tyler George | Christopher Plys | Rich Ruohonen | Colin Hufman | | Duluth, Minnesota | Order of Merit[6] | | Craig Brown | Kroy Nernberger | Matt Hamilton | Derrick Casper | | Madison, Wisconsin | Order of Merit[6] | | Heath McCormick | William Stopera | Martin Sather | Dean Gemmell | | New York, New York | Laurel Qualifier | | Brady Clark | Darren Lehto | Leon Romaniuk | Steve Lundeen | Wes Johnson | Seattle, Washington | Seattle Qualifier | | John Shuster | Zach Jacobson | Jared Zezel | John Landsteiner | | Duluth, Minnesota | Grand Forks Qualifier | | Owen Sampson | Ned Sampson | Tucker Smith | Kyle Young | | Edmore, North Dakota | Grand Forks Qualifier | | Blake Morton | Marcus Fonger | Tommy Juszczyk | Calvin Weber | | McFarland, Wisconsin | Green Bay Qualifier | | Eric Fenson | Trevor Andrews | Quentin Way | Mark Lazar | | Bemidji, Minnesota | Challenge Round | | Mike Farbelow | Kevin Deeren | Kraig Deeren | Timothy Solin | | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Challenge Round | | Todd Birr | Greg Romaniuk | Doug Pottinger | Thomas O'Connor | Kevin Birr | Mankato, Minnesota | Challenge Round | Round Robin Standings Final Round Robin Standings Round Robin Results All times listed in Eastern Standard Time.[7] Draw 1 Saturday, February 11, 8:30 pm Draw 2 Sunday, February 12, 12:00 pm Draw 3 Sunday, February 12, 8:00 pm Draw 4 Monday, February 13, 12:00 pm Draw 5 Monday, February 13, 8:00 pm Draw 6 Tuesday, February 14, 8:00 am Draw 7 Tuesday, February 14, 4:00 pm Draw 8 Wednesday, February 15, 8:00 am Draw 9 Wednesday, February 15, 4:00 pm Draw 10 Thursday, February 16, 8:00 am Draw 11 Thursday, February 16, 12:00 pm Playoffs 1 vs. 2 Game Friday, February 17, 12:00 pm 3 vs. 4 Game Friday, February 17, 12:00 pm Semifinal Friday, February 17, 8:00 pm Championship Final Saturday, February 18, 3:00 pm References External links
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