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2012 United States Men's Curling Championship – Qualification

Main article: 2012 United States Men's Curling Championship

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 edit

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.[1] This year, the teams were those skipped by Tyler George and Craig Brown.[2] 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.[1]

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 edit

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.[1] 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 edit

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.[1] 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 edit

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 edit

The following is a list of all teams registered to participate in the regional qualifiers.[3] 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.[2]

Key
Teams Directly to Nationals
Teams to challenge round
Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Laurel Qualifier
Joe Calabrese Michael Mengel Jason Sethi Brian Anderson   Fairport, New York
Brandon Corbett Sean Murray Mark Mooney Mike Graziano   Rochester, New York
Brian Damon Michael Stefanik Peter Drechsler Arthur Merkley   Schenectady, New York
Brian Galebach Richard Ashford Brandon Kiraly Eric Clawson   Columbia, Maryland
Matt Holtwick Benjamin Levy Nik Geller Philip Wolf   Elyria, Ohio
Heath McCormick William Stopera Martin Sather Dean Gemmell   New York, New York
Clark Raven Jeff Pulli Jason Scott Christopher Lopez   Rochester, New York
Derek Surka Alex Leichter Bryan Fink Jared Wydysh   New Haven, Connecticut
Richard Van Cuyck Scott Parmelee Joshua Ozarowsky Tristan Mondy Aaron Crawley   Fairport, New York
Seattle Qualifier
Sean Beighton Andrew Ernst Samuel Galey MacAllan Guy   Seattle, Washington
Benjamin Guzman Doug Schaak Charles Taggart Christopher Rimple   Seattle, Washington
Wes Johnson Brady Clark Darren Lehto Steve Lundeen   Seattle, Washington
Doug Kauffman Paul Lyttle Liam Barksdale John Rasmussen   Seattle, Washington
Christopher Pleasants Zachary Radmer Jon Chartrand Richard Burmeister   Seattle, Washington
Grand Forks Qualifier
Ryan Berg Mitch Oakland Al Gulseth Jordan Brown   West Fargo, North Dakota
Todd Birr Greg Romaniuk Doug Pottinger Thomas O'Connor Kevin Birr   Mankato, Minnesota
Scott Brown Evan Workin Braden Burckhard Ryan Westby   Fargo, North Dakota
Joey Erjavec Steven Gebauer Daniel Ruehl Marty Jurek Noah Johnson
Eric Fenson Trevor Andrews Quentin Way Mark Lazar   Bemidji, Minnesota
Pete Fenson Shawn Rojeski Joe Polo Ryan Brunt   Bemidji, Minnesota
Tyler George Christopher Plys Rich Ruohonen Aanders Brorson   Duluth, Minnesota
Mark Haluptzok John Israelson Randy Hovet Jon Chandler   Bemidji, Minnesota
Kevin Kakela Kurt Disher Kyle Kakela Pete Annis   Rolla, North Dakota
Adam Kitchens Brandon Myhre Alex Kitchens Nathan Myhre   Devils Lake, North Dakota
Bill Morehouse Cameron Delaney Joel Cooper Ash Nelson   Utica, New York
Owen Sampson Ned Sampson Tucker Smith Kyle Young   Edmore, North Dakota
John Shuster Zach Jacobson Jared Zezel John Landsteiner   Duluth, Minnesota
Jason Smith Jeffrey Isaacson Aaron Wald Connor McLeod   Fort Myers, Florida
Matt Stevens Cody Stevens Robert Liapis Jeff Breyen   Bemidji, Minnesota
Peter Stolt Jerod Roland Brad Caldwell Erik Ordway   St. Paul, Minnesota
Green Bay Qualifier
Josh Bahr Chris Bond John Muller Atticus Wallace   Bemidji, Minnesota
Ryan Lemke (fourth) John Benton (skip) John Lilla Steve Day   Medford, Wisconsin
Joey Bonfoey Joel Dietz Matt Carlson Ted Trolson   Duluth, Minnesota
Craig Brown Kroy Nernberger Matt Hamilton Derrick Casper   Madison, Wisconsin
Mike Farbelow Kevin Deeren Kraig Deeren Tim Solin   Minneapolis, Minnesota
Blake Morton Marcus Fonger Tommy Juszczyk Calvin Weber   McFarland, Wisconsin
Paul Pustovar Nicholas Myers Andrew Jukich Jeff Puleo Harold Rutan   Hibbing, Minnesota
Matt Rudig Dan Wiza Jeff Kuemmel Michael Krajewski   Madison, Wisconsin
Greg Wilson David Brown Jeremy Roe Richard Maskel   Vernon Hills, Illinois

Laurel qualifier edit

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.[4] The team skipped by Heath McCormick qualified directly to the Nationals,[2] and the team skipped by Derek Surka qualified to the challenge round.[5]

Standings edit

Round-robin results edit

Draw 1 edit

Thursday, January 5, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Brian Galebach 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 X 4
  Joe Calabrese   3 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 X 14
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Heath McCormick 3 2 1 1 0 3 X X X X 10
  Richard Van Cuyck   0 0 0 0 2 0 X X X X 2
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Clark Raven   0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
  Derek Surka 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 6
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Matt Holtwick   0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 X 5
  Brandon Corbett 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 1 X 9
Draw 2 edit

Thursday, January 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Brandon Corbett   0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
  Clark Raven 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 X 6
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Brian Galebach 2 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 11
  Matt Holtwick   0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 10
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Heath McCormick   0 1 0 3 2 0 6 X X X 12
  Brian Damon 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Derek Surka   0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 5
  Richard Van Cuyck 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
Draw 3 edit

Friday, January 6, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Brian Damon 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 X 6
  Brian Galebach   2 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 X 11
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Joe Calabrese 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 4
  Brandon Corbett   0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 X 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Derek Surka   0 0 0 2 1 0 4 1 0 X 8
  Matt Holtwick 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Heath McCormick 0 3 0 5 0 1 0 X X X 9
  Clark Raven   1 0 1 0 1 0 2 X X X 5
Draw 4 edit

Friday, January 6, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Derek Surka 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X X X 3
  Brandon Corbett   3 2 0 2 0 2 X X X X 9
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Matt Holtwick 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X X X 3
  Heath McCormick   0 2 0 3 0 4 X X X X 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Brian Galebach   3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 X 7
  Richard Van Cuyck 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Brian Damon 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 X 8
  Joe Calabrese   1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
Draw 5 edit

Friday, January 6, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Heath McCormick 0 1 0 3 2 3 X X X X 9
  Joe Calabrese   1 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X 2
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Richard Van Cuyck 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 2
  Clark Raven   1 0 1 2 0 2 5 X X X 11
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Brian Damon 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
  Derek Surka 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 6
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Brandon Corbett   0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 X X 7
  Brian Galebach 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Draw 6 edit

Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Brandon Corbett 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4
  Brian Damon   0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 5
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Derek Surka 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 7
  Brian Galebach 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 6
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Joe Calabrese 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 X 10
  Clark Raven   0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Richard Van Cuyck   2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
  Matt Holtwick 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 X 7
Draw 7 edit

Saturday, January 7, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Joe Calabrese   0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 8
  Matt Holtwick 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Clark Raven   1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 6
  Brian Damon 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Richard Van Cuyck 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X X 2
  Brandon Corbett   2 0 2 3 0 2 X X X X 9
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Brian Galebach   0 2 0 0 0 X X X X X 2
  Heath McCormick 2 0 3 2 2 X X X X X 9
Draw 8 edit

Saturday, January 7, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Derek Surka   0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 5
  Heath McCormick 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Richard Van Cuyck 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X 3
  Joe Calabrese   0 1 0 2 1 2 1 3 X X 10
Sheet 3 Final
  Clark Raven NP
  Brian Galebach NP
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Matt Holtwick   0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 X X 4
  Brian Damon 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 X X 8
Draw 9 edit

Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Brian Damon   0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 X 8
  Richard Van Cuyck 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 X 5
Sheet 2 Final
  Matt Holtwick NP
  Clark Raven NP
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Brandon Corbett   2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 6
  Heath McCormick 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 9
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Derek Surka 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 7
  Joe Calabrese   1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 X X 2

Tiebreakers edit

Round 1 Round 2
  Brandon Corbett 5
  Derek Surka 11   Derek Surka 6
  Brian Damon 6
Round 1 edit

Sunday, January 8, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Derek Surka 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 5 X X 11
  Brian Damon   0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 X X 6
Round 2 edit

Sunday, January 8, 7:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Brandon Corbett   1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 5
  Derek Surka 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 6

Seattle qualifier edit

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.[4] The team skipped by Wes Johnson qualified directly to the Nationals,[2] while the team skipped by Sean Beighton qualified to the challenge round.[5]

Standings edit

Round-robin results edit

Draw 1 edit

Thursday, January 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Wes Johnson   4 0 4 0 0 2 X X X X 10
  Doug Kauffman 0 1 0 2 1 0 X X X X 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sean Beighton   1 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 X X 9
  Christopher Pleasants 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
Draw 2 edit

Friday, January 6, 1:00 pm

Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Wes Johnson   2 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 X X 9
  Benjamin Guzman 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 4
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Doug Kauffman 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 8
  Christopher Pleasants   1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7
Draw 3 edit

Friday, January 6, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Christopher Pleasants   1 0 2 1 0 0 0 X X X 4
  Wes Johnson 0 3 0 0 2 2 3 X X X 10
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Benjamin Guzman 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 4
  Sean Beighton   0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 X 8
Draw 4 edit

Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Christopher Pleasants   0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 X 8
  Benjamin Guzman 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Doug Kauffman   0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
  Sean Beighton 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5
Draw 5 edit

Saturday, January 7, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Benjamin Guzman 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 X 9
  Doug Kauffman   1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 X 7
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sean Beighton   0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 6
  Wes Johnson 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 7

Tiebreaker edit

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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Wes Johnson   0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6
  Sean Beighton 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5

Grand Forks qualifier edit

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.[4] 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.[2] Teams skipped by Eric Fenson, Peter Stolt, Ryan Berg, and Todd Birr qualified to the challenge round.[5]

Knockout brackets edit

A event edit

The qualifier in the A event will be qualified to participate in the Nationals.

First Knockout Quarterfinals Semifinals Qualifier 1
  Mark Haluptzok 8
  Owen Sampson 12   Owen Sampson 4
  Todd Birr 9
  Todd Birr 6
  Kevin Kakela 10   Kevin Kakela 5
  Scott Brown 8   Kevin Kakela 7
  Eric Fenson   Eric Fenson 0
  Adam Kitchens   Todd Birr 5
  Peter Stolt 7   John Shuster 10
  Bill Morehouse 5   Peter Stolt 3
  John Shuster 9
  John Shuster 8
  Matt Stevens 4   Jason Smith 4
  Ryan Berg 7   Ryan Berg 4
  Jason Smith 9
B event edit

The qualifier in the B event will be qualified to participate in the Nationals.

Quarterfinals Semifinals To Pre-Qualifier
  Owen Sampson 4
  Owen Sampson 10   Jason Smith 3
  Bill Morehouse 3   Owen Sampson 10
  Matt Stevens 6   Eric Fenson 5
  Eric Fenson 7
Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals To Pre-Qualifier
  Ryan Berg 10
  Kevin Kakela 7
  Ryan Berg 11
  Scott Brown 4   Adam Kitchens 3
  Adam Kitchens 8   Ryan Berg 6
  Peter Stolt 5
  Mark Haluptzok 6
  Peter Stolt 7
Pre-Qualifier Qualifier 2
  Owen Sampson 6
  Ryan Berg 3   Owen Sampson 8
  Todd Birr 6
C event edit

All qualifiers in the C event will qualify to participate in the challenge round.

Semifinals Qualifier 1
1   Kevin Kakela 2
2   Adam Kitchens 3   Eric Fenson 6
3   Eric Fenson 8
Qualifier 2
   
1   Jason Smith 6
2   Peter Stolt 9
Semifinals Qualifier 3
1   Ryan Berg 9
2   Matt Stevens 11   Matt Stevens 3
3   Mark Haluptzok 8
Semifinals Qualifier 4
1   Todd Birr 9
2   Steve Brown 8   Bill Morehouse 2
3   Bill Morehouse 9

Knockout results edit

Draw 1 edit

Thursday, January 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Peter Stolt   2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 7
  Bill Morehouse 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Kevin Kakela   3 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 10
  Scott Brown 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Matt Stevens 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
  Ryan Berg   1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 X 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mark Haluptzok 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 8
  Owen Sampson   0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 12
Draw 2 edit

Friday, January 6, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Owen Sampson   1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 4
  Todd Birr 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 X X X 9
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ryan Berg 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 X X 4
  Jason Smith   0 3 0 2 0 0 4 0 X X 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Eric Fenson 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 X X 9
  Adam Kitchens   0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Peter Stolt   1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 3
  John Shuster 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 X X X 9
Draw 3 edit

Friday, January 6, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scott Brown   1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
  Adam Kitchens 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 X 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Owen Sampson   3 0 1 3 0 3 X X X X 10
  Bill Morehouse 0 1 0 0 2 0 X X X X 3
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Kevin Kakela   1 0 1 1 1 1 2 X X X 7
  Eric Fenson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 0
Draw 4 edit

Friday, January 6, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Matt Stevens 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 6
  Eric Fenson   0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mark Haluptzok   0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6
  Peter Stolt 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ryan Berg 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 X X 11
  Adam Kitchens   0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Draw 5 edit

Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Shuster 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 X 8
  Jason Smith   1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 4
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Todd Birr 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6
  Kevin Kakela   0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ryan Berg 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 6
  Peter Stolt   0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Owen Sampson 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 X 10
  Eric Fenson   1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 5
Draw 6 edit

Saturday, January 7, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Owen Sampson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4
  Jason Smith   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Todd Birr 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 X 5
  John Shuster   2 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 2 X 10
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ryan Berg   0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 1 10
  Kevin Kakela 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 7
Draw 7 edit

Saturday, January 7, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Owen Sampson 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 X 6
  Ryan Berg   0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Steve Brown 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 8
  Bill Morehouse   1 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Adam Kitchens 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X X 3
  Eric Fenson   1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 X X 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Matt Stevens   1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 3 11
  Mark Haluptzok 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 8
Draw 8 edit

Sunday, January 8, 9:00 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Todd Birr 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
  Owen Sampson   2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 8
Draw 9 edit

Sunday, January 8, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Jason Smith   2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6
  Peter Stolt 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 9
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Kevin Kakela   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
  Eric Fenson 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 X X X 6
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ryan Berg   0 3 0 4 0 1 0 1 X X 9
  Matt Stevens 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Todd Birr   2 3 0 4 X X X X X X 9
  Bill Morehouse 0 0 2 0 X X X X X X 2

Green Bay qualifier edit

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.[4] The team skipped by Blake Morton qualified directly to the Nationals,[2] while the teams skipped by John Benton and Mike Farbelow qualified to the challenge round.[5]

Standings edit

Round-robin results edit

Draw 1 edit

Thursday, January 5, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Joey Bonfoey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 1
  Paul Pustovar   2 0 0 1 0 1 3 X X X 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Benton   1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 7
  Blake Morton 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mike Farbelow 1 1 3 4 3 X X X X X 12
  Matt Rudig   0 0 0 0 0 X X X X X 0
Draw 2 edit

Thursday, January 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mike Farbelow   3 0 0 1 2 0 3 X X X 9
  Blake Morton 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Matt Rudig 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X X X 3
  Paul Pustovar   4 1 0 4 0 2 X X X X 11
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  John Benton 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 7
  Joey Bonfoey   3 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 9
Draw 3 edit

Friday, January 6, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Paul Pustovar   0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
  John Benton 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mike Farbelow   2 0 0 1 1 1 4 X X X 9
  Joey Bonfoey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Matt Rudig 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 3
  Blake Morton   0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 X 9
Draw 4 edit

Friday, January 6, 8:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Blake Morton 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 6
  Joey Bonfoey   1 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 X 10
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Benton 0 0 0 3 3 3 X X X X 9
  Matt Rudig   0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X X 1
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Paul Pustovar   0 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 8
  Mike Farbelow 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 7
Draw 5 edit

Saturday, January 7, 11:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Benton   0 3 0 3 1 0 3 X X X 10
  Mike Farbelow 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Blake Morton   0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 8
  Paul Pustovar 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Joey Bonfoey   2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
  Matt Rudig 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 6

Tiebreakers edit

Round 1 edit

Saturday, January 7, 4:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Blake Morton   1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 7
  Mike Farbelow 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Benton 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 X X 8
  Paul Pustovar   0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X 2
Round 2 edit

Saturday, January 7, 9:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Blake Morton   1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 X 7
  John Benton 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mike Farbelow   5 0 1 0 2 0 X X X X 8
  Paul Pustovar 0 1 0 2 0 1 X X X X 4

Challenge round edit

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.[4] 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 edit

The teams are listed as follows:[5]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Qualification Method
Ryan Lemke (fourth) John Benton (skip) John Lilla Steve Day   Medford, Wisconsin Green Bay Qualifier
Mike Farbelow Kevin Deeren Kraig Deeren Tim Solin   Minneapolis, Minnesota Green Bay Qualifier
Sean Beighton1 Andrew Ernst Samuel Galey MacAllan Guy   Seattle, Washington Seattle Qualifier
Ryan Berg Mitch Oakland Al Gulseth Jordan Brown   West Fargo, North Dakota Grand Forks Qualifier
Todd Birr Greg Romaniuk Doug Pottinger Thomas O'Connor Kevin Birr   Mankato, Minnesota Grand Forks Qualifier
Eric Fenson Trevor Andrews Quentin Way Mark Lazar   Bemidji, Minnesota Grand Forks Qualifier
Peter Stolt Jerod Roland Brad Caldwell Erik Ordway   St. Paul, Minnesota Grand Forks Qualifier
Derek Surka Alex Leichter Chris Bond Jared Wydysh Bryan Fink   New Haven, Connecticut Laurel Qualifier
Paul Pustovar Nicholas Myers Andrew Jukich Jeff Puleo Harold Rutan   Hibbing, Minnesota Order of Merit
Sean Murray Scott Edie Mark Mooney Mike Graziano Brandon Corbett   Rochester, New York Order of Merit
Notes
  1. ^ Beighton declined his berth to the challenge round.

Round-robin standings edit

Final round-robin standings

Skip W L
  Eric Fenson 7 1
  Mike Farbelow 6 2
  Todd Birr 6 2
  Derek Surka 5 3
  John Benton 3 5
  Paul Pustovar 3 5
  Peter Stolt 2 5
  Ryan Berg 2 6
  Sean Murray 1 6

Round-robin results edit

Draw 1 edit

Thursday, January 19, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Benton   0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 X 8
  Peter Stolt 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Derek Surka 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2
  Mike Farbelow   2 1 2 0 1 0 1 X X X 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ryan Berg   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
  Todd Birr 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 X 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Eric Fenson   1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 11
  Paul Pustovar 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 8

Draw 2 edit

Thursday, January 19, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Sean Murray   0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 8
  Todd Birr 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Eric Fenson   0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 X 8
  John Benton 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Paul Pustovar 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
  Peter Stolt   1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ryan Berg   1 0 1 0 3 0 X X X X 5
  Mike Farbelow 0 2 0 5 0 7 X X X X 14

Draw 3 edit

Friday, January 20, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Peter Stolt 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6
  Eric Fenson   2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Paul Pustovar   2 1 0 2 0 2 3 X X X 10
  Ryan Berg 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 X X X 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sean Murray 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 3
  John Benton   0 0 3 0 2 0 3 X X X 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Todd Birr   1 1 0 2 1 0 4 X X X 9
  Derek Surka 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2

Draw 4 edit

Friday, January 20, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ryan Berg   0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
  Derek Surka 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mike Farbelow 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
  Peter Stolt   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Todd Birr   0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5
  Eric Fenson 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Paul Pustovar   0 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 X 8
  Sean Murray 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 4

Draw 5 edit

Friday, January 20, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Todd Birr   0 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 X X 7
  Peter Stolt 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 X X 3
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ryan Berg   3 0 0 2 1 1 1 X X X 8
  Sean Murray 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 2
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Derek Surka   1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 7
  Paul Pustovar 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mike Farbelow 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 8
  John Benton   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4

Draw 6 edit

Saturday, January 21, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mike Farbelow   2 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 X X 8
  Paul Pustovar 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Benton 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
  Derek Surka   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 6
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Eric Fenson 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 X X X 7
  Sean Murray   0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X X 2
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Peter Stolt 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 7
  Ryan Berg   1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 8

Draw 7 edit

Saturday, January 21, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Eric Fenson 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
  Ryan Berg   1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sean Murray   0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 4
  Mike Farbelow 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 X X 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Peter Stolt   1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5
  Derek Surka 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Benton 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 3
  Todd Birr   0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 X 6

Draw 8 edit

Saturday, January 21, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Derek Surka   2 1 0 1 0 5 X X X X 9
  Sean Murray 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X X 2
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Todd Birr   1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 X 9
  Paul Pustovar 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Benton 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7
  Ryan Berg 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mike Farbelow   2 0 2 2 3 0 X X X X 9
  Eric Fenson 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X X 1

Draw 9 edit

Sunday, January 22, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Paul Pustovar   1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
  John Benton 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Derek Surka   0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 8
  Eric Fenson 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 2 10
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mike Farbelow   0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
  Todd Birr 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 X X 8
Sheet 4 Final
  Sean Murray NP
  Peter Stolt NP

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d United States Curling Association. "2011–12 USCA Championships Rules and Procedures" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-15. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Qualified teams, 2012 Nationals". USA Curling.
  3. ^ "Men's and Women's Playdown Teams" (PDF). 15 November 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Berth allocations announced for Men's qualifiers; schedules set". United States Curling Association.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Men's challenge round teams". USA Curling.
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