2021 United States Men's Curling Championship

2021 United States Men's
Curling Championship
2021 United States Men's ; Curling Championship
Host city	Wausau, Wisconsin
Arena	Wausau Curling Club
Dates	May 25–30
Winner	Team Dropkin
Skip	Korey Dropkin
Third	Joe Polo
Second	Mark Fenner
Lead	Tom Howell
Alternate	Alex Fenson
Coach	Tim Solin
Finalist	Jed Brundidge
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The 2021 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from May 25 to 30, 2021 at the Wausau Curling Club in Wausau, Wisconsin. The event was held in conjunction with the 2021 United States Women's Curling Championship.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The event was originally scheduled to be held February 6 to 13 at the ImOn Ice Arena in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[1] In August 2020, a derecho damaged the arena and the COVID-19 pandemic caused the repairs to be delayed significantly enough to necessitate moving the championships to a different venue.[2] In December 2020 the United States Curling Association (USCA) announced that, due to the continuing pandemic, the Men's, Women's, and Mixed Doubles National Championships would be postponed until May 2021 and would be conducted in a bio-secure bubble. Typically, the winner of the National Men's Championship would represent the United States at the World Championship, but this postponement moved the national championship after the 2021 World Men's Championship and so the USCA offered the spot at World's to the 2020 champion, Team Shuster.[3] The site of the bubble for the championships was later announced to be Wausau Curling Club in Wausau, Wisconsin.[4]

Qualification

Due to the pandemic, no qualification events were held and the qualification methods were modified. The top ten men's teams, determined by the World Curling Federation's World Team Ranking System, were invited to compete.[4] Typically, the qualification methods would be the top five teams from the World Team Ranking System, the top four teams from a qualification event, and one team from the Junior Championship.

Teams

The ten teams competing in the championship are:[5]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Locale
Steven Birklid	Sam Galey	Matt Birklid	Erik Quistgaard	Chris Bond		Seattle, Washington
Todd Birr	Jason Smith	Jared Allen	Tom O’Connor	John Benton		Blaine, Minnesota
Jed Brundidge	Evan Workin	Lance Wheeler	Cameron Rittenour	Jarl Timothy Wagner		Saint Paul, Minnesota
Derek Corbett	Evan Jensen	Aaron Carlson	Austin Carlson	Brandon Corbett		Rochester, New York
Korey Dropkin	Joe Polo	Mark Fenner	Tom Howell	Alex Fenson	Tim Solin	Chaska, Minnesota
Scott Dunnam	Hunter Clawson	Cody Clouser	Andrew Dunnam	Daniel Dudt	Bruce Clouser	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Riley Fenson	Samuel Strouse	Ethan Sampson	Trevor Marquardt		Derrick McLean	Chaska, Minnesota
Greg Persinger (fourth)	Alex Leichter	Dominik Märki	Craig Brown (skip)	Shawn Banyai		Fairbanks, Alaska
Rich Ruohonen	Andrew Stopera	Colin Hufman	Kroy Nernberger	Philip Tilker	Pete Annis	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Luc Violette	Chase Sinnett	Ben Richardson	Jon Harstad		Jordan Moulton	Chaska, Minnesota

Round robin standings

Final round robin standings

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Skip	W	L
Korey Dropkin	7	2
Jed Brundidge	6	3
Scott Dunnam	6	3
Luc Violette	6	3
Greg Persinger	5	4
Steven Birklid	5	4
Rich Ruohonen	5	4
Riley Fenson	4	5
Derek Corbett	1	8
Todd Birr	0	9

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).[6]

Draw 1

Tuesday, May 25, 1:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Luc Violette	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	8
Steven Birklid	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Korey Dropkin	2	1	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	X	11
Jed Brundidge	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	2	X	9

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rich Ruohonen	3	0	3	0	1	0	2	X	X	X	9
Todd Birr	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	2

Sheet 6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Dunnam	0	2	1	0	2	0	4	0	3	X	12
Greg Persinger	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	5

Sheet 7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Derek Corbett	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2
Riley Fenson	2	0	1	1	2	0	3	X	X	X	9

Draw 2

Tuesday, May 25, 8:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Dunnam	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	9
Riley Fenson	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	6

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	4
Greg Persinger	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	X	9

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Derek Corbett	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	X	5
Korey Dropkin	0	0	5	1	2	0	0	1	0	X	9

Sheet 6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jed Brundidge	0	2	1	1	0	2	3	0	1	X	10
Luc Violette	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet 7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Steven Birklid	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	6
Rich Ruohonen	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	5

Draw 3

Wednesday, May 26, 12:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jed Brundidge	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	X	8
Derek Corbett	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	X	6

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rich Ruohonen	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	X	8
Scott Dunnam	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Riley Fenson	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	1	X	8
Greg Persinger	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	X	4

Sheet 6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Korey Dropkin	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	6
Steven Birklid	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	3

Sheet 7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Luc Violette	5	3	1	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Todd Birr	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	0

Draw 4

Wednesday, May 26, 8:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rich Ruohonen	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	1
Greg Persinger	3	0	2	0	1	2	X	X	X	X	8

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Derek Corbett	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	2
Luc Violette	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	7

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jed Brundidge	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	8
Steven Birklid	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	9

Sheet 6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Riley Fenson	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	7
Todd Birr	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	6

Sheet 7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Korey Dropkin	3	0	2	1	0	3	0	X	X	X	9
Scott Dunnam	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	X	X	X	5

Draw 5

Thursday, May 27, 12:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	2
Korey Dropkin	2	2	0	0	3	0	X	X	X	X	7

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Steven Birklid	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	1	X	X	8
Riley Fenson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Luc Violette	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	8
Scott Dunnam	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	9

Sheet 6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Derek Corbett	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	1
Rich Ruohonen	0	2	0	1	4	1	X	X	X	X	8

Sheet 7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jed Brundidge	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	3
Greg Persinger	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	X	X	8

Draw 6

Thursday, May 27, 8:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Riley Fenson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4
Luc Violette	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	8

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jed Brundidge	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	8
Rich Ruohonen	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5
Derek Corbett	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	8

Sheet 6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Persinger	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	X	5
Korey Dropkin	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	X	7

Sheet 7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Dunnam	1	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	X	8
Steven Birklid	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	X	5

Draw 7

Friday, May 28, 12:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Derek Corbett	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	5
Scott Dunnam	2	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	X	8

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Persinger	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	X	7
Steven Birklid	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Korey Dropkin	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Riley Fenson	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	1	X	7

Sheet 6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Jed Brundidge	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	3	9

Sheet 7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rich Ruohonen	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	6
Luc Violette	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3

Draw 8

Friday, May 28, 8:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Korey Dropkin	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4
Rich Ruohonen	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Dunnam	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	X	6
Todd Birr	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Persinger	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	4
Luc Violette	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	X	7

Sheet 6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Steven Birklid	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	X	9
Derek Corbett	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	X	6

Sheet 7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Riley Fenson	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	X	6
Jed Brundidge	1	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	X	9

Draw 9

Saturday, May 29, 12:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Steven Birklid	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	9
Todd Birr	2	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	7

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Luc Violette	0	0	1	4	1	0	2	X	X	X	9
Korey Dropkin	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	X	X	4

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Dunnam	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2
Jed Brundidge	3	0	2	1	1	0	3	X	X	X	10

Sheet 6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rich Ruohonen	1	2	3	0	2	1	X	X	X	X	9
Riley Fenson	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	X	X	2

Sheet 7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Persinger	0	1	1	0	3	0	3	X	X	X	8
Derek Corbett	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	X	4

Playoffs

Page playoff system			Semifinal			Final

1	Korey Dropkin	8
2	Jed Brundidge	2				1	Korey Dropkin	7
			2	Jed Brundidge	8	2	Jed Brundidge	3
			4	Luc Violette	5
3	Scott Dunnam	4
4	Luc Violette	10

1 vs. 2

Saturday, May 29, 6:00 pm

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Korey Dropkin	2	0	2	3	0	0	1	X	X	X	8
Jed Brundidge	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	2

3 vs. 4

Saturday, May 29, 6:00 pm

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Dunnam	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	4
Luc Violette	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	3	X	10

Semifinal

Sunday, May 30, 9:00 am

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jed Brundidge	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	X	8
Luc Violette	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	5

Final

Sunday, May 30, 7:00 pm

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Korey Dropkin	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	X	7
Jed Brundidge	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3

2021 United States Men's Curling Championship
Korey Dropkin 1st United States Championship title

References

O'Brien, Mike (August 7, 2019). "Cedar Rapids named host city for 2021 National Curling Championships". KCRG. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
"2021 National Championships Host Site". USA Curling. November 17, 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-05-12. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
"USA CURLING 2020-21 CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE". USA Curling. December 3, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
"2021 MEN'S, WOMEN'S, AND MIXED DOUBLES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". USA Curling. March 29, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
@usacurl (May 4, 2021). "Meet the ten men's teams who have qualified for the 2021 #USACurling Men's National Championship!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
"USCA Men's & Women's National Championships, May 25 – 30, 2021". USA Curling. Retrieved May 16, 2021.

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[1] O'Brien, Mike (August 7, 2019). "Cedar Rapids named host city for 2021 National Curling Championships". KCRG. Retrieved May 11, 2021.

[2] "2021 National Championships Host Site". USA Curling. November 17, 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-05-12. Retrieved May 11, 2021.

[3] "USA CURLING 2020-21 CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE". USA Curling. December 3, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2021.

[:0-4] "2021 MEN'S, WOMEN'S, AND MIXED DOUBLES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". USA Curling. March 29, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021.

[5] @usacurl (May 4, 2021). "Meet the ten men's teams who have qualified for the 2021 #USACurling Men's National Championship!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[6] "USCA Men's & Women's National Championships, May 25 – 30, 2021". USA Curling. Retrieved May 16, 2021.