2016 United States Men's Curling Championship Explained

2016 United States Men's Curling Championship
Host City:	Jacksonville, Florida
Arena:	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
Dates:	February 6–13
Winner:	Brady Clark
Curling Club:	Granite CC, Seattle, Washington
Skip:	Brady Clark
Third:	Greg Persinger
Second:	Colin Hufman
Lead:	Philip Tilker
Finalist:	John Shuster
Prev:	2015
Next:	2017

The 2016 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 6 to 13 at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. It was held in conjunction with the 2016 United States Women's Curling Championship.

Teams

Ten teams participated in the 2016 national championship. The teams are listed as follows:^[1]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale	Qualification method
						Order of Merit
						Order of Merit
Chris Plys (fourth)	Pete Fenson (skip)					High Performance Program committee selection
						High Performance Program committee selection
						Challenge Round
						Challenge Round
						Challenge Round
						Challenge Round
						Challenge Round
						Challenge Round

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

width=150	Skip	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=20	Ends won	width=20	Ends lost	width=20	Blank ends	width=20	Stolen ends	width=20	Shot pct.
	8	1	74	42	37	30	6	12	88%
	7	2	69	50	39	34	6	6	85%
	6	3	56	45	36	28	13	11	87%
	5	4	50	51	36	32	16	11	88%
	4	5	59	67	33	40	7	5	83%
	4	5	54	61	37	36	12	10	82%
	4	5	51	56	31	33	26	8	85%
	3	6	60	71	41	41	7	11	85%
	3	6	50	57	30	35	16	7	80%
	1	8	49	72	32	43	7	6	76%

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Saturday, February 6, 4:30 pm

Draw 2

Sunday, February 7, 8:00 am

Draw 3

Sunday, February 7, 4:00 pm

Draw 4

Monday, February 7, 8:00 am

Draw 5

Monday, February 7, 4:00 pm

Draw 6

Tuesday, February 8, 10:00 am

Draw 7

Tuesday, February 8, 7:00 pm

Draw 8

Wednesday, February 9, 10:00 am

Draw 9

Wednesday, February 9, 7:00 pm

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

Thursday, February 11, 8:00 pm

3 vs. 4

Thursday, February 11, 8:00 pm

Semifinal

Friday, February 12, 3:00 pm

Final

Saturday, February 13, 6:00 pm

Statistics

Perfect games

Player	Team	Position	Shots	Opponent
	Team Clark	Second	16	Team McCormick
	Team Shuster	Skip	16	Team Leichter
	Team Brown	Second	18	Team Corbett
	Team Brown	Lead	20	Team Leichter
	Team Dropkin	Second	12	Team Clark
	Team Clark	Third	12	Team Drokpin
	Team Fenson	Skip	19	Team Birr
	Team Clark	Lead	20	Team Clawson
	Team Corbett	Second	16	Team Birr
	Team Clark	Third	12	Team Shuster
	Team Shuster	Lead	12	Team Clark

Notes and References

1. Web site: Qualified teams to the 2016 National Championships. USA Curling. 28 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310164130/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Events/Championships/National-Events/National-Championships/Qualified-Teams. 2016-03-10. dead.