2018 United States Men's Curling Championship Explained

2018 United States Men's Curling Championship
Host City:	Fargo, North Dakota
Arena:	Scheels Arena
Dates:	March 3–10
Winner:	Team Persinger
Curling Club:	Granite CC, Seattle, Washington
Skip:	Greg Persinger
Third:	Rich Ruohonen
Second:	Colin Hufman
Lead:	Philip Tilker
Finalist:	Heath McCormick
Prev:	2017
Next:	2019

The 2018 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from March 3 to 10 at the Scheels Arena in Fargo, North Dakota. It was held in conjunction with the 2018 United States Women's Curling Championship.

Teams

Ten teams qualified to participate in the 2018 national championship.^[1]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
	John Benton	Hunter Clawson	Tom O'Connor
	Shawn Rojeski	Mark Fenner	Alex Fenson
		Korey Dropkin	Tom Howell	Blaine, Minnesota
Jed Brundidge	Jordan Brown	Evan Workin	Cameron Rittenour
Sean Beighton (Fourth)	Kroy Nernberger (Skip)	Derrick McLean	Quinn Evenson	Blaine, Minnesota
Scott Dunnam	Cody Clouser	Trevor Host	Ethan Meyers
Nicholas Connolly	Chase Sinnett	Andrew McDonald	Andrew Dunnam
Tucker Smith	Kyle Kakela	Timothy Hodek	Will Pryor

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings^[2]

Key
	Teams to playoffs
	Teams to tiebreakers

width=150	Skip	width=20	W	width=20	L
	8	1
	8	1
	6	3
Kroy Nernberger	5	4
Jed Brundidge	5	4
Nicholas Connolly	4	5
	4	5
	3	6
Scott Dunnam	1	8
Tucker Smith	1	8

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time.

Draw 1

Saturday, March 03, 4:30pm

Draw 2

Sunday, March 04, 8:00am

Draw 3

Sunday, March 04, 4:00pm

Draw 4

Monday, March 05, 10:00am

Draw 5

Monday, March 05, 7:00pm

Draw 6

Tuesday, March 06, 12:00pm

Draw 7

Tuesday, March 06, 8:00pm

Draw 8

Wednesday, March 07, 12:00pm

Draw 9

Wednesday, March 07, 8:00pm

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

Thursday, March 8, 8:00pm

3 vs. 4

Thursday, March 8, 8:00pm

Semifinal

Friday, March 9, 7:00pm

Final

Saturday, March 10, 5:00 pm CT^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 USA Curling Nationals Teams. USA Curling. 11 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180512112214/https://www.usacurlingnationals2018.com/curling-teams. 12 May 2018. dead.
2. Web site: Round-robin standings. Curling Zone. 11 May 2018.
3. Web site: Linescores. Curling Zone. 11 May 2018.