2024 United States Men's Curling Championship Explained

2024 United States Men's Curling Championship
Host City:	East Rutherford, New Jersey
Arena:	The Rink at American Dream
Dates:	January 30 – February 4
Winner:	Team Shuster
Curling Club:	Duluth CC, Duluth
Skip:	John Shuster
Third:	Chris Plys
Second:	Colin Hufman
Lead:	Matt Hamilton
Alternate:	John Landsteiner
Finalist:	Korey Dropkin

The 2024 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from January 30 to February 4 at The Rink at American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey.^{[1] [2]} The event was held in conjunction with the 2024 United States Women's Curling Championship. The winning John Shuster rink represented the United States at the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship at the KSS Sports Complex in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.^[3] Team Shuster also earned the first berth into the 2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials.^[4]

Qualification process

The following teams qualified to participate in the 2024 national championship:^[4]

Qualification	Berths	Qualifying Team(s)
2023 World Men's Curling Championship representative	1	John Shuster
2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships representative	1	Korey Dropkin
2024 World Junior Curling Championships representative	1	Wesley Wendling
Qualifying Event #1 (US Open of Curling)	1	Daniel Casper
Qualifying Event #2 (Curl Mesabi Classic)	1	Ethan Sampson
WCF Year-to-date points leaders (December 23, 2023)	3	Scott Dunnam Rich Ruohonen Nicholas Connolly
TOTAL	8

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^{[4] [5]}

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
		Ben Richardson	Chase Sinnett		Chaska, Minnesota
Nicholas Connolly	Evan Workin	Chris Bond	Nathan Parry		Seattle, Washington
					Duluth, Minnesota
Scott Dunnam	Cody Clouser	Lance Wheeler	Andrew Dunnam		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
		Samuel Strouse		Aidan Oldenburg	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ethan Sampson	Coleman Thurston	Jacob Zeman	Marius Kleinas		Chaska, Minnesota
				John Landsteiner	Duluth, Minnesota
Wesley Wendling	Jackson Bestland	Kevin Tuma	Jackson Armstrong	Caden Hebert	Wausau, Wisconsin

Map of teams

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings^[6]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

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	7	0	65	21	31	16	3	16
	5	2	52	29	28	20	9	8
	4	3	48	46	30	29	3	6
Ethan Sampson	3	4	36	49	25	30	2	7
Wesley Wendling	3	4	47	49	25	34	2	3
Scott Dunnam	3	4	45	52	29	34	1	6
Nicholas Connolly	2	5	32	55	25	27	4	6
	1	6	30	55	26	30	7	8

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time .^{[7] [8]}

Draw 1

Tuesday, January 30, 9:00 am

Draw 2

Tuesday, January 30, 7:00 pm

Draw 3

Wednesday, January 31, 12:00 pm

Draw 4

Wednesday, January 31, 8:00 pm

Draw 5

Thursday, February 1, 2:00 pm

Draw 6

Friday, February 2, 9:00 am

Draw 7

Friday, February 2, 7:00 pm

Tiebreaker

Saturday, February 3, 7:30 am

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

Saturday, February 3, 12:00 pm

3 vs. 4

Saturday, February 3, 12:00 pm

Semifinal

Saturday, February 3, 7:00 pm

Final

Sunday, February 4, 4:00 pm

Notes and References

1. News: 2024 US men's & women's national championships slated for The Rink at American Dream. USA Curling. June 5, 2023. January 1, 2024.
2. News: Olympic Hopefuls Take to the Ice for Curling Championships at American Dream. Meadowlands Media. Cindy Capitani. June 9, 2023. January 1, 2024.
3. Web site: World Men's Curling Championship 2024. World Curling Federation. January 1, 2024.
4. News: Field for 2024 USA Curling Nationals includes Olympic gold medalists and former NFL All-Pro. USA Curling. December 20, 2023. January 1, 2024.
5. Web site: Teams. CurlingZone. January 1, 2024.
6. Web site: Standings. CurlingZone. January 1, 2024.
7. Web site: Draw Schedule. USA Curling. January 1, 2024.
8. Web site: Results. CurlingZone. January 1, 2024.