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2025 United States Men's Curling Championship

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2025 United States Men's
Curling Championship
Host cityDuluth, Minnesota
ArenaDuluth Entertainment Convention Center
DatesJanuary 27 – February 2
WinnerMinnesota Team Dropkin
Curling clubDuluth CC, Duluth
SkipKorey Dropkin
ThirdThomas Howell
SecondAndrew Stopera
LeadMark Fenner
CoachMark Lazar
FinalistMinnesota Daniel Casper
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The 2025 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from January 27 to February 2 at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center in Duluth, Minnesota.[1][2] The event was held in conjunction with the 2025 United States Women's Curling Championship. The winning Korey Dropkin rink will represent the United States at the 2025 World Men's Curling Championship at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.[3] The winning team will also earn a berth into the 2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials.[1]

Qualification process

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The following teams qualified to participate in the 2025 national championship:[4]

Qualification Berths Qualifying Team(s)
2024 World Men's Curling Championship representative 1 Minnesota John Shuster
2025 World Junior Curling Championships representative 1 Minnesota Wesley Wendling
WCF Team Ranking points leaders (September 25, 2024) 2 Minnesota Korey Dropkin
Minnesota Daniel Casper
Qualifying Event (St. Paul Cash Spiel) 2 Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam
Minnesota Chase Sinnett
WCF Year-to-date points leaders (December 26, 2024) 2 Minnesota Ethan Sampson
North Dakota Timothy Hodek
TOTAL 8

Teams

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The teams are listed as follows:[1][5]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Daniel Casper Luc Violette Ben Richardson Aidan Oldenburg Rich Ruohonen Minnesota Chaska, Minnesota
Korey Dropkin Thomas Howell Andrew Stopera Mark Fenner Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota
Scott Dunnam Cody Clouser Lance Wheeler Andrew Dunnam Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Timothy Hodek Evan Workin Josh Moore Nathan Parry North Dakota Fargo, North Dakota
Ethan Sampson Coleman Thurston Jacob Zeman Marius Kleinas Minnesota Chaska, Minnesota
John Shuster Chris Plys Colin Hufman Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota
Samuel Strouse (Fourth) Kevin Tuma Chase Sinnett (Skip) Connor Kauffman Caden Hebert Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
Wesley Wendling Daniel Laufer Nicholas Cenzalli Shaheen Bassiri Dylan Ciapka Minnesota Chaska, Minnesota

Round robin standings

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Final Round Robin Standings[6]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Team W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE
Minnesota Daniel Casper 7 0 – 54 30 32 23 3 7
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 5 2 1–0 52 26 30 17 4 14
Minnesota John Shuster 5 2 0–1 55 35 30 24 8 6
Minnesota Chase Sinnett 3 4 1–0 42 50 28 29 4 7
Minnesota Ethan Sampson 3 4 0–1 40 40 28 28 4 7
Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam 2 5 1–0 40 60 26 33 1 4
North Dakota Timothy Hodek 2 5 0–1 51 52 28 29 3 9
Minnesota Wesley Wendling 1 6 – 20 61 15 34 7 2

Round robin results

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All draw times are listed in Central Time (UTC−06:00).[7][8]

Draw 1

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Monday, January 27, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Daniel Casper (has hammer) 1 0 2 3 0 2 1 X X X 9
Minnesota Wesley Wendling 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Timothy Hodek 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 10
Minnesota Ethan Sampson (has hammer) 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 X X 9
Minnesota Chase Sinnett (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam 0 0 0 0 0 2 X X X X 2
Minnesota Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 2 1 2 3 3 0 X X X X 11

Draw 2

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Tuesday, January 28, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Chase Sinnett (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 8
Minnesota Ethan Sampson 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Wesley Wendling 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X 0
Minnesota Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 2 0 1 3 1 3 X X X X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Daniel Casper (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 X X 10
Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Timothy Hodek 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 3
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 2 X X 8

Draw 3

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Wednesday, January 29, 8:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota John Shuster 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 7
Minnesota Daniel Casper (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Ethan Sampson (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 7
Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Timothy Hodek (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Wesley Wendling (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 5
Minnesota Chase Sinnett 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 9

Draw 4

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Wednesday, January 29, 4:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 X X 8
Minnesota Chase Sinnett 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Daniel Casper (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 6
North Dakota Timothy Hodek 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Wesley Wendling (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Minnesota Ethan Sampson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 5 X 11
Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 6

Draw 5

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Thursday, January 30, 10:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
North Dakota Timothy Hodek 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 8
Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam (has hammer) 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 1 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 X X 9
Minnesota Wesley Wendling 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Chase Sinnett (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 5
Minnesota Daniel Casper 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
Minnesota Ethan Sampson 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 5

Draw 6

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Thursday, January 30, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Wesley Wendling 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X X X 2
North Dakota Timothy Hodek (has hammer) 1 1 4 5 0 3 X X X X 14
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 6
Minnesota Chase Sinnett (has hammer) 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 X 9
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Ethan Sampson (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
Minnesota Daniel Casper 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 5

Draw 7

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Friday, January 31, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Ethan Sampson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 5
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X X X 3
Minnesota Daniel Casper (has hammer) 3 1 0 3 0 2 X X X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 8
Minnesota Wesley Wendling (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Chase Sinnett (has hammer) 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 8
North Dakota Timothy Hodek 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 9

Tiebreaker

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Saturday, February 1, 7:30 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Chase Sinnett (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
Minnesota Ethan Sampson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3

Playoffs

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1 vs. 2

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Saturday, February 1, 12:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Daniel Casper (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 7
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4

3 vs. 4

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Saturday, February 1, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 X X 8
Minnesota Chase Sinnett 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 X X 4

Semifinal

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Saturday, February 1, 7:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 0 4 0 0 3 0 2 2 X X 11
Minnesota John Shuster 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3

Final

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Sunday, February 2, 12:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Daniel Casper (has hammer) 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 8
2025 United States Men's Curling Championship
United States
Korey Dropkin
2nd United States Championship title

References

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  1. ^ a b c "2025 Men's & Women's National Championships headed to Duluth, qualifier bonspiel also announced". USA Curling. June 6, 2024. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  2. ^ Branndon Veale (January 24, 2025). "House comes home to Duluth at curling nationals". Duluth News Tribune. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  3. ^ "World Men's Curling Championship 2025". World Curling Federation. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  4. ^ "2024-2025 Championship Qualifying Procedures" (PDF). USA Curling. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  5. ^ "Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  6. ^ "Standings". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  7. ^ "Draw Schedule" (PDF). USA Curling. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  8. ^ "Results". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
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