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. 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. Team Shuster also earned the first berth into the 2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials.
Qualification process The following teams qualified to participate in the 2024 national championship: 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: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Daniel Casper Luc Violette Ben Richardson Chase Sinnett Chaska, Minnesota Nicholas Connolly Evan Workin Chris Bond Nathan Parry Seattle, Washington Korey Dropkin Andrew Stopera Mark Fenner Thomas Howell Duluth, Minnesota Scott Dunnam Cody Clouser Lance Wheeler Andrew Dunnam Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rich Ruohonen Jason Smith Samuel Strouse Jared Allen Aidan Oldenburg Minneapolis, Minnesota Ethan Sampson Coleman Thurston Jacob Zeman Marius Kleinas Chaska, Minnesota John Shuster Chris Plys Colin Hufman Matt Hamilton 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 KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreaker Team John Shuster 7 0 65 21 31 16 3 16 Korey Dropkin 5 2 52 29 28 20 9 8 Daniel Casper 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 Rich Ruohonen 1 6 30 55 26 30 7 8
Round robin results All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−05:00).
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
References