2021 United States Men's Curling Championship
# 2021 United States Men's Curling Championship

The 2021 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from May 25 to 30, 2021 at the Wausau Curling Club in Wausau, Wisconsin. The event was held in conjunction with the 2021 United States Women's Curling Championship.

## Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The event was originally scheduled to be held February 6 to 13 at the ImOn Ice Arena in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In August 2020, a derecho damaged the arena and the COVID-19 pandemic caused the repairs to be delayed significantly enough to necessitate moving the championships to a different venue. In December 2020 the United States Curling Association (USCA) announced that, due to the continuing pandemic, the Men's, Women's, and Mixed Doubles National Championships would be postponed until May 2021 and would be conducted in a bio-secure bubble. Typically, the winner of the National Men's Championship would represent the United States at the World Championship, but this postponement moved the national championship after the 2021 World Men's Championship and so the USCA offered the spot at World's to the 2020 champion, Team Shuster. The site of the bubble for the championships was later announced to be Wausau Curling Club in Wausau, Wisconsin.

## Qualification

Due to the pandemic, no qualification events were held and the qualification methods were modified. The top ten men's teams, determined by the World Curling Federation's World Team Ranking System, were invited to compete. Typically, the qualification methods would be the top five teams from the World Team Ranking System, the top four teams from a qualification event, and one team from the Junior Championship.

## Teams

The ten teams competing in the championship are:

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Locale |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Steven Birklid | Sam Galey | Matt Birklid | Erik Quistgaard | Chris Bond | | Seattle, Washington |
| Todd Birr | Jason Smith | Jared Allen | Tom O’Connor | John Benton | | Blaine, Minnesota |
| Jed Brundidge | Evan Workin | Lance Wheeler | Cameron Rittenour | Jarl Timothy Wagner | | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Derek Corbett | Evan Jensen | Aaron Carlson | Austin Carlson | Brandon Corbett | | Rochester, New York |
| Korey Dropkin | Joe Polo | Mark Fenner | Tom Howell | Alex Fenson | Tim Solin | Chaska, Minnesota |
| Scott Dunnam | Hunter Clawson | Cody Clouser | Andrew Dunnam | Daniel Dudt | Bruce Clouser | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Riley Fenson | Samuel Strouse | Ethan Sampson | Trevor Marquardt | | Derrick McLean | Chaska, Minnesota |
| Greg Persinger (fourth) | Alex Leichter | Dominik Märki | Craig Brown (skip) | Shawn Banyai | | Fairbanks, Alaska |
| Rich Ruohonen | Andrew Stopera | Colin Hufman | Kroy Nernberger | Philip Tilker | Pete Annis | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Luc Violette | Chase Sinnett | Ben Richardson | Jon Harstad | | Jordan Moulton | Chaska, Minnesota |

## Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key :

* Teams to playoffs

| Skip | W | L |
| - | - | - |
| Korey Dropkin | 7 | 2 |
| Jed Brundidge | 6 | 3 |
| Scott Dunnam | 6 | 3 |
| Luc Violette | 6 | 3 |
| Greg Persinger | 5 | 4 |
| Steven Birklid | 5 | 4 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 5 | 4 |
| Riley Fenson | 4 | 5 |
| Derek Corbett | 1 | 8 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 9 |

## Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).

### Draw 1

Tuesday, May 25, 1:00 pm

| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Luc Violette | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Steven Birklid | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Korey Dropkin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 11 |
| Jed Brundidge | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Rich Ruohonen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | X | 12 |
| Greg Persinger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Derek Corbett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
| Riley Fenson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | 9 |

### Draw 2

Tuesday, May 25, 8:00 pm

| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Riley Fenson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Greg Persinger | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 9 |
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Derek Corbett | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Korey Dropkin | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 9 |
| Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jed Brundidge | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | 10 |
| Luc Violette | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Steven Birklid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

### Draw 3

Wednesday, May 26, 12:00 pm

| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jed Brundidge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Derek Corbett | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Rich Ruohonen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Riley Fenson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Greg Persinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Korey Dropkin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Steven Birklid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Sheet 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Luc Violette | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 0 |

### Draw 4

Wednesday, May 26, 8:00 pm

| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rich Ruohonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Greg Persinger | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Derek Corbett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Luc Violette | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jed Brundidge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Steven Birklid | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Riley Fenson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Korey Dropkin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | 5 |

### Draw 5

Thursday, May 27, 12:00 pm

| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Korey Dropkin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 7 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Steven Birklid | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Riley Fenson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Luc Violette | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Scott Dunnam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Derek Corbett | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jed Brundidge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Greg Persinger | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 8 |

### Draw 6

Thursday, May 27, 8:00 pm

| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Riley Fenson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Luc Violette | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jed Brundidge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Derek Corbett | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Persinger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Korey Dropkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Sheet 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Scott Dunnam | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Steven Birklid | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |

### Draw 7

Friday, May 28, 12:00 pm

| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Derek Corbett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Scott Dunnam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Persinger | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Steven Birklid | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Korey Dropkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Riley Fenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jed Brundidge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Sheet 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Rich Ruohonen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Luc Violette | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### Draw 8

Friday, May 28, 8:00 pm

| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korey Dropkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 6 |
| Todd Birr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Persinger | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Luc Violette | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 7 |
| Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Steven Birklid | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Derek Corbett | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Sheet 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Riley Fenson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Jed Brundidge | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | 9 |

### Draw 9

Saturday, May 29, 12:00 pm

| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Steven Birklid | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Todd Birr | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Luc Violette | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Korey Dropkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | X | X | 4 |
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
| Jed Brundidge | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | 10 |
| Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Rich Ruohonen | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Riley Fenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Persinger | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Derek Corbett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | X | 4 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Korey Dropkin | 8 | | | | 1 | Korey Dropkin | 7 |
| 2 | Jed Brundidge | 2 | | | | 2 | Jed Brundidge | 3 |
| | | | 2 | Jed Brundidge | 8 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Luc Violette | 5 | | | |
| 3 | Scott Dunnam | 4 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Luc Violette | 10 | | | | | | |

### 1 vs. 2

Saturday, May 29, 6:00 pm

| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korey Dropkin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Jed Brundidge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |

### 3 vs. 4

Saturday, May 29, 6:00 pm

| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Luc Violette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | X | 10 |

### Semifinal

Sunday, May 30, 9:00 am

| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jed Brundidge | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Luc Violette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |

### Final

Sunday, May 30, 7:00 pm

| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korey Dropkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Jed Brundidge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |

* 2021 United States Men's Curling Championship
* Korey Dropkin 1st United States Championship title
