Brown Runner-Up at 2015 USA Men's National Championship

SKIP
Craig
Brown

Third
Kroy
Nernberger

Second
Jared
Zezel

Lead
Sean
Beighton

Craig Brown (Blaine, USA) lost 8-5 to John Shuster (Duluth, MN) in the Final of the USA Men's National Championship, held February 14 - 21, 2015 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Brown finished 7-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brown defeated Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA) 10-3, then won 9-4 against Paul Pustovar (Seattle, WA) and 7-5 against Brady Clark (Seattle, WA). Brown won 7-4 against Brandon Corbett (Rochester, NY). Brown went on to lose 6-5 against Mark Haluptzok (Bemidji, MN). Brown responded with a 8-3 win over Dean Gemmell (New York, NY). Brown went on to lose 8-7 against Shuster. Brown responded with a 11-4 win over Ethan Meyers (Minneapolis, MN). Brown won 6-4 against Korey Dropkin (Blaine, USA) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA Men's National Championship, Brown take home 8.750 world rankings points. Brown move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 7.025 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 24th overall with 84.782 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Brown ranks 24th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 40.885 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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