CHAMPION: Shuster Wins 2015 USA Men's National Championship

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Tyler
George

Second
Matt
Hamilton

Lead
John
Landsteiner

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

Shuster finished 8-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Mark Haluptzok (Bemidji, MN) 11-4, then won 7-6 against Ethan Meyers (Minneapolis, MN) and 9-5 against Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA). Shuster went on to lose 6-5 against Paul Pustovar (Seattle, WA). Shuster responded with a 7-1 win over Brandon Corbett (Rochester, NY). Shuster won 6-5 against Korey Dropkin (Blaine, USA), then won 8-7 against Brown and 7-5 against Brady Clark (Seattle, WA). Shuster won 9-7 against Dean Gemmell (New York, NY) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the USA Men's National Championship Championship title, Shuster earned 11.250 world rankings points, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 21st place overall with 96.192 total points. Shuster ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 51.486 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

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