CHAMPION: Shuster Wins 2024 USA Curling National Championships

Duluth , Minnesota

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Colin
Hufman

Lead
Matt
Hamilton

Games:	10
Record:	9W - 1L
PF/G:	11.00
PA/G:	5.13
Hammer Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.39

John Shuster (Duluth , MN) won 11-6 over Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in the Final of the USA Curling National Championships, held January 27 - February 4, 2024 at the The Rink at American Dream in East Rutherford, United States. To advance to the championship game, Shuster won 7-5 over Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN) in the semifinals of the 2024 USA Curling National Championships in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States;

Shuster finished 7-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA) 10-3, then won 11-2 against Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA) and 10-4 against Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN). Shuster won 8-5 against Casper, then won 9-1 against Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) and 9-1 against Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI). Shuster won 8-5 against Dropkin in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the USA Curling National Championships Championship title, Shuster earned 37.500 world rankings points. Shuster move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of -9.562 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 17th overall with 149.000 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Shuster ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 149.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	51	23	0	0.689	14-0	8-4	4-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	509	459	318	9.02	6.25	2.77	4.85	4.01	1.86	1.56	1.14

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	243	325	77	23	12-0	28-7	64-8	1.34	0.32	0.47	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	266	134	241	35	2-5	10-16	25-44	0.50	0.91	0.56	0.31

2025: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner , Mark Lazar
Duluth, MN
2024: John Shuster
John Shuster, Christopher Plys, Colin Hufman, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner
Duluth , MN
2017: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner, Joe Polo
Duluth, USA

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