Dropkin Runner-Up at 2015 USA Junior Mens National Championships

SKIP
Korey
Dropkin

Third
Thomas
Howell

Second
Mark
Fenner

Lead
Luc
Violette

Korey Dropkin (Blaine, USA) lost 5-4 to Ethan Meyers (Duluth, MN) in the Final of the USA Junior Mens National Championships, held January 17 - 24, 2015 in Devils Lake, North Dakota.

Dropkin finished 9-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin defeated Cody Clouser (Philadelphia, PA) 8-3, then won 6-4 against Meyers and 7-3 against Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA). Dropkin won 11-3 against Cody Falk (Portage, WI), then won 9-1 against Alex Kitchens (Devils Lake, ND) and 8-4 against Hunter Clawson (Laurel, MD). Dropkin won 9-3 against Jake Vukich (Bemidj, MN), then won 7-1 against Matt Sandquist (Wausau, WI) and 7-3 against Wesley Pedersen (Midland, MI) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA Junior Mens National Championships, Dropkin take home 5.000 world rankings points, moving up 13 spots the World Ranking Standings into 84th place overall with 19.618 total points. Dropkin ranks 72nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.530 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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