CHAMPION: Stopera Wins 2017 USA Junior Mens National Championship

SKIP
Andrew
Stopera

Third
Luc
Violette

Second
Ben
Richardson

Lead
Graem
Fenson

Andrew Stopera (Chicago, IL) won 5-4 over Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA) in the Final of the USA Junior Mens National Championship, held January 13 - 21, 2017 in Fargo, North Dakota.

Stopera finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stopera defeated Hunter Clawson (Potomac, MD) 6-3, then won 10-7 against Josh Moore (Mapleton, MN). Stopera went on to lose 5-4 against Timothy Hodek (Fargo-Moorhead, ND). Stopera responded with a 6-4 win over Riley Fenson (Bemidji, MN). Stopera won 4-1 against Chase Sinnett (Wayland, MA). Stopera went on to lose 8-6 against Connolly. Stopera responded with a 5-3 win over Nicholas Steinhaus (Mapleton, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the USA Junior Mens National Championship Championship title, Stopera earned 8.978 world rankings points. For week of the event schedule, Stopera did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Stopera ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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