The 2017 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from March 2–5 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, Minnesota.[1] Matt Hamilton and Becca Hamilton won the tournament,[2] earning the right to represent the United States at the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Canada.
Teams
Twelve teams qualified to compete in the championship.[1] Six of the teams were automatically qualified and the remaining six teams made it into the tournament by being the top teams in a 22 team qualifying round held at Curl Mesabi in January 2017.[3]
Round robin
Standings
| Key
|
|
|
Teams to playoffs
|
|
|
Teams to Tiebreaker
|
| Pool A
|
W
|
L
|
| Persinger / Zezel
|
4
|
1
|
| Peterson / Polo
|
4
|
1
|
| Carlson / McLean
|
2
|
3
|
| Christensen / Shuster
|
2
|
3
|
| Clark / Birklid
|
2
|
3
|
| Geving / Plys
|
1
|
4
|
|
| Pool B
|
W
|
L
|
| Roth / Nernberger
|
3
|
1
|
| Sinclair / Dropkin
|
3
|
2
|
| George / George
|
2
|
2
|
| Hamilton / Hamilton
|
2
|
3
|
| Stolt / Stolt
|
2
|
3
|
| Walker / Smith
|
2
|
3
|
|
Tiebreakers
Pool A
Saturday, March 4, 12:00 noon ET[4]
| Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
Final
|
| Carlson/McLean 🔨
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
6
|
X
|
X
|
12
|
| Christensen/Shuster
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
X
|
X
|
4
|
Saturday, March 4, 4:00pm ET[5]
| Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
Final
|
| Clark/Birklid 🔨
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
X
|
4
|
| Carlson/McLean
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
X
|
12
|
Pool B
Saturday, March 4, 12:00 noon ET[4]
| Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
Final
|
| Stolt/Stolt
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
6
|
| George/George 🔨
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
| Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
Final
|
| Hamilton/Hamilton 🔨
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
10
|
| Walker/Smith
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
Saturday, March 4, 4:00pm ET[5]
| Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
Final
|
| Stolt/Stolt
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
X
|
2
|
| Hamilton/Hamilton 🔨
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
X
|
8
|
Playoffs
The playoffs consisted of a 6-team bracket with the top two teams receiving byes in the quarterfinals.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Final
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sinclair/Dropkin
| 5
| | | |
|
| Carlson/McLean
| 7
| |
| | Carlson/McLean
| 6
| |
|
| |
| | | Peterson/Polo
| 7
| |
| | |
| |
| | |
| | Peterson/Polo
| 6
| |
|
| |
| | | Hamilton/Hamilton
| 7
| |
| Persinger/Zezel
| 3
| | |
| |
| Hamilton/Hamilton
| 9
| |
| | Hamilton/Hamilton
| 9
| |
|
| |
| | | Roth/Nernberger
| 5
| |
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 4, 8:00pm ET[6]
| Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
Final
|
| Sinclair/Dropkin 🔨
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
| Carlson/McLean
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
7
|
| Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
Final
|
| Persinger/Zezel
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
X
|
3
|
| Hamilton/Hamilton 🔨
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
X
|
9
|
Semifinals
Sunday, March 5, 9:00am ET[7]
| Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
Final
|
| Peterson/Polo 🔨
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
7
|
| Carlson/McLean
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
6
|
| Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
Final
|
| Roth/Nernberger 🔨
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
X
|
5
|
| Hamilton/Hamilton
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
X
|
9
|
Finals
Sunday, March 5, 1:00pm ET[8]
| Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
Final
|
| Peterson/Polo
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
| Hamilton/Hamilton 🔨
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
7
|
References