2026 United States Men's Curling Championship

2026 United States Men's
Curling Championship
Host cityCharlotte, North Carolina
ArenaBojangles Coliseum
DatesFebruary 23 – March 1
Winner Team Shuster
Curling clubDuluth CC, Duluth
SkipJohn Shuster
ThirdChris Plys
SecondColin Hufman
LeadMatt Hamilton
Finalist Andrew Stopera
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The 2026 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 23 to March 1 at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1] The event was held in conjunction with the 2026 United States Women's Curling Championship. The winning John Shuster rink will also represent the United States as the host team during the 2026 World Men's Curling Championship at the Weber County Ice Sheet in Ogden City, Utah.

Qualification process

The following teams qualified to participate in the 2026 national championship:[2]

Qualification Berths Qualifying Team(s)
2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials 2* John Shuster
Andrew Stopera
Qualifying Event (St. Paul Cash Spiel) 1 Scott Dunnam
Last Chance Qualifier 2 Wesley Wendling
Elliot Mansell
WCTRS Highest Ranked Team (December 26, 2025)[3] 3 Kevin Tuma
Carson McMullin
Timothy Hodek
TOTAL 8

4 Berths were initially awarded for qualifying for the 2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials. Team Daniel Casper declined their berth after qualifying to the 2026 Winter Olympics at the 2025 Olympic Qualification Event.[4] Team Caden Hebert declined their berth to play in the 2026 World Junior Curling Championship. The 2 declined berths plus an additional remaining berth were used to award berths the highest-ranked teams not already qualified determined based on team positions as of December 26th on the World Curling Team Ranking System (WCTRS)

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[5]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Scott Dunnam Cody Clouser Alex Leichter Andrew Dunnam Shaheen Bassiri Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tim Hodek Evan Workin Josh Moore Nathan Parry Fargo, North Dakota
Elliot Mansell Daniel Dudt Sean Franey Simon Jarrett Denver, Colorado
Carson McMullin Caiden Rose Will Podhrasky Ethan Macomber Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Ethan Sampson Wesley Wendling Jacob Zeman Marius Kleinas Chaska, Minnesota
John Shuster Chris Plys Colin Hufman Matt Hamilton Duluth, Minnesota
Andrew Stopera Thomas Howell Mark Fenner Lance Wheeler Duluth, Minnesota
Samuel Strouse (Fourth) Kevin Tuma (Skip) Coleman Thurston Connor Kauffman Aaron Carlson Chaska, Minnesota

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[6]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Team W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE
John Shuster 7 0 57 26 29 20 2 10
Andrew Stopera 6 1 61 34 30 21 3 11
Kevin Tuma 5 2 52 37 27 28 2 5
Carson McMullin 3 4 1–0 43 55 30 30 2 13
Scott Dunnam 3 4 0–1 46 46 29 31 1 8
Wesley Wendling 2 5 1–0 50 53 32 29 2 10
Timothy Hodek 2 5 0–1 32 60 21 33 5 4
Elliot Mansell 0 7 32 62 24 30 4 4

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−05:00).[7][8]

Draw 1

Monday, February 23, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wesley Wendling 🔨 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 8
John Shuster 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 3 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Scott Dunnam 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 X X X 8
Timothy Hodek 🔨 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Kevin Tuma 🔨 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 7
Carson McMullin 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Elliot Mansell 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X X X 2
Andrew Stopera 🔨 2 3 0 3 2 0 X X X X 10

Draw 2

Tuesday, February 24, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Timothy Hodek 🔨 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 3
Kevin Tuma 0 2 0 4 3 0 2 X X X 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wesley Wendling 🔨 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 X 5
Andrew Stopera 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
John Shuster 2 3 0 0 2 0 X X X X 7
Elliot Mansell 🔨 0 0 0 1 0 1 X X X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Scott Dunnam 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 6
Carson McMullin 🔨 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 8

Draw 3

Wednesday, February 25, 8:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Carson McMullin 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 9
Wesley Wendling 🔨 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Elliot Mansell 🔨 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 7
Scott Dunnam 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Andrew Stopera 4 0 1 0 2 0 4 X X X 11
Timothy Hodek 🔨 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Kevin Tuma 🔨 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
John Shuster 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 X 7

Draw 4

Wednesday, February 25, 4:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Scott Dunnam 🔨 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Andrew Stopera 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
John Shuster 🔨 0 1 3 2 2 1 X X X X 9
Carson McMullin 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wesley Wendling 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 X X 5
Kevin Tuma 🔨 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 X X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Timothy Hodek 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 11
Elliot Mansell 🔨 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 7

Draw 5

Thursday, February 26, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Kevin Tuma 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 X 8
Scott Dunnam 🔨 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Andrew Stopera 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2
John Shuster 🔨 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Elliot Mansell 🔨 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 X 5
Wesley Wendling 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Carson McMullin 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
Timothy Hodek 🔨 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 7

Draw 6

Friday, February 27, 4:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Elliot Mansell 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5
Carson McMullin 🔨 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Timothy Hodek 🔨 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Wesley Wendling 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Scott Dunnam 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
John Shuster 🔨 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Andrew Stopera 🔨 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 X 8
Kevin Tuma 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 X 6

Draw 7

Saturday, February 28, 8:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
John Shuster 🔨 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 X X 9
Timothy Hodek 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 X X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Kevin Tuma 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 X X 8
Elliot Mansell 🔨 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Carson McMullin 🔨 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 X X X 5
Andrew Stopera 0 0 2 1 7 0 3 X X X 13
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wesley Wendling 🔨 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 7
Scott Dunnam 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 8

Tiebreaker

Saturday, February 28, 2:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Carson McMullin 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 7
Scott Dunnam 🔨 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 10

Playoffs

Page playoff systemSemifinalFinal
1 John Shuster62 Andrew Stopera6
2 Andrew Stopera71 John Shuster7
1 John Shuster10
3 Kevin Tuma5
3 Kevin Tuma8
4 Scott Dunnam7

1 vs. 2

Saturday, February 28, 7:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
John Shuster 🔨 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
Andrew Stopera 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 7

3 vs. 4

Saturday, February 28, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Kevin Tuma 🔨 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 X 8
Scott Dunnam 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 X 7

Semifinal

Sunday, March 1, 10:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
John Shuster 🔨 1 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 X X 10
Kevin Tuma 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 X X 5

Final

Sunday, March 1, 4:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Andrew Stopera 🔨 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6
John Shuster 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 7
2026 United States Men's Curling Championship

John Shuster
11th United States Championship title

References

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  2. ^ "2024-2025 Championship Qualifying Procedures" (PDF). USA Curling. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  3. ^ "World Curling Team Rankings: Men". World Curling. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
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