The 2023 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 5 to 11, 2023 at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado. The event was held in conjunction with the 2023 United States Women's Curling Championship. This was the first Men's Championship in two years, after the 2022 Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Qualification Teams qualified for the event according to the following procedure: Prior season's World Championship representative (Team Dropkin), 2022 Olympic representative (Team Shuster), Current season's World Junior Curling Championships representative (Team Sampson), Three highest-ranking teams (not already qualified) on the World Curling Federation YTD ranking system as of December 20, 2022 (Team Smith, Team Sobering, Team Strouse), and Highest-finishing team (not already qualified) in either of two qualifying events: the Curling Stadium Contender Series (Team Casper), and the Curl Mesabi Classic (Team Dunnam).
Teams Eight teams participated in the 2023 national championship. Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Daniel Casper Luc Violette Ben Richardson Chase Sinnett Chaska, Minnesota Korey Dropkin Andrew Stopera Mark Fenner Tom Howell Duluth, Minnesota Scott Dunnam Cody Clouser Lance Wheeler Andy Dunnam Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rich Ruohonen Sam Strouse Connor Kauffman Aidan Oldenburg Chaska, Minnesota Ethan Sampson Kevin Tuma Coleman Thurston Marius Kleinas Jake Zeman Chaska, Minnesota John Shuster Chris Plys Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner Colin Hufman Duluth, Minnesota Jason Smith Dominik Märki Hunter Clawson Jared Allen Eli Clawson Nashville, Tennessee Darryl Sobering Alec Celecki DJ Johnson Josh Chetwynd Sean Stevinson Denver, Colorado
Round robin standings Final round robin standings KeyTeams to playoffs SkipWL Daniel Casper 6 1 John Shuster 5 2 Scott Dunnam 5 2 Korey Dropkin 4 3 Ethan Sampson 3 4 Jason Smith 3 4 Darryl Sobering 1 6 Rich Ruohonen 1 6
Round robin results All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−07:00).
Draw 1 Sunday, February 5, 7:00 pm
Draw 2 Monday, February 6, 2:00 pm
Draw 3 Tuesday, February 7, 8:00 am
Draw 4 Tuesday, February 7, 4:00 pm
Draw 5 Wednesday, February 8, 10:00 am
Draw 6 Wednesday, February 8, 7:00 pm
Draw 7 Thursday, February 9, 2:00 pm
Playoffs
1 vs. 2 Friday, February 10, 2:00 pm
3 vs. 4 Friday, February 10, 2:00 pm
Semifinal Friday, February 10, 7:00 pm
Final Saturday, February 11, 12:00 pm
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