Dropkin6-3 at 2016 USA Men's National Curling Championship

Blaine, United States

SKIP
Korey
Dropkin

Third
Thomas
Howell

Second
Mark
Fenner

Lead
Alex
Fenson

Games:	10
Record:	6W - 4L
PF/G:	6.94
PA/G:	6.12
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Korey Dropkin (Blaine, USA) finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin lost 7-4 to Craig Brown (Blaine, USA), droppimg another game, 9-6 to Brandon Corbett (Rochester, NY) where Dropkin responded with a 7-5 win over Pete Fenson (Blaine, USA). Dropkin won 5-4 against Todd Birr (Blaine, MN), then won 8-2 against John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Dropkin went on to lose 7-2 against Brady Clark (Seattle, WA). Dropkin responded with a 7-2 win over Heath McCormick (New York, NY). Dropkin won 8-5 against Alex Leichter (Boston, MA), then won 9-4 against Hunter Clawson (Baltimore, MD) in their final qualifying round match.

Dropkin earned 18.562 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the USA Men's National Curling Championship, moving up 23 spots the World Ranking Standings into 77th place overall with 65.644 total points. Dropkin ranks 84th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 44.781 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

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