CHAMPION: Dropkin Wins 2021 USA Curling Men's National Championship

Chaska, Minnesota

SKIP
Korey
Dropkin

Third
Mark
Fenner

Second
Thomas
Howell

Lead
Alex
Fenson

Games:	11
Record:	9W - 2L
PF/G:	8.15
PA/G:	5.65
Hammer Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Korey Dropkin (Chaska, MN) won 7-3 over Jed Brundidge (East St. Paul, MN) in the Final of the USA Curling Men's National Championship, held May 25 - 30, 2021 in Wausau, Wisconsin.

Dropkin finished 7-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin defeated Brundidge 11-9, then won 9-5 against Derek Corbett (Rochester, NY) and 6-3 against Steven Birklid (Seattle, WA). Dropkin won 9-5 against Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA), then won 7-2 against Todd Birr (Blaine, MN) and 7-5 against Greg Persinger (Fairbanks, AK). Dropkin went on to lose 7-3 against Riley Fenson (Chaska, MN). Dropkin responded with a 4-3 win over Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN). Dropkin went on to lose 8-4 against Luc Violette (Chaska, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Dropkin ranks 221st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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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