Shuster Reaches 2025 USA Curling National Championships Semifinals

Duluth, Minnesota

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Colin
Hufman

Lead
Matt
Hamilton

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	8.25
PA/G:	6.25
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

John Shuster (Duluth, MN) run at the 2025 USA Curling National Championships came to an end in the semifinals with a 11-3 loss to Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). of the 2025 USA Curling National Championships in Duluth, Minnesota;

Shuster finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Chase Sinnett (Minneapolis, MN) 9-2, then won 8-3 against Timothy Hodek (Fargo, ND). Shuster went on to lose 8-7 against Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN). Shuster responded with a 11-6 win over Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA). Shuster won 9-2 against Wesley Wendling (Chaska, MN). Shuster went on to lose 9-5 against Dropkin. Shuster responded with a 6-5 win over Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Shuster earned 25.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the USA Curling National Championships, remaining in 16th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -23.563 after improving upon their best so far this season. Shuster ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 150.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	39	26	0	0.600	12-1	4-4	1-1	2-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	483	401	306	8.30	6.34	1.97	4.80	4.06	1.73	1.56	1.14

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	229	296	57	28	9-1	20-2	63-11	1.29	0.25	0.46	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	254	105	249	27	3-4	7-19	12-42	0.41	0.98	0.59	0.28

2025: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner , Mark Lazar
Duluth, MN
2024: John Shuster
John Shuster, Christopher Plys, Colin Hufman, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner
Duluth , MN
2017: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner, Joe Polo
Duluth, USA

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