McCormick Runner-Up at 2018 USA Men's National Championship

SKIP
Heath
McCormick

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Korey
Dropkin

Lead
Thomas
Howell

Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA) lost 7-5 to Rich Ruohonen (Seattle, WA) in the Final of the USA Men's National Championship, held March 3 - 10, 2018 in Fargo, North Dakota. To advance to the championship game, McCormick won 8-1 over Todd Birr (Blaine, MN) in the semifinals of the 2018 USA Men's National Championship in Fargo, North Dakota;

McCormick finished 8-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McCormick defeated Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA) 11-4, then went on to lose 8-3 against Ruohonen. McCormick responded with a 6-2 win over Birr. McCormick won 5-4 against Kroy Nernberger (Blaine, MN), then won 7-3 against Tucker Smith (Bismarck, ND) and 5-4 against Pete Fenson (Bemidji, MN). McCormick won 10-3 against Jed Brundidge (Sioux Falls, SD), then won 9-4 against Alex Leichter (Boston, MA) and 8-3 against Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA Men's National Championship, McCormick take home 26.491 world rankings points. McCormick move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 24.003 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 19th overall with 336.958 total points on the World Ranking Standings. McCormick ranks 22nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 151.968 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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