John Shuster, Jason Smith, Jeff Isaacson, and John Benton gave Germany’s Andy Kapp a few headscratchers, but came up short in the end. Shooting percentages were almost identical, but Team USA needed to steal two in the tenth end for a tie and the Germans were having none of it.

Shuster and his team take on Norway tonight. (Yes, Norway– the ones with the pants.)  In the first draw Norway had surprisingly narrow loss to Canada in an extra end.   Good curling, and Go Team USA!