CHAMPION: Ruohonen Wins 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic

SKIP
Rich
Ruohonen

Third
Andrew
Stopera

Second
Colin
Hufman

Lead
Kroy
Nernberger

Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN) won 8-4 over John Shuster (Chaska, MN) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Classic, held December 17 - 19, 2021 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Ruohonen won 8-7 over Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in the semifinals of the 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States; and won 8-0 over Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;

Ruohonen finished 3-1 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen defeated Connor Kauffman (Blaine, MN) 9-3, then went on to lose 5-4 against Jed Brundidge (East St. Paul, MN). Ruohonen responded with a 7-3 win over Luc Violette (Chaska, MN). Ruohonen won 7-2 against Patrick Connolly (Pittsburgh, PA) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curl Mesabi Classic Championship title, Ruohonen earned 25.880 world rankings points along with the $5,178CDN first prize cheque. Ruohonen move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 17.864 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 18th overall with 190.015 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ruohonen ranks 23rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 86.202 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	29	14	0	0.674	11-5	8-6	8-2	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	326	277	211	8.50	6.47	2.02	5.03	3.87	1.69	1.67	1.10

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	151	195	31	19	7-1	9-2	42-3	1.29	0.21	0.44	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	175	82	180	17	2-3	5-13	13-39	0.47	1.03	0.48	0.30

2023: Tanner Horgan
Tanner Horgan, Jake Horgan, Ian McMillan, Scott Chadwick
Sudbury, NONT
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2021: Rich Ruohonen
Rich Ruohonen, Andrew Stopera, Colin Hufman, Kroy Nernberger, Philip Tilker, Pete Annis
Minneapolis, MN
2019: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo
Chaska, USA
2018: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker
Chaska, USA
2017: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker
Seattle, WA
2016: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2015: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner
Duluth, USA
2014: Mike Farbelow
Mike Farbelow, Rich Ruohonen, Kevin Johnson, Dan Ruehl
, MN
2013: Bryan Burgess
Bryan Burgess, Mike Pozihun, Dale Wiersema, Pat Berezowski
, NONT
2012: Tyler George
Christopher Plys, Tyler George, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman
Duluth, MN
2011: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Matt Hamilton, Kroy Nernberger, Derrick Casper
Madison, WI
2010: Jeff Currie
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Thunder Bay, ON
2008: Tyler George
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Duluth, MN
2007: Pete Fenson
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Bemidji, MN

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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