Dropkin Reaches 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic Semifinals

SKIP
Korey
Dropkin

Third
Joe
Polo

Second
Mark
Fenner

Lead
Thomas
Howell

Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) run at the 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-7 loss to Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN). of the 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States; of the 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;

Dropkin finished 4-0 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin defeated Patrick Connolly (Pittsburgh, PA) 9-3, then won 8-2 against Brady Clark (St Louis Park , MN) and 6-4 against Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN). Dropkin won 5-3 against Connor Kauffman (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Dropkin earned 14.666 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Curl Mesabi Classic, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 22nd place overall with 178.124 total points. Dropkin ranks 31st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 70.404 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	28	20	0	0.583	13-6	6-7	1-2	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	400	285	252	7.13	6.30	0.83	4.50	4.08	1.58	1.55	1.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	197	211	49	32	4-0	12-1	48-8	1.07	0.25	0.39	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	203	74	203	25	0-5	5-11	10-39	0.36	1.00	0.56	0.27

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

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