Ruohonen Reaches 2023 DEKALB Superspiel Quarters

SKIP
Rich
Ruohonen

Third
Jason
Smith

Second
Samuel
Strouse

Lead
Jared
Allen

Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN) qualified for the 2023 DEKALB Superspiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 10-3 against Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2023 DEKALB Superspiel in Morris, Manitoba, Canada;

Ruohonen finished 4-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen defeated Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) 5-4, then went on to lose 5-3 against Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB). Ruohonen responded with a 6-2 win over Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS). Ruohonen went on to lose 7-4 against McDonald. Ruohonen responded with a 8-1 win over Connor Kauffman (Blaine, MN) to advance to the C-Qualifier where they 7-0 against Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

Ruohonen earned 12.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the DEKALB Superspiel. Ruohonen move up 18 spots after posting a net gain of 8.579 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 65th overall with 51.829 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ruohonen ranks 53rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 41.563 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	28	29	0	0.491	2-7	2-5	0-3	0-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	411	299	289	7.27	7.03	0.24	4.53	4.45	1.61	1.58	1.02

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	209	223	92	16	8-1	10-5	43-17	1.07	0.44	0.32	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	202	76	197	26	0-5	6-14	9-31	0.38	0.98	0.59	0.27

2023: Tanner Horgan
Tanner Horgan, Jake Horgan, Ian McMillan, Scott Chadwick
Sudbury, NO
2022: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, B.J. Neufeld, Colton Lott, Ryan Harnden
Winnipeg, MB
2021: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Adam Casey, Matt Wozniak, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Tanner Horgan
Tanner Horgan, Colton Lott, Kyle Doering, Tanner Lott
Winnipeg Beach, MB
2018: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy, Catlin Schneider, Dustin Kidby
Regina, SK
2017: Dylan Johnston
Dylan Johnston, Mike Badiuk, Cody Johnston, Travis Showalter
, NO
2016: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Jim Coleman, Daniel Grant, Chris Gallant
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Steen Sigurdson
Steen Sigurdson, Riley Smith, Ian McMillan, Nick Curtis
Winnipeg, MB
2012: William Lyburn
William Lyburn, James Kirkness, Alex Forrest, Tyler Forrest
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Braeden Moskowy
Braeden Moskowy, Kirk Muyres, DJ Kidby, Dustin Kidby
Regina, SK
2011: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Edmonton, AB
2009: Vic Peters
Daley Peters, Vic Peters, Kyle Werenich, Cory Naharnie
Winnipeg, MB

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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