Kauffman1-3 at 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic

SKIP
Connor
Kauffman

Third
Sidney
Harris

Second
Jacob
Zeman

Lead
Ethan
Hebert

Connor Kauffman (Blaine, MN) finished 1-3 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauffman lost 9-3 to Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN), then responded with a 7-6 win over Luc Violette (Chaska, MN). Kauffman went on to lose 9-6 against Jed Brundidge (East St. Paul, MN). Kauffman lost 5-3 to Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kauffman earned 1.294 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 48 spots the World Ranking Standings into 330th place overall with 2.434 total points. Kauffman ranks 293rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.294 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	7	5	0	0.583	0-2	1-0	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	91	89	64	9.78	7.03	2.75	4.84	4.40	2.02	1.60	0.77

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	42	58	16	2	1-0	5-2	14-2	1.38	0.38	0.50	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	49	31	48	5	2-2	2-2	6-8	0.63	0.98	0.60	0.29

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

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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