Sampson Runner-Up at Duluth Cash Spiel

Chaska, Minnesota

SKIP
Ethan
Sampson

Third
Coleman
Thurston

Second
Jacob
Zeman

Lead
Marius
Kleinas

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	8.98
PA/G:	8.57
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) lost 9-3 to Joe Polo (Duluth, MN) in the Final of the Duluth Cash Spiel, held January 12 - 14 at the Duluth Curling Club in Duluth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Sampson won 10-7 over Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the Duluth Cash Spiel in Duluth, Minnesota, United States; and won 5-4 over Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the Duluth Cash Spiel in Duluth, Minnesota, United States;

Sampson are currently 2-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sampson defeated Jeff Richard (Kelowna, BC) 9-2, then went on to lose 8-2 against Purcell. Sampson lost 9-6 to John Shuster (Duluth , MN) where Sampson responded with a 9-3 win over Michael Moore (Duluth, MN). In their next game, Sampson plays.

With their runner-up finish at the Duluth Cash Spiel, Sampson take home 13.750 world rankings points along with the $3,244CDN prize. Sampson move up 11 spots after posting a net gain of 12.25 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 56th overall with 60.937 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sampson ranks 53rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 51.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	28	23	0	0.549	1-1	4-3	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	375	295	264	7.87	7.04	0.83	4.64	4.37	1.70	1.61	0.99

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	179	188	71	20	6-0	14-2	33-16	1.05	0.40	0.33	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	196	107	193	17	3-7	8-11	13-35	0.55	0.98	0.53	0.34

2024: Joe Polo
Korey Dropkin, Joe Polo, Matt Mellin, Derek Benson
Duluth, MN
2016: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2015: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, Quinn Evenson
Duluth, USA
2014: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Joe Polo, Ryan Brunt, Colin Hufman
Blaine, USA
2013: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Kroy Nernberger, Matt Hamilton, Jon Brunt
Madison, WI
2012: Bryan Burgess
Bryan Burgess, Mike Pozihun, Dale Wiersema, Pat Berezowski
, ON
2011: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Matt Hamilton, Kroy Nernberger, Derrick Casper
, WI
2010: Tyler George
Tyler George, Christopher Plys, Rich Ruohonen, Phill Drobnick
Duluth, MN
2008: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Rich Ruohonen, John Dunlop, Pete Annis, Jon Brunt
Madison, WI
2007: Jeff Currie
Craig Brown, Rich Ruohonen, John Dunlop, Pete Annis, Jon Brunt
Thunder Bay, NONT
2006: John Salo
John Salo, Ron Rosengren, Rob Sinclair, Gary Maunula
Thunder Bay, ON
2005: Paul Pustovar
Paul Pustovar, Greg Wilson, Patrick Roe, Richard Maskel
Hibbing, MN
2004: Marshall Bagdon
Marshall Bagdon, Robin Champagne, Gary Weiss, Aaron Rogalski
Thunder Bay, ON
2003: Todd Birr
Todd Birr, Pete Westberg, Kevin Birr, Greg Rheaume
Mankato, MN
2002: Pete Fenson
Pete Fenson
, USA

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