Liu Reaches 2011 St. Paul Cash Spiel Semifinals

Beijing, China

SKIP
Rui
Liu

Third
Jia Liang
Zang

Second
Xiao Ming
Xu

Lead
De Xin
Ba

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	9.02
PA/G:	6.59
Hammer Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Rui Liu (Beijing, CHN) run at the 2011 St. Paul Cash Spiel came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Tyler George (Duluth, MN). of the 2011 St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul; Liu advanced through the quarterfinals with a 9-3 win over Todd Birr (Mankato, MN). of the 2011 St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul;

Liu finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu lost 6-0 to Paul Pustovar (Hibbing, MN), then responded with a 7-5 win over Brian Adams Jr. (Thunder Bay, NONT). Liu won 7-4 against Mike Farbelow (St. Paul, MN), then won 7-5 against Mark Haluptzok (Bemidji, MN) and 7-4 against Evan Workin (Fargo, ND) in their final qualifying round match.

Liu earned 2.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the St. Paul Cash Spiel, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 38th place overall with 43.791 total points. Liu ranks 32nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.925 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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2019: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker, Kroy Nernberger
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2018: Andrew Stopera
Andrew Stopera, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Graem Fenson
Chaska, USA
2017: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Rich Ruohonen, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2016: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
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2015: Todd Birr
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, MN
2014: Mike Farbelow
Mike Farbelow, Rich Ruohonen, Kevin Johnson, Dan Ruehl
Blaine, MN
2013: Scott Ramsay
Scott Ramsay, Mark Taylor, Ross McFadyen, Kyle Werenich
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2012: John Shuster
John Shuster, Jeff Isaacson, Jared Zezel, John Landsteiner
Duluth, MN
2011: Tyler George
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Duluth, MN
2010: Tyler George
Tyler George, Christopher Plys, Rich Ruohonen, Phill Drobnick
Duluth, MN
2009: Mike Pozihun
Mike Pozihun, Deron Surkan, Andy Peloza, Aaron Rogalski
Thunder Bay, ON
2008: Pete Fenson
Mike Pozihun, Deron Surkan, Andy Peloza, Aaron Rogalski
Bemidji, MN
2007: Craig Disher
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Rolla, ND
2006: Bryan Burgess
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Thunder Bay, ON
2005: Paul Pustovar
Paul Pustovar, Greg Wilson, Patrick Roe, Richard Maskel
Hibbing, MN
2004: Howard Restall
Howard Restall, Matt Wozniak, Alan Purdy, Fraser Koch
Winnipeg, MB
2003: Paul Pustovar
Paul Pustovar, Mike Fraboni, Geoff Goodland, Richard Maskel
Hibbing, MN
2002: Dave Smith
Dave Smith
, MB
2001: Paul Pustovar
Paul Pustovar
, USA
2000: Craig Brown
Paul Pustovar
Madison, WI
1999: Tim Somerville
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Minneapolis, MN
1998: Bruce Melville
Bruce Melville, Rob Sinclair, Dale Wiersema, Larry Rathje
Thunder Bay, ON
1994: Steve Brown
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Madison, WI