Minnesota's John Shuster finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Minnesota's John Shuster defeated Adam Kitchens (Devils Lake, ND) 7-4, then went on to lose 8-4 against Randy Cumming (Mankato, MN). Minnesota's John Shuster lost 6-5 to Todd Birr (Mankato, MN) where Minnesota's John Shuster responded with a 7-0 win over Eric Fenson (Bemidji, MN). Minnesota's John Shuster won 1-0 against Northern Ontario's Jeff Currie in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Minnesota's John Shuster did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 129th to 131st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 7.390 total points. Minnesota's John Shuster ranks 135th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.900 points earned so far this season.