Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) lost
6-5 to
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the U.S. Open of Curling, held January 2 - 4, 2015 in Blaine, Minnesota. To advance to the championship game, Carruthers won
8-6 over
Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2015 U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota; and won
6-3 over
Adam Casey (Charlottetown, PEI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2015 U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota;
Carruthers finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Carruthers defeated
Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA) 9-2, then won
6-4 against
Northern Ontario's Trevor Bonot and
5-3 against
Brady Clark (Seattle, WA). Carruthers won
7-1 against
Craig Brown (Blaine, USA). Carruthers went on to lose
6-3 against
Stoughton in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the U.S. Open of Curling, Carruthers take home
15.930 world rankings points along with the $4,723CDN prize, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 11th place overall with
181.326 total points. Carruthers ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
129.430 points earned so far this season.
