Dropkin Runner-Up at 2019 Beyer & Simonson US Open of Curling

Chaska, United States

SKIP
Korey
Dropkin

Third
Thomas
Howell

Second
Mark
Fenner

Lead
Alex
Fenson

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.41
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA) lost 5-4 to Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA) in the Final of the Beyer & Simonson US Open of Curling - Championships, held September 19 - 22, 2019 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, United States. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Dropkin won 8-4 over Luc Violette (Chaska, MN) to advance to the championship game. of the 2019 Beyer & Simonson US Open of Curling - Championships in Blaine, Minnesota, United States; of the 2019 Beyer & Simonson US Open of Curling - Championships in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;

Dropkin finished 4-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin defeated Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO) 6-2, then won 6-0 against Brandon Corbett (Rochester, NY) and 5-2 against Minnesota's Jed Brundidge. Dropkin won 6-3 against Todd Birr (Ham Lake, MN). Dropkin went on to lose 6-2 against Ruohonen in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Beyer & Simonson US Open of Curling - Championships, Dropkin take home 18.238 world rankings points along with the $2,660CDN prize. Dropkin move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 15.894 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 24th overall with 160.331 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Dropkin ranks 30th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 25.350 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

2023: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2021: Luc Violette
Luc Violette, Chase Sinnett, Ben Richardson, Jon Harstad
Chaska, MN
2019: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker, Kroy Nernberger
Minneapolis, USA
2018: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, ByeongJin Jeong, JeongJae Lee, DonghYeong Lee, Hyeonjun Hwang
Seoul, KOR
2016: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2015: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Gerry Adam
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, Xiao Ming Xu, De Xin Ba
Harbin, CHN

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