Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA) run at the 2019 Red Deer Curling Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a
8-3 loss to
Tyler Tardi (Surrey, BC). of the 2019 Red Deer Curling Classic in Red Deer, Alberta; Ruohonen advanced through the quarterfinals with a
7-3 win over
Dominik Maerki (Chaska, MN). of the 2019 Red Deer Curling Classic in Red Deer, Alberta;
Ruohonen finished 3-2 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen lost
6-3 to
Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB), droppimg another game,
8-3 to
James Pahl (Edmonton, AB) where Ruohonen responded with a
7-2 win over
Jeremy Harty (Calgary, AB). Ruohonen won
7-1 against
Daylan Vavrek (Sexsmith, AB) to advance to the C-Qualifier where they
6-4 against
Simon Gempeler (Adelboden, SUI) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.
Ruohonen earned
22.026 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Red Deer Curling Classic, remaining in 23rd place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -3.475 after improving upon their best so far this season. Ruohonen ranks 20th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
110.883 points earned so far this season.
