Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA) won
4-3 over
Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Classic, held November 29 - December 1, 2019 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Dropkin won
8-3 over
Luc Violette (Chaska, MN) to advance to the championship game. of the 2019 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;
Dropkin finished 4-0 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin defeated
Mike Farbelow (St. Paul, MN) 6-0, then won
7-1 against
Dominik Maerki (Chaska, MN) and
7-0 against
Kyle Foster (Arborg, MB). Dropkin won
9-4 against
Minnesota's Jed Brundidge in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Curl Mesabi Classic Championship title, Dropkin earned
26.678 world rankings points along with the $5,315CDN first prize cheque. Dropkin move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 13.179 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 19th overall with
221.329 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Dropkin ranks 17th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
153.839 points earned so far this season.
