Casper Reaches 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic Quarters

SKIP
Daniel
Casper

Third
Ethan
Sampson

Second
Samuel
Strouse

Lead
Coleman
Thurston

Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN) qualified for the 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-0 against Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN). of the 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;

Casper finished 3-1 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Casper defeated Brady Clark (St Louis Park , MN) 7-2, then won 9-5 against Patrick Connolly (Pittsburgh, PA). Casper went on to lose 6-4 against Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). Casper responded with a 7-4 win over Jed Brundidge (East St. Paul, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Casper earned 10.352 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Curl Mesabi Classic. Casper move up 18 spots after posting a net gain of 9.04 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 119th overall with 37.523 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Casper ranks 88th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 32.405 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	32	20	0	0.615	5-3	4-2	1-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	405	331	278	8.17	6.86	1.31	4.74	4.12	1.72	1.66	1.14

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	207	217	75	33	6-2	12-6	47-7	1.05	0.36	0.37	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	198	114	203	13	3-6	6-14	25-39	0.58	1.03	0.50	0.34

2023: Tanner Horgan
Tanner Horgan, Jake Horgan, Ian McMillan, Scott Chadwick
Sudbury, NONT
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2021: Rich Ruohonen
Rich Ruohonen, Andrew Stopera, Colin Hufman, Kroy Nernberger, Philip Tilker, Pete Annis
Minneapolis, MN
2019: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo
Chaska, USA
2018: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker
Chaska, USA
2017: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker
Seattle, WA
2016: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2015: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner
Duluth, USA
2014: Mike Farbelow
Mike Farbelow, Rich Ruohonen, Kevin Johnson, Dan Ruehl
, MN
2013: Bryan Burgess
Bryan Burgess, Mike Pozihun, Dale Wiersema, Pat Berezowski
, NONT
2012: Tyler George
Christopher Plys, Tyler George, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman
Duluth, MN
2011: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Matt Hamilton, Kroy Nernberger, Derrick Casper
Madison, WI
2010: Jeff Currie
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Thunder Bay, ON
2008: Tyler George
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Duluth, MN
2007: Pete Fenson
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Bemidji, MN

Sudbury's Jake and Tanner Horgan will ply their trade elsewhere next season as John Epping and Ian MacMillan explore options for the future.

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