Dropkin Reaches 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic Semifinals

Duluth, Minnesota

SKIP
Korey
Dropkin

Third
Joe
Polo

Second
Mark
Fenner

Lead
Thomas
Howell

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	5.71
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.44

Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) run at the 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-7 loss to Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN). of the 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States; of the 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;

Dropkin finished 4-0 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin defeated Patrick Connolly (Pittsburgh, PA) 9-3, then won 8-2 against Brady Clark (St Louis Park , MN) and 6-4 against Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN). Dropkin won 5-3 against Connor Kauffman (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Dropkin earned 14.666 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Curl Mesabi Classic, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 22nd place overall with 178.124 total points. Dropkin ranks 31st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 70.404 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	28	20	0	0.583	13-6	6-7	1-2	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	400	285	252	7.13	6.30	0.83	4.50	4.08	1.58	1.55	1.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	197	211	49	32	4-0	12-1	48-8	1.07	0.25	0.39	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	203	74	203	25	0-5	5-11	10-39	0.36	1.00	0.56	0.27

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

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