Shuster Runner-Up at 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Matt
Hamilton

Lead
John
Landsteiner

John Shuster (Chaska, MN) lost 8-4 to Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Classic, held December 17 - 19, 2021 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Shuster won 8-3 over Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA) to advance to the championship game. of the 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;

Shuster finished 4-0 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Elliott Mansell (Denver, CO) 5-2, then won 8-2 against Dunnam and 6-3 against Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO). Shuster won 10-3 against Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Curl Mesabi Classic, Shuster take home 18.979 world rankings points along with the $3,883CDN prize, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 23rd place overall with 172.032 total points. Shuster ranks 28th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 81.100 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	27	13	0	0.675	13-3	6-5	2-2	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	322	262	197	8.14	6.12	2.02	4.69	4.22	1.74	1.45	1.09

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	161	203	47	20	7-2	12-0	46-9	1.26	0.29	0.46	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	161	59	150	15	1-1	2-7	9-29	0.37	0.93	0.64	0.26

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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