Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN) lost
6-1 to
Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Atkins Curling Supplies Classic, held October 1 - 3, 2021 at the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Ruohonen won
6-2 over
Pat Simmons (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2021 Atkins Curling Supplies Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won
7-1 over
Kyle McCannell (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Atkins Curling Supplies Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;
Ruohonen finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen lost
7-4 to
Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a
8-3 win over
Steen Sigurdson (Winnipeg, MB). Ruohonen won
10-4 against
Zachary Wasylik (Winnipeg, MB), then won
8-0 against
Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Atkins Curling Supplies Classic, Ruohonen take home
21.848 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN prize. Ruohonen move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 6.984 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 14th overall with
149.271 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Ruohonen ranks 6th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
45.458 points earned so far this season.
