Ruohonen Runner-Up at 2023 St. Paul Cashspiel

Minneapolis, Minnesota

SKIP
Rich
Ruohonen

Third
Jason
Smith

Second
Samuel
Strouse

Lead
Jared
Allen

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	7.25
PA/G:	6.27
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN) lost 6-1 to Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN) in the Final of the St. Paul Cashspiel, held October 13 - 15, 2023 at the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, . To advance to the championship game, Ruohonen won 5-4 over Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NONT) in the semifinals

Ruohonen finished 4-1 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen defeated Bryce Breen (St. Paul, MN) 8-3, then won 5-4 against Elliott Mansell (Denver, CO) and 6-3 against Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, NONT). Ruohonen won 8-5 against Caden Hebert (Eau Claire, WI). Ruohonen went on to lose 7-4 against Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the St. Paul Cashspiel, Ruohonen take home 5.500 world rankings points along with the $2,500CDN prize. Ruohonen move up 8 spots after posting a net gain of 3.625 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 92nd overall with 36.594 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ruohonen ranks 66th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.063 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	28	29	0	0.491	2-7	2-5	0-3	0-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	411	299	289	7.27	7.03	0.24	4.53	4.45	1.61	1.58	1.02

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	209	223	92	16	8-1	10-5	43-17	1.07	0.44	0.32	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	202	76	197	26	0-5	6-14	9-31	0.38	0.98	0.59	0.27

2023: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2019: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker, Kroy Nernberger
Minneapolis, USA
2018: Andrew Stopera
Andrew Stopera, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Graem Fenson
Chaska, USA
2017: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Rich Ruohonen, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2016: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2015: Todd Birr
Todd Birr, Doug Pottinger, John Benton, Tom O'Connor
, MN
2014: Mike Farbelow
Mike Farbelow, Rich Ruohonen, Kevin Johnson, Dan Ruehl
Blaine, MN
2013: Scott Ramsay
Scott Ramsay, Mark Taylor, Ross McFadyen, Kyle Werenich
Winnipeg, MB
2012: John Shuster
John Shuster, Jeff Isaacson, Jared Zezel, John Landsteiner
Duluth, MN
2011: Tyler George
Tyler George, Christopher Plys, Rich Ruohonen, Aanders Brorson
Duluth, MN
2010: Tyler George
Tyler George, Christopher Plys, Rich Ruohonen, Phill Drobnick
Duluth, MN
2009: Mike Pozihun
Mike Pozihun, Deron Surkan, Andy Peloza, Aaron Rogalski
Thunder Bay, ON
2008: Pete Fenson
Mike Pozihun, Deron Surkan, Andy Peloza, Aaron Rogalski
Bemidji, MN
2007: Craig Disher
Mike Pozihun, Deron Surkan, Andy Peloza, Aaron Rogalski
Rolla, ND
2006: Bryan Burgess
Bryan Burgess, Robin Champagne, Dale Wiersema, Gary Champagne
Thunder Bay, ON
2005: Paul Pustovar
Paul Pustovar, Greg Wilson, Patrick Roe, Richard Maskel
Hibbing, MN
2004: Howard Restall
Howard Restall, Matt Wozniak, Alan Purdy, Fraser Koch
Winnipeg, MB
2003: Paul Pustovar
Paul Pustovar, Mike Fraboni, Geoff Goodland, Richard Maskel
Hibbing, MN
2002: Dave Smith
Dave Smith
, MB
2001: Paul Pustovar
Paul Pustovar
, USA
2000: Craig Brown
Paul Pustovar
Madison, WI
1999: Tim Somerville
Tim Somerville, Mike Schneeberger, Travis Way, John Gordon
Minneapolis, MN
1998: Bruce Melville
Bruce Melville, Rob Sinclair, Dale Wiersema, Larry Rathje
Thunder Bay, ON
1994: Steve Brown
Paul Pustovar, Dave Violette, Richard Maskel, Steve Brown
Madison, WI

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