Ruohonen1-6 at 2024 USA Curling National Championships

Minneapolis, Minnesota

SKIP
Rich
Ruohonen

Third
Jason
Smith

Second
Samuel
Strouse

Lead
Aidan
Oldenburg

Games:	7
Record:	1W - 6L
PF/G:	4.77
PA/G:	8.46
Hammer Efficiency:	0.11
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN) finished 1-6 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen lost 9-4 to Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN), droppimg another game, 7-4 to Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN). Ruohonen lost 10-4 to John Shuster (Duluth , MN). Ruohonen lost 6-5 to Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA). Ruohonen lost 8-4 to Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA). Ruohonen lost 8-2 to Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) where Ruohonen responded with a 8-7 win over Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI) in their final qualifying round match.

Ruohonen earned 1.875 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Ruohonen move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of -4.969 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 59th overall with 50.938 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ruohonen ranks 59th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 50.938 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

2025: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner , Mark Lazar
Duluth, MN
2024: John Shuster
John Shuster, Christopher Plys, Colin Hufman, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner
Duluth , MN
2017: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner, Joe Polo
Duluth, USA

McEwen Looks to Defend Title in Okotoks

Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen (photo: Anil Mungal/ GSOC) defeated Manitoba's Tanner Lott 7-1 to open their 2025-2026 season with a win at the ATB Okotoks Classic in Okotoks, Alberta.

Kubota Challenge: Gord Bamford vs Brad Gushue

EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)
STONE + STRAW: S02:EP06 - Jason Gunnlaugson

Host John Cullen travels to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the Tour Challenge to interview Winnipeg's own Jason Gunnlaugson. Though Gunnlaugson has yet to win a... (read more)