Ruohonen Reaches 2018 Oakville Fall Classic Semifinals

Fourth
Greg
Persinger

SKIP
Rich
Ruohonen

Second
Colin
Hufman

Lead
Philip
Tilker

Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, USA) run at the 2018 Oakville Fall Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-5 loss to Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK). of the 2018 Oakville Fall Classic in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; Ruohonen advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-2 win over Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON). of the 2018 Oakville Fall Classic in Oakville, Ontario, Canada;

Ruohonen finished 4-0 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen defeated Pierre-Luc Morissette (Saguenay, QC) 6-5, then won 7-5 against Tanner Horgan (Sudbury, NONT) and 5-2 against Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN). Ruohonen won 7-2 against Jan Hess (Zug, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Ruohonen earned 23.817 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Oakville Fall Classic, remaining in 15th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 232.850 total points. Ruohonen ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 23.817 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2019: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2018: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Sapporo, JPN
2017: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2016: Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cameron Smith
Stirling, SCO
2015: Codey Maus
Scott McDonald, Codey Maus, Wesley Forget, Jeff Grant, Brian Chick
London, ON

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