Ruohonen Reaches 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker Quarters

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Greg
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Rich
Ruohonen

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Colin
Hufman

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Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA) qualified for the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-6 against JT Ryan (Winnipeg , MB). of the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker in Morris, Manitoba, Canada;

Ruohonen finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen defeated Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Nagano, JPN) 7-5, then went on to lose 6-2 against Tanner Horgan (Winnipeg Beach, MB). Ruohonen responded with a 7-2 win over Yamaguchi in their final qualifying round match.

Ruohonen earned 10.881 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 22nd place overall with 157.083 total points. Ruohonen ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.881 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: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Rob Gordon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Lucas Van Den Bosch, Brendan Wilson
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Colton Lott, Kyle Doering, Rob Gordon
Winnipeg, MB

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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