United States's Rich Ruohonen Runner-Up at 2020 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen

United States

Fourth
Greg
Persinger

SKIP
Rich
Ruohonen

Second
Colin
Hufman

Lead
Philip
Tilker

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	9.81
PA/G:	5.19
Hammer Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Defense:	0.07
Force Efficiency:	0.68
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

United States's Rich Ruohonen lost 7-6 to Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen, held January 9 - 12, 2020 at the Coyotes Curling Club in Tempe, United States. To advance to the championship game, United States's Rich Ruohonen won 6-3 over Tyler Tardi (Surrey, BC) in the semifinals of the 2020 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen in Tempe, Arizona, United States; and won 5-2 over Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL) in the quarterfinals.

United States's Rich Ruohonen finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, United States's Rich Ruohonen defeated Bob Leclair (Tempe, AZ) 6-4, then won 7-1 against Mike Siggins (Tempe, AZ) and 9-3 against Jeff Richard (Kelowna, BC). United States's Rich Ruohonen won 7-2 against Sean Geall (New Westminster, BC), then won 7-6 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen, United States's Rich Ruohonen take home 27.294 world rankings points along with the $5,219CDN prize. United States's Rich Ruohonen move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 1.792 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 15th overall with 221.153 total points on the World Ranking Standings. United States's Rich Ruohonen ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 191.913 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

2024: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Glenn Venance, Kurtis Goller
Edmonton, AB
2023: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Kurtis Goller, Glenn Venance, JD Lind
Edmonton, AB
2020: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Reid Carruthers
Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Pat Simmons, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
, MB
2017: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
, AB

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