Shuster Runner-Up at 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Matt
Hamilton

Lead
John
Landsteiner

John Shuster (Chaska, MN) lost 8-4 to Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Classic, held December 17 - 19, 2021 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Shuster won 8-3 over Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA) to advance to the championship game. of the 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;

Shuster finished 4-0 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Elliott Mansell (Denver, CO) 5-2, then won 8-2 against Dunnam and 6-3 against Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO). Shuster won 10-3 against Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Curl Mesabi Classic, Shuster take home 18.979 world rankings points along with the $3,883CDN prize, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 23rd place overall with 172.032 total points. Shuster ranks 28th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 81.100 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	27	13	0	0.675	13-3	6-5	2-2	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	322	262	197	8.14	6.12	2.02	4.69	4.22	1.74	1.45	1.09

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	161	203	47	20	7-2	12-0	46-9	1.26	0.29	0.46	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	161	59	150	15	1-1	2-7	9-29	0.37	0.93	0.64	0.26

2023: Tanner Horgan
Tanner Horgan, Jake Horgan, Ian McMillan, Scott Chadwick
Sudbury, NONT
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2021: Rich Ruohonen
Rich Ruohonen, Andrew Stopera, Colin Hufman, Kroy Nernberger, Philip Tilker, Pete Annis
Minneapolis, MN
2019: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo
Chaska, USA
2018: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker
Chaska, USA
2017: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker
Seattle, WA
2016: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2015: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner
Duluth, USA
2014: Mike Farbelow
Mike Farbelow, Rich Ruohonen, Kevin Johnson, Dan Ruehl
, MN
2013: Bryan Burgess
Bryan Burgess, Mike Pozihun, Dale Wiersema, Pat Berezowski
, NONT
2012: Tyler George
Christopher Plys, Tyler George, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman
Duluth, MN
2011: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Matt Hamilton, Kroy Nernberger, Derrick Casper
Madison, WI
2010: Jeff Currie
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Thunder Bay, ON
2008: Tyler George
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Duluth, MN
2007: Pete Fenson
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Bemidji, MN

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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