CHAMPION: Ruohonen Wins 2020 Goldline - US Open of Curling Contender

Chaska, Minnesota

SKIP
Rich
Ruohonen

Third
Andrew
Stopera

Second
Colin
Hufman

Lead
Kroy
Nernberger

Games:	4
Record:	4W - 0L
PF/G:	9.67
PA/G:	6.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, MN) won 7-3 over Korey Dropkin (Chaska, MN) in the Final of the Goldline - US Open of Curling Contender, held September 11 - 13, 2020 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, United States. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Ruohonen won 8-6 over Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO) to advance to the championship game. of the 2020 Goldline - US Open of Curling Contender in Blaine, Minnesota, United States; of the 2020 Goldline - US Open of Curling Contender in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;

Ruohonen finished 2-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen defeated Kevin Tuma (Saint Paul, MN) 5-4, then won 9-7 against Sobering in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Goldline - US Open of Curling Contender Championship title, Ruohonen earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 4 of the event schedule, Ruohonen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 15th place on the World Ranking Standings with 207.626 total points. Ruohonen ranks 220th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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

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