Sampson Reaches Curl Mesabi Classic Semifinals

SKIP
Ethan
Sampson

Third
Coleman
Thurston

Second
Jacob
Zeman

Lead
Marius
Kleinas

Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) run at the Curl Mesabi Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-2 loss to Tanner Horgan (Sudbury, NONT). of the Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States; Sampson advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-4 win over Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN). of the Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;

Sampson finished 3-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sampson defeated Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA) 7-1, then won 9-1 against Jed Brundidge (Chaska, MN) and 8-1 against Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO). Sampson went on to lose 7-3 against John Shuster (Duluth , MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Sampson earned 8.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Curl Mesabi Classic. Sampson move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 4.875 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 67th overall with 53.500 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sampson ranks 50th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 33.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	28	23	0	0.549	1-1	4-3	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	375	295	264	7.87	7.04	0.83	4.64	4.37	1.70	1.61	0.99

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	179	188	71	20	6-0	14-2	33-16	1.05	0.40	0.33	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	196	107	193	17	3-7	8-11	13-35	0.55	0.98	0.53	0.34

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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