CHAMPION: Abe Wins 2026 Duluth Cash Spiel

Fourth
Tetsuro
Shimizu

SKIP
Shinya
Abe

Second
Hayato
Sato

Lead
Haruto
Ouchi

Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) won 6-4 over Wesley Wendling (Chaska, MN) in the Final of the Duluth Cash Spiel, held January 23 - 25, 2026 at the Duluth Curling Club in Duluth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Abe won 8-2 over Carson McMullin (Eau Claire, WI) in the semifinals of the 2026 Duluth Cash Spiel in Duluth, Minnesota, United States; and won 9-3 over Ryan Mellinger (Duluth, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2026 Duluth Cash Spiel in Duluth, Minnesota, United States;

Abe are currently . In their opening game, Abe plays Mellinger on Friday at 1pm and Wendling at 9pm Mellinger on Friday at 1pm, Wendling at 9pm Delaney Strouse (Traverse City, MI) on Saturday at 12pm and Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) at 4pm.

For winning the Duluth Cash Spiel Championship title, Abe earned 12.000 world rankings points along with the $6,804CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 49th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 9.45 after improving upon their best so far this season. Abe ranks 50th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 63.325 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	32	22	0	0.593	0-1	2-2	1-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	396	282	262	7.12	6.62	0.51	4.34	4.17	1.64	1.59	1.49

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	192	196	56	31	1-1	10-2	55-5	1.02	0.29	0.41	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	204	86	206	28	3-3	6-15	11-44	0.42	1.01	0.49	0.26

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