CHAMPION: Minnesota's Mike Farbelow Wins 2014 Curl Mesabi Classic

Minnesota

SKIP
Mike
Farbelow

Third
Rich
Ruohonen

Second
Kevin
Johnson

Lead
Dan
Ruehl

Games:	10
Record:	8W - 2L
PF/G:	7.79
PA/G:	6.23
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.68
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Minnesota's Mike Farbelow won 5-2 over Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, ON) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Classic, held December 19 - 21, 2014 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Minnesota's Mike Farbelow won 5-4 over Jeff Currie (Thunder Bay, ON) in the semifinals of the 2014 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States; and won 2-0 over Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NONT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2014 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;

Minnesota's Mike Farbelow finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Minnesota's Mike Farbelow lost 8-5 to Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, ON), then responded with a 8-7 win over Paul Pustovar (Seattle, WA). Minnesota's Mike Farbelow won 9-4 against John Lilla (Blaine, MN, MN), then won 8-5 against Gert Messing (New York, NY). Minnesota's Mike Farbelow went on to lose 9-4 against Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curl Mesabi Classic Championship title, Minnesota's Mike Farbelow earned 9.250 world rankings points along with the $6,949CDN first prize cheque. For week 17 of the event schedule, Minnesota's Mike Farbelow did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Minnesota's Mike Farbelow ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

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

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