CHAMPION: McCormick Wins 2016 Curl Mesabi Classic

SKIP
Heath
McCormick

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Korey
Dropkin

Lead
Thomas
Howell

Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA) won 5-3 over John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Classic, held December 16 - 18, 2016 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. To advance to the championship game, McCormick won 3-2 over Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2016 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States; and won 6-0 over Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;

McCormick finished 3-1 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McCormick lost 8-1 to Justin McBride (Orange County, CA), then responded with a 7-2 win over Tucker Smith (Bismarck, ND). McCormick won 7-0 against Mike Farbelow (St. Paul, MN), then won 7-0 against Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curl Mesabi Classic Championship title, McCormick earned 31.314 world rankings points along with the $9,332CDN first prize cheque. McCormick move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 28.499 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 30th overall with 202.084 total points on the World Ranking Standings. McCormick ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 159.390 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

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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