CHAMPION: Ruohonen Wins 2018 Curl Mesabi Classic

Fourth
Greg
Persinger

SKIP
Rich
Ruohonen

Second
Colin
Hufman

Lead
Philip
Tilker

Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, USA) won 9-3 over Mark Fenner (Chaska, USA) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Classic, held November 30 - December 2, 2018 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Ruohonen won 7-1 over Dominik Maerki (Minneapolis, MN) in the semifinals of the 2018 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States; and won 6-2 over Jason Smith (Blaine, MN) in the quarterfinals.

Ruohonen finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen defeated 's Scott Dunnam 7-3, then won 9-0 against Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO) and 7-6 against Joe Polo (Eveleth, MN). Ruohonen won 7-2 against Steven Birklid (Seattle, WA) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curl Mesabi Classic Championship title, Ruohonen earned 26.768 world rankings points along with the $6,634CDN first prize cheque. Ruohonen move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 5.864 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 19th overall with 220.304 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ruohonen ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 115.788 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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