CHAMPION: George Wins 2011 St. Paul Cash Spiel

Duluth, Minnesota

SKIP
Tyler
George

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Rich
Ruohonen

Lead
Aanders
Brorson

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	10.67
PA/G:	4.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.05
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.46

Tyler George (Duluth, MN) won 5-3 over Northern Ontario's Jeff Currie in the Final of the St. Paul Cash Spiel, held October 13 - 16, 2011 at the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, . To advance to the championship game, George won 6-5 over Rui Liu (Beijing, CHN) in the semifinals of the 2011 St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul; and won 6-0 over John Benton (Medford, WI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul;

George finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, George defeated Dan Ruehl (Plymouth, MN) 9-0, then won 6-4 against Philip DeVore (Duluth, MN) and 7-3 against Minnesota's Josh Bahr. George won 7-5 against Joe Scharf (Thunder Bay, ON), then won 7-1 against Minnesota's Peter Stolt in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the St. Paul Cash Spiel Championship title, George earned 4.500 world rankings points along with the $4,547CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 32nd place overall with 53.970 total points. George ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.095 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

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Eau Claire, WI
2023: Daniel Casper
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Chaska, MN
2019: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker, Kroy Nernberger
Minneapolis, USA
2018: Andrew Stopera
Andrew Stopera, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Graem Fenson
Chaska, USA
2017: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Rich Ruohonen, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2016: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2015: Todd Birr
Todd Birr, Doug Pottinger, John Benton, Tom O'Connor
, MN
2014: Mike Farbelow
Mike Farbelow, Rich Ruohonen, Kevin Johnson, Dan Ruehl
Blaine, MN
2013: Scott Ramsay
Scott Ramsay, Mark Taylor, Ross McFadyen, Kyle Werenich
Winnipeg, MB
2012: John Shuster
John Shuster, Jeff Isaacson, Jared Zezel, John Landsteiner
Duluth, MN
2011: Tyler George
Tyler George, Christopher Plys, Rich Ruohonen, Aanders Brorson
Duluth, MN
2010: Tyler George
Tyler George, Christopher Plys, Rich Ruohonen, Phill Drobnick
Duluth, MN
2009: Mike Pozihun
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Thunder Bay, ON
2008: Pete Fenson
Mike Pozihun, Deron Surkan, Andy Peloza, Aaron Rogalski
Bemidji, MN
2007: Craig Disher
Mike Pozihun, Deron Surkan, Andy Peloza, Aaron Rogalski
Rolla, ND
2006: Bryan Burgess
Bryan Burgess, Robin Champagne, Dale Wiersema, Gary Champagne
Thunder Bay, ON
2005: Paul Pustovar
Paul Pustovar, Greg Wilson, Patrick Roe, Richard Maskel
Hibbing, MN
2004: Howard Restall
Howard Restall, Matt Wozniak, Alan Purdy, Fraser Koch
Winnipeg, MB
2003: Paul Pustovar
Paul Pustovar, Mike Fraboni, Geoff Goodland, Richard Maskel
Hibbing, MN
2002: Dave Smith
Dave Smith
, MB
2001: Paul Pustovar
Paul Pustovar
, USA
2000: Craig Brown
Paul Pustovar
Madison, WI
1999: Tim Somerville
Tim Somerville, Mike Schneeberger, Travis Way, John Gordon
Minneapolis, MN
1998: Bruce Melville
Bruce Melville, Rob Sinclair, Dale Wiersema, Larry Rathje
Thunder Bay, ON
1994: Steve Brown
Paul Pustovar, Dave Violette, Richard Maskel, Steve Brown
Madison, WI

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