Korey Dropkin (Southborough, MA) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Dropkin finished 7-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin defeated Sean Burchesky (Walpole, MA) 11-1, then won 6-5 against Russell Passmore (Mapleton, MN). Dropkin went on to lose 7-4 against Daniel Dudt (Malvern, PA). Dropkin responded with a 8-1 win over Mackenzie Lank (Lewiston, NY). Dropkin won 6-4 against Mark Fenner (Bemidji, MN), then won 6-4 against Alex Kitchens (Devils Lake, ND) and 12-3 against Paul Tharalson (Grafton, ND). Dropkin won 10-2 against Tyler Runing (Mankato, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Dropkin did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Dropkin ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.