CHAMPION: Shuster Wins 2015 Curl Mesabi Classic

Duluth, United States

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Tyler
George

Second
Matt
Hamilton

Lead
John
Landsteiner

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	11.33
PA/G:	4.44
Hammer Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

John Shuster (Duluth, USA) won 7-4 over Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, ON) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Classic, held December 18 - 20, 2015 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Shuster won 5-2 over Pete Fenson (Blaine, USA) in the semifinals of the 2015 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States; and won 6-5 over Craig Brown (Blaine, USA) in the quarterfinals. of the 2015 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;

Shuster finished 4-0 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO) 12-0, then won 5-3 against Korey Dropkin (Blaine, USA) and 8-4 against Minnesota's Josh Bahr. Shuster won 8-2 against John Lilla (St Paul, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curl Mesabi Classic Championship title, Shuster earned 29.152 world rankings points along with the $7,656CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 13th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 296.441 total points. Shuster ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 169.469 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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