Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA) won
7-2 over
Kroy Nernberger (Blaine, MN) in the Final of the St. Paul Cash Spiel, held October 7 - 9, 2016 at the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, . To advance to the championship game, McCormick won
5-1 over
Colin Koivula (Thunder Bay, NONT) in the semifinals of the 2016 St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul; and won
7-1 over
Stephen Dropkin (Minneapolis, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul;
McCormick finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McCormick defeated
Arizona's Mike Siggins 7-3, then won
5-2 against
Lyle Sieg (Seattle, WA) and
8-2 against
Todd Birr (Blaine, MN). McCormick won
9-2 against
Mike Peplinski (Milford, MI) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the St. Paul Cash Spiel Championship title, McCormick earned
23.505 world rankings points along with the $5,272CDN first prize cheque, moving up 11 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 38th place overall with
111.318 total points. McCormick ranks 16th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
68.624 points earned so far this season.
