Ruohonen Reaches 2017 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling Semifinals

Seattle, Washington

Fourth
Greg
Persinger

SKIP
Rich
Ruohonen

Second
Colin
Hufman

Lead
Philip
Tilker

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	5.78
PA/G:	6.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.18
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Rich Ruohonen (Seattle, WA) run at the 2017 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-2 loss to Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA). of the 2017 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota, United States; Ruohonen advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-4 win over Colton Flasch (Saskatoon, SK). of the 2017 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;

Ruohonen finished 2-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen lost 6-4 to Todd Birr (Blaine, MN), then responded with a 6-1 win over Pete Fenson (Bemidji, MN). Ruohonen went on to lose 6-2 against John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Ruohonen responded with a 6-5 win over Andrew Stopera (Chicago, IL) in their final qualifying round match.

Ruohonen earned 17.765 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling. For week 21 of the event schedule, Ruohonen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Ruohonen ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2021: Luc Violette
Luc Violette, Chase Sinnett, Ben Richardson, Jon Harstad
Chaska, MN
2019: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker, Kroy Nernberger
Minneapolis, USA
2018: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, ByeongJin Jeong, JeongJae Lee, DonghYeong Lee, Hyeonjun Hwang
Seoul, KOR
2016: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2015: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Gerry Adam
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, Xiao Ming Xu, De Xin Ba
Harbin, CHN

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