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

Blaine, Minnesota

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
John
Benton

Second
Hunter
Clawson

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	6.94
PA/G:	6.94
Hammer Efficiency:	0.19
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Todd Birr (Blaine, MN) run at the 2017 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-2 loss to Adam Casey (Regina, SK). of the 2017 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota, United States; Birr advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-3 win over Pete Fenson (Bemidji, MN). of the 2017 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;

Birr finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr defeated Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA) 7-6, then won 6-4 against Rich Ruohonen (Seattle, WA). Birr went on to lose 6-1 against Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA). Birr responded with a 7-5 win over Andrew Stopera (Chicago, IL). Birr won 6-3 against Kroy Nernberger (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Birr earned 17.765 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 49th place overall with 143.837 total points. Birr ranks 52nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 59.433 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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