Ruohonen Reaches 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2 Quarters

Minneapolis, United States

Fourth
Greg
Persinger

SKIP
Rich
Ruohonen

Second
Colin
Hufman

Lead
Philip
Tilker

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	6.36
PA/G:	7.05
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA) qualified for the 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Tanner Horgan (Winnipeg Beach, MB).

Ruohonen finished 2-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen lost 5-4 to Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS), then responded with a 6-5 win over Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA). Ruohonen won 7-3 against James Grattan (Oromocto, NB). Ruohonen went on to lose 10-2 against Horgan in their final qualifying round match.

Ruohonen earned 18.900 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2. Ruohonen gained 11.788 points improving upon their best 5 events, though dropped 2 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 23rdplace overall with 202.079 total points. Ruohonen ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 99.738 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

2024: Rylan Kleiter
Rylan Kleiter, Joshua Mattern, Matthew Hall, Trevor Johnson , Dean Kleiter
Saskatoon, SK
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
2019: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo, Shawn Rojeski
Chaska, USA
2018: Kirk Muyres
Kirk Muyres, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2017: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Jonathan Beuk, David Staples, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON
2015: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC

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