CHAMPION: Ruohonen Wins 2019 Changan Ford International Curling Elite

Fourth
Greg
Persinger

SKIP
Rich
Ruohonen

Second
Colin
Hufman

Lead
Philip
Tilker

Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA) won 5-4 over Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) in the Final of the Changan Ford International Curling Elite, held December 5 - 10, 2019 in Xining, China. To advance to the championship game, Ruohonen won 6-3 over Tanner Horgan (Winnipeg Beach, MB) in the semifinals of the 2019 Changan Ford International Curling Elite in Xining, China;

Ruohonen finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen lost 6-1 to Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN), then responded with a 6-4 win over Sergei Glukhov (Sochi, RUS). Ruohonen won 8-3 against Horgan, then won 10-4 against van Dorp. Ruohonen went on to lose 7-3 against Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR). Ruohonen responded with a 6-4 win over Fredrik Nyman (Stockholm, SWE). Ruohonen won 6-3 against Andrin Schnider (St. Gallen, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Changan Ford International Curling Elite Championship title, Ruohonen earned 34.172 world rankings points along with the $22,683CDN first prize cheque. Ruohonen move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 23.291 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 19th overall with 237.720 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ruohonen ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 164.619 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

2019: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker, Kroy Nernberger
Minneapolis, USA
2018: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy, Catlin Schneider, Dustin Kidby
Regina, SK
2017: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Romano Keller-Meier, Michael Brunner, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI

Sudbury's Jake and Tanner Horgan will ply their trade elsewhere next season as John Epping and Ian MacMillan explore options for the future.

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