Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN) won
8-4 over
John Shuster (Chaska, MN) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Classic, held December 17 - 19, 2021 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Ruohonen won
8-7 over
Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in the semifinals of the 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States; and won
8-0 over
Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;
Ruohonen finished 3-1 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen defeated
Connor Kauffman (Blaine, MN) 9-3, then went on to lose
5-4 against
Jed Brundidge (East St. Paul, MN). Ruohonen responded with a
7-3 win over
Luc Violette (Chaska, MN). Ruohonen won
7-2 against
Patrick Connolly (Pittsburgh, PA) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Curl Mesabi Classic Championship title, Ruohonen earned
25.880 world rankings points along with the $5,178CDN first prize cheque. Ruohonen move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 17.864 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 18th overall with
190.015 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Ruohonen ranks 23rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
86.202 points earned so far this season.
