Strouse Reaches 2022 Curl Mesabi Classic Quarters

Fourth
Riley
Fenson

SKIP
Samuel
Strouse

Second
Connor
Kauffman

Lead
Aidan
Oldenburg

Samuel Strouse (Bemidji, MN) qualified for the 2022 Curl Mesabi Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-2 against Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA).

Strouse finished 2-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Strouse lost 6-2 to Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA), then responded with a 6-3 win over Andy Jukich (Duluth, MN). Strouse went on to lose 8-0 against Dunnam. Strouse responded with a 1-0 win over Stuart Thompson (Halifax , NS) in their final qualifying round match.

Strouse earned 9.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Curl Mesabi Classic. Strouse move up 37 spots after posting a net gain of 8.812 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 129th overall with 23.999 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Strouse ranks 123rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.001 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	11	35	0	0.239	0-2	3-14	2-3	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	325	191	297	5.88	9.14	-3.26	3.72	5.29	1.58	1.73	0.98

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	178	150	103	19	3-1	7-6	36-19	0.84	0.58	0.29	0.39

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	147	41	194	13	0-5	2-15	6-43	0.28	1.32	0.39	0.21

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Tanner Horgan, Jake Horgan, Ian McMillan, Scott Chadwick
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2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
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2021: Rich Ruohonen
Rich Ruohonen, Andrew Stopera, Colin Hufman, Kroy Nernberger, Philip Tilker, Pete Annis
Minneapolis, MN
2019: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo
Chaska, USA
2018: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker
Chaska, USA
2017: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker
Seattle, WA
2016: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2015: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner
Duluth, USA
2014: Mike Farbelow
Mike Farbelow, Rich Ruohonen, Kevin Johnson, Dan Ruehl
, MN
2013: Bryan Burgess
Bryan Burgess, Mike Pozihun, Dale Wiersema, Pat Berezowski
, NONT
2012: Tyler George
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Duluth, MN
2011: Craig Brown
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Madison, WI
2010: Jeff Currie
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Thunder Bay, ON
2008: Tyler George
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Duluth, MN
2007: Pete Fenson
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Bemidji, MN

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