Ruohonen Reaches 2024 Duluth Cash Spiel Quarters

SKIP
Rich
Ruohonen

Third
Jason
Smith

Second
Samuel
Strouse

Lead
Jared
Allen

Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN) qualified for the 2024 Duluth Cash Spiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-4 against Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN). of the 2024 Duluth Cash Spiel in Duluth, Minnesota, United States;

Ruohonen finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen lost 6-1 to Joe Polo (Duluth, MN), then responded with a 7-2 win over Ryan Mellinger (Duluth, MN). Ruohonen won 8-1 against Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA), then won 6-3 against Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON). Ruohonen went on to lose 9-3 against Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI) in their final qualifying round match.

Ruohonen earned 7.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Duluth Cash Spiel. Ruohonen move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 5.625 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 59th overall with 55.907 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ruohonen ranks 54th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 49.063 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	28	29	0	0.491	2-7	2-5	0-3	0-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	411	299	289	7.27	7.03	0.24	4.53	4.45	1.61	1.58	1.02

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	209	223	92	16	8-1	10-5	43-17	1.07	0.44	0.32	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	202	76	197	26	0-5	6-14	9-31	0.38	0.98	0.59	0.27

2024: Joe Polo
Korey Dropkin, Joe Polo, Matt Mellin, Derek Benson
Duluth, MN
2016: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2015: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, Quinn Evenson
Duluth, USA
2014: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Joe Polo, Ryan Brunt, Colin Hufman
Blaine, USA
2013: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Kroy Nernberger, Matt Hamilton, Jon Brunt
Madison, WI
2012: Bryan Burgess
Bryan Burgess, Mike Pozihun, Dale Wiersema, Pat Berezowski
, ON
2011: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Matt Hamilton, Kroy Nernberger, Derrick Casper
, WI
2010: Tyler George
Tyler George, Christopher Plys, Rich Ruohonen, Phill Drobnick
Duluth, MN
2008: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Rich Ruohonen, John Dunlop, Pete Annis, Jon Brunt
Madison, WI
2007: Jeff Currie
Craig Brown, Rich Ruohonen, John Dunlop, Pete Annis, Jon Brunt
Thunder Bay, NO
2006: John Salo
John Salo, Ron Rosengren, Rob Sinclair, Gary Maunula
Thunder Bay, ON
2005: Paul Pustovar
Paul Pustovar, Greg Wilson, Patrick Roe, Richard Maskel
Hibbing, MN
2004: Marshall Bagdon
Marshall Bagdon, Robin Champagne, Gary Weiss, Aaron Rogalski
Thunder Bay, ON
2003: Todd Birr
Todd Birr, Pete Westberg, Kevin Birr, Greg Rheaume
Mankato, MN
2002: Pete Fenson
Pete Fenson
, USA

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