Casper Reaches Duluth Cash Spiel Quarters

SKIP
Daniel
Casper

Third
Luc
Violette

Second
Ben
Richardson

Lead
Aidan
Oldenburg

Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN) qualified for the Duluth Cash Spiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-3 against Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB). of the Duluth Cash Spiel in Duluth, Minnesota, United States;

Casper finished 4-0 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Casper defeated Ross Litman (Duluth, MN) 8-4, then won 8-1 against Joe Polo (Duluth, MN) and 6-2 against Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN). Casper won 8-3 against Austin Kadlec (Rice Lake, WI) in their final qualifying round match.

Casper earned 9.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Duluth Cash Spiel, remaining in 21st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 1.125 after improving upon their best so far this season. Casper ranks 22nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 102.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	50	22	0	0.694	9-1	8-2	3-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	519	440	295	8.48	5.68	2.79	5.01	3.89	1.69	1.46	1.10

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	253	324	52	33	9-1	24-1	69-5	1.28	0.21	0.46	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	266	116	243	24	1-3	5-11	19-50	0.44	0.91	0.60	0.31

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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