CHAMPION: Kalthoff Wins 2024 Original 16 Mens Cash Spiel

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Dustin
Kalthoff

Third
Josh
Heidt

Second
Sam
Wills

Lead
Mat
Ring

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.68
PA/G:	6.04
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon, SK) won 6-1 over Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) in the Final of the Original 16 Mens Cash Spiel, held November 9 - 11, 2024 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kalthoff won 6-3 over Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA) in the semifinals of the 2024 Original 16 Mens Cash Spiel in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and won 5-4 over Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the quarterfinals.

Kalthoff finished 2-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kalthoff lost 9-4 to Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 7-6 win over Kenan Wipf (Calgary, AB). Kalthoff won 10-6 against Dwayne Romanchuk (Airdrie, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Original 16 Mens Cash Spiel Championship title, Kalthoff earned 26.250 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 15 of the event schedule, Kalthoff did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kalthoff ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	34	29	0	0.540	4-2	6-3	2-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	449	331	341	7.37	7.59	-0.22	4.54	4.37	1.62	1.74	1.09

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	233	244	84	31	4-2	16-4	52-15	1.05	0.36	0.36	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	216	87	257	18	2-8	6-22	13-45	0.40	1.19	0.47	0.26

2025: Johnson Tao
Johnson Tao, Kenan Wipf, Ben Morin, Andrew Nowell
Edmonton, AB
2024: Dustin Kalthoff
Dustin Kalthoff, Josh Heidt, Sam Wills, Mat Ring
Saskatoon, SK
2023: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Colton Flasch, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh
Saskatoon, SK
2022: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2021: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jason Ginter, Jordan Tardi , Paul Tardi
Langley, BC
2019: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
Calgary, AB
2018: Ted Appelman
Ted Appelman, Nathan Connolly, Shawn Donnelly, Adam Enright
Edmonton, AB
2017: Kurt Balderston
Kurt Balderston, Terry Meek, Rob Bucholz, Del Shaughnessy
Grande Prairie, AB
2016: Carl deConinck Smith
Carl deConinck Smith, Jeff Sharp, Matt Ryback, Mark Larsen
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Charley Thomas
Charley Thomas, Nathan Connolly, Brandon Klassen, DJ Kidby
Calgary, AB
2014: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, Charley Thomas, Brandon Klassen, DJ Kidby
Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyeon Seong, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Uiseong, KOR
2012: Steve Petryk
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Calgary, AB
2011: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, JD Lind, Dominic Daemen, Matthew Ng
Calgary, AB
2010: Dean Ross
Dean Ross, Don DeLair, Chris Blackwell, Sean Morris
Calgary, AB

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