Sampson Runner-Up at 2024 Original 16 Mens Cash Spiel

Chaska, Minnesota

SKIP
Ethan
Sampson

Third
Coleman
Thurston

Second
Jacob
Zeman

Lead
Marius
Kleinas

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	9.29
PA/G:	6.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) lost 6-1 to Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon, SK) 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, Sampson won 6-3 over Mark Kean (Woodstock, ON) in the semifinals of the 2024 Original 16 Mens Cash Spiel in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and won 10-3 over Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 Original 16 Mens Cash Spiel in Calgary, Alberta, Canada;

Sampson finished 2-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sampson lost 7-2 to Kean, then responded with a 7-4 win over James Ballance (Okotoks/Edmonton, AB). Sampson won 5-4 against Jared Jenkins (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Original 16 Mens Cash Spiel, Sampson take home 19.250 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN prize. For week 15 of the event schedule, Sampson did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Sampson 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	39	34	0	0.534	8-3	2-4	2-7	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	505	355	306	7.03	6.06	0.97	4.14	3.96	1.70	1.53	1.90

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	257	276	78	43	10-2	20-2	44-14	1.07	0.30	0.35	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	248	79	228	53	6-3	2-17	7-38	0.32	0.92	0.60	0.20

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
Dan Petryk, Steve Petryk, Roland Robinson, Thomas Usselman
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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