CHAMPION: Shuster Wins 2012 St. Paul Cash Spiel

Duluth, Minnesota

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Jeff
Isaacson

Second
Jared
Zezel

Lead
John
Landsteiner

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	9.64
PA/G:	5.89
Hammer Efficiency:	0.68
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Efficiency:	0.15

John Shuster (Duluth, MN) won 6-4 over Todd Birr (Mankato, MN) in the Final of the St. Paul Cash Spiel, held October 12 - 14, 2012 at the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, . To advance to the championship game, Shuster won 7-3 over Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, NONT) in the semifinals of the 2012 St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul; and won 6-2 over Ontario's Bryan Burgess in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul;

Shuster finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster lost 9-5 to Minnesota's Eric Fenson, then responded with a 6-4 win over Geoff Goodland (St. Paul, MN). Shuster won 9-5 against Greg Persinger (Fairbanks, AK), then won 8-5 against Jeffrey Erickson (St. Paul, MN) and 7-1 against Evan Workin (Fargo, ND) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the St. Paul Cash Spiel Championship title, Shuster earned 5.000 world rankings points along with the $4,513CDN first prize cheque, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 44th place overall with 30.200 total points. Shuster ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 20.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2023: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2019: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker, Kroy Nernberger
Minneapolis, USA
2018: Andrew Stopera
Andrew Stopera, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Graem Fenson
Chaska, USA
2017: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Rich Ruohonen, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2016: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2015: Todd Birr
Todd Birr, Doug Pottinger, John Benton, Tom O'Connor
, MN
2014: Mike Farbelow
Mike Farbelow, Rich Ruohonen, Kevin Johnson, Dan Ruehl
Blaine, MN
2013: Scott Ramsay
Scott Ramsay, Mark Taylor, Ross McFadyen, Kyle Werenich
Winnipeg, MB
2012: John Shuster
John Shuster, Jeff Isaacson, Jared Zezel, John Landsteiner
Duluth, MN
2011: Tyler George
Tyler George, Christopher Plys, Rich Ruohonen, Aanders Brorson
Duluth, MN
2010: Tyler George
Tyler George, Christopher Plys, Rich Ruohonen, Phill Drobnick
Duluth, MN
2009: Mike Pozihun
Mike Pozihun, Deron Surkan, Andy Peloza, Aaron Rogalski
Thunder Bay, ON
2008: Pete Fenson
Mike Pozihun, Deron Surkan, Andy Peloza, Aaron Rogalski
Bemidji, MN
2007: Craig Disher
Mike Pozihun, Deron Surkan, Andy Peloza, Aaron Rogalski
Rolla, ND
2006: Bryan Burgess
Bryan Burgess, Robin Champagne, Dale Wiersema, Gary Champagne
Thunder Bay, ON
2005: Paul Pustovar
Paul Pustovar, Greg Wilson, Patrick Roe, Richard Maskel
Hibbing, MN
2004: Howard Restall
Howard Restall, Matt Wozniak, Alan Purdy, Fraser Koch
Winnipeg, MB
2003: Paul Pustovar
Paul Pustovar, Mike Fraboni, Geoff Goodland, Richard Maskel
Hibbing, MN
2002: Dave Smith
Dave Smith
, MB
2001: Paul Pustovar
Paul Pustovar
, USA
2000: Craig Brown
Paul Pustovar
Madison, WI
1999: Tim Somerville
Tim Somerville, Mike Schneeberger, Travis Way, John Gordon
Minneapolis, MN
1998: Bruce Melville
Bruce Melville, Rob Sinclair, Dale Wiersema, Larry Rathje
Thunder Bay, ON
1994: Steve Brown
Paul Pustovar, Dave Violette, Richard Maskel, Steve Brown
Madison, WI

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