CHAMPION: Stopera Wins 2018 Let's Cure Lupus St. Paul Cash Spiel

Chaska, United States

SKIP
Andrew
Stopera

Third
Luc
Violette

Second
Ben
Richardson

Lead
Graem
Fenson

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.08
PA/G:	4.62
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Andrew Stopera (Chaska, USA) won 6-1 over Mark Fenner (Chaska, USA) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Stopera won 9-7 over Todd Birr () in the semifinals of the 2018 Let's Cure Lupus St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States; and won 6-3 over Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, USA) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Let's Cure Lupus St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States;

Stopera finished 3-1 in the 20 team Let's Cure Lupus St. Paul Cash Spiel qualifying round, held October 5 - 7, 2018 at the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, United States. In their opening game, Stopera defeated Dale Gibbs (St. Paul, MN) 7-4, then won 8-3 against Bob Leclair (). Stopera went on to lose 5-2 against Chase Sinnett (Chaska, USA). Stopera responded with a 4-1 win over Craig Brown (Madison , WI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Let's Cure Lupus St. Paul Cash Spiel Championship title, Stopera earned 22.372 world rankings points along with the $5,184CDN first prize cheque. Stopera move up 15 spots after posting a net gain of 17.617 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 49th overall with 77.801 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Stopera ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 35.004 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	6	1	0	0.857	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	52	42	24	8.08	4.62	3.46	5.00	3.27	1.62	1.41	1.73

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	24	26	4	6	1-0	2-0	5-0	1.08	0.17	0.44	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	28	16	20	3	0-0	1-1	2-5	0.57	0.71	0.54	0.43

2019: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Phil 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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