Ruohonen Runner-Up at 2020 USA Curling National Championship

SKIP
Rich
Ruohonen

Third
Greg
Persinger

Second
Colin
Hufman

Lead
Philip
Tilker

Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA) lost 8-6 to John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in the Final of the USA Curling National Championship, held February 8 - 15, 2020 in Spokane, Washington. To advance to the championship game, Ruohonen won 9-5 over Chase Sinnett (Medfield, MA) in the semifinals of the 2020 USA Curling National Championship in Spokane, Washington;

Ruohonen finished 7-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen defeated Jed Brundidge (West St. Paul, MN) 12-1, then won 9-5 against Kyle Kakela (Rolla, ND). Ruohonen went on to lose 7-4 against Shuster. Ruohonen responded with a 7-1 win over Dominik Maerki (Chaska, MN). Ruohonen won 7-1 against Sinnett. Ruohonen went on to lose 5-4 against Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA). Ruohonen responded with a 7-4 win over Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA). Ruohonen won 8-4 against Todd Birr (Ham Lake, MN), then won 11-10 against Steven Birklid (Mountlake Terrace, WA) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA Curling National Championship, Ruohonen take home 34.234 world rankings points. Ruohonen move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 15.713 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 15th overall with 207.626 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ruohonen ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 207.626 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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