CHAMPION: Dropkin Wins 2022 Curl Mesabi Classic

Duluth, Minnesota

SKIP
Korey
Dropkin

Third
Andrew
Stopera

Second
Mark
Fenner

Lead
Thomas
Howell

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	11.25
PA/G:	4.79
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.06
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) won 6-4 over Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Classic, held December 16 - 18, 2022 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Dropkin won 10-4 over Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA) in the semifinals of the 2022 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States; and won 7-4 over Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;

Dropkin finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin defeated Sobering 11-2, then won 8-1 against Evan Jensen (Raleigh, NC) and 5-4 against Wesley Wendling (Steven Point, WI). Dropkin won 7-4 against Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curl Mesabi Classic Championship title, Dropkin earned 22.500 world rankings points along with the $8,160CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 11th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 1.5 after improving upon their best so far this season. Dropkin ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 154.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	55	35	0	0.611	8-5	11-10	2-2	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	685	508	452	7.42	6.60	0.82	4.31	4.26	1.72	1.55	1.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	334	381	97	50	14-1	19-4	84-15	1.14	0.29	0.41	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	351	127	355	48	4-12	9-14	15-67	0.36	1.01	0.58	0.23

2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2021: Rich Ruohonen
Rich Ruohonen, Andrew Stopera, Colin Hufman, Kroy Nernberger, Philip Tilker, Pete Annis
Minneapolis, MN
2019: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo
Chaska, USA
2018: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker
Chaska, USA
2017: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker
Seattle, WA
2016: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2015: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner
Duluth, USA
2014: Mike Farbelow
Mike Farbelow, Rich Ruohonen, Kevin Johnson, Dan Ruehl
, MN
2013: Bryan Burgess
Bryan Burgess, Mike Pozihun, Dale Wiersema, Pat Berezowski
, NONT
2012: Tyler George
Christopher Plys, Tyler George, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman
Duluth, MN
2011: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Matt Hamilton, Kroy Nernberger, Derrick Casper
Madison, WI
2010: Jeff Currie
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Thunder Bay, ON
2008: Tyler George
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Duluth, MN
2007: Pete Fenson
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Bemidji, MN

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