 Minnesota's Daniel Casper (Photo: USA Curling) defeated Korea's Jongduk Park 9-1 in their opening game at the Henderson Metal Fall Classic presented by Kioti Tractors of Ontario in Sault Ste. Marie. By Connor Simms, #13 World-Ranked Luc Violette at third, Ben Richardson and Aidan Oldenburg on the front end will be without their skip, Daniel Casper, this weekend as he is with Team Shuster at the Pan Continental Championships. This brings Rich Ruohonen into the lineup; he has been doing a lot of behind-the-scenes work with Casper and is their full-time fifth. Rich slots in throwing lead stones, while skipping the game and the other three will move up one position. This week, they are at the Henderson Metal Fall Classic, presented by Kioti Tractors of Ontario, in Sault Ste. Marie, looking to continue their impressive season. In their opening game, they took on Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR). Casper won the opening game, drawing to the button for the hammer. Casper blanked the first end, got on the board scoring 2 in the second end, then forced Park to a single in the third end. Casper scored 4 in the fourth end to extend the lead to 6-1, then added a steal of 3 in the fifth end for a 9-1 victory. In other draw 1 action, Nathan Young (St.John's, NL) defeated Jordan Chandler (Little Current, NO)10-3, Sandy MacEwen (Sudbury, NO) defeated JC Beecroft (Sault Ste. Marie, NO) 7-6, Michael Fournier (Toronto, ON) defeated Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) 6-0, Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) defeated Alex Champ (Toronto, ON) 10-3 and Reid Carruthers (Winnepeg, MB) defeated Johnathan Beuk (Kingston, ON) 7-4. This week's event features an 18-team, triple-knockout format. Two teams will qualify from the A-side, and three from the B/C-side. The playoffs will then consist of a regular 8-team, single-elimination round. Casper's next game will be against Fournier at 7:00 pm Eastern Time (ET). Catch all of the action live on the CurlingZone YouTube Page. Also, find the linescores on the CurlingZone Website. |
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