title: 2012 St. Paul Cash Spiel
text: # 2012 St. Paul Cash Spiel
  
  The 2012 St. Paul Cash Spiel was held from October 12 to 14 at the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, Minnesota as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a round robin format, and the purses for the men's and women's events were USD$16,000 and USD$7,200, respectively. In the men's final, John Shuster defeated Todd Birr with a score of 6–4 to win his second World Curling Tour title as skip, while Patti Lank defeated Margie Smith in the women's final with a score of 7–2 to claim her second consecutive title at the St. Paul Cash Spiel.
  
  ## Men
  
  ### Teams
  
  The teams are listed as follows:
  
  | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Kent Beadle | Randy Cumming | Vince Bernet | John Ustice | St. Paul, Minnesota |
  | Ryan Berg | Al Gulseth | Mark Gulseth | Jordan Brown | West Fargo, North Dakota |
  | Todd Birr | Doug Pottinger | Tom O'Connor | Kevin Birr | Mankato, Minnesota |
  | Trevor Bonot | Allen Macsemchuk | Chris Briand | Tim Jewett | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
  | Bryan Burgess | Mike Pozihun | Dale Weirsema | Pat Berezoski | Ontario |
  | Jeffrey Erickson | Lionel Locke | Merlin Orvig | John Krenz | St. Paul, Minnesota |
  | Mike Farbelow | Kevin Deeren | Kraig Deeren | Mark Lazar | St. Paul, Minnesota |
  | Eric Fenson | Trevor Andrews | Blake Morton | Calvin Weber | Bemidji, Minnesota |
  | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Ryan Brunt | Bemidji, Minnesota |
  | Christopher Plys (fourth) | Tyler George (skip) | Rich Ruohonen | Colin Hufman | Duluth, Minnesota |
  | Dale Gibbs | William Raymond | James Honsvall | Perry Tholl | St. Paul, Minnesota |
  | Geoff Goodland | Tim Solin | Pete Westberg | Ken Olson | St. Paul, Minnesota |
  | Evan Jensen | Daniel Metcalf | Dan Ruehl | Steve Gebauer | St. Paul, Minnesota |
  | Dylan Johnston | Cody Johnston | Travis Showalter | Jay Turner | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
  | Andy Jukich | Lyle Sige | Matt Zyblut | Duane Rutan | Duluth, Minnesota |
  | Ryan Lemke | Nathan Gebert | John Lilla | Casey Konopacky | Medford, Wisconsin |
  | Justin McBride | Ryan Harty | Mark Piskura | Joel Calhoun | Orange County, California |
  | Ethan Meyers | Kyle Kakela | Trevor Host | Cameron Ross | Duluth, Minnesota |
  | Matt Mielke | Alex Leichter | Nate Clark | Stephen Dropkin | Boston, Massachusetts |
  | Kris Perkovich | Aaron Wald | Kevin Johnson | Taylor Skalsky | Chisholm, Minnesota |
  | Greg Persinger | Nick Myers | Sean Murray | Tim Gartner | Fairbanks, Alaska |
  | Jeff Puleo | Derek Surka | Joel Cooper | Cooper Smith | Forest Lake, Minnesota |
  | John Shuster | Jeff Isaacson | Jared Zezel | John Landsteiner | Duluth, Minnesota |
  | Evan Workin | Parker Shook | Cole Jaeger | Spencer Tuskowski | Fargo, North Dakota |
  
  ### Round-robin standings
  
  Final round-robin standings
  
  Key :
  
  * Teams to Playoffs
  
  | Pool A | W | L |
  | - | - | - |
  | Dylan Johnston | 4 | 1 |
  | Pete Fenson | 4 | 1 |
  | Andy Jukich | 3 | 2 |
  | Ryan Lemke | 3 | 2 |
  | Matt Mielke | 1 | 4 |
  | Justin McBride | 0 | 5 |
  | Pool B | W | L |
  | John Shuster | 4 | 1 |
  | Geoff Goodland | 4 | 1 |
  | Eric Fenson | 3 | 2 |
  | Greg Persinger | 3 | 2 |
  | Jeffrey Erickson | 1 | 4 |
  | Evan Workin | 0 | 5 |
  | Pool C | W | L |
  | Todd Birr | 5 | 0 |
  | Kris Perkovich | 3 | 2 |
  | Trevor Bonot | 3 | 2 |
  | Mike Farbelow | 2 | 3 |
  | Dale Gibbs | 1 | 4 |
  | Jeff Puleo | 1 | 4 |
  | Pool D | W | L |
  | Tyler George | 5 | 0 |
  | Bryan Burgess | 4 | 1 |
  | Ethan Meyers | 3 | 2 |
  | Evan Jensen | 2 | 3 |
  | Kent Beadle | 1 | 4 |
  | Ryan Berg | 0 | 5 |
  
  ### Playoffs
  
  | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Dylan Johnston | Dylan Johnston | 9 | | | | | | |
  | Kris Perkovich | Kris Perkovich | 3 | | | | | | |
  | Kris Perkovich | Kris Perkovich | 3 | Dylan Johnston | Dylan Johnston | 3 | | | |
  | | | | John Shuster | John Shuster | 7 | | | |
  | John Shuster | John Shuster | 6 | John Shuster | John Shuster | 7 | | | |
  | Bryan Burgess | Bryan Burgess | 2 | | | | | | |
  | Bryan Burgess | Bryan Burgess | 2 | | | | John Shuster | John Shuster | 6 |
  | | | | | | | Todd Birr | Todd Birr | 4 |
  | Tyler George | Tyler George | 7 | | | | | | | Todd Birr | Todd Birr | 4 |
  | Pete Fenson | Pete Fenson | 2 | | | | | | |
  | Pete Fenson | Pete Fenson | 2 | Tyler George | Tyler George | 4 | | | |
  | | | | Todd Birr | Todd Birr | 6 | | | |
  | Todd Birr | Todd Birr | 7 | Todd Birr | Todd Birr | 6 | | | |
  | Geoff Goodland | Geoff Goodland | 3 | | | | | | |
  
  ## Women
  
  ### Teams
  
  The teams are listed as follows:
  
  | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Alexandra Carlson | Monica Walker | Kendall Moulton | Jordan Moulton | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
  | Cory Christensen | Rebecca Funk | Anna Bauman | Sonja Bauman | Duluth, Minnesota |
  | Gabrielle Coleman | Britt Rjanikov | Ann Drummie | Mary Shields | San Francisco, California |
  | Brigid Ellig | Heather Van Sistine | Sara Shuster | Julia Boles | St. Paul, Minnesota |
  | Rebecca Hamilton | Molly Bonner | Tara Peterson | Sophie Brorson | Madison, Wisconsin |
  | Shelly Kinney | Amy Lou Anderson | Theresa Hoffoss | Julie Smith | Minnesota |
  | Patti Lank | Mackenzie Lank | Nina Spatola | Caitlin Maroldo | Lewiston, New York |
  | Charrissa Lin | Sherri Schummer | Emilia Juocys | Senja Lopac | New Haven, Connecticut |
  | Joyance Meechai | Casey Cucchiarelli | Jen Cahak | Courtney Shaw | New York, New York |
  | Cassandra Potter | Jamie Haskell | Jackie Lemke | Steph Sambor | St. Paul, Minnesota |
  | Margie Smith | Norma O'Leary | Debbie Dexter | Shelly Kosal | St. Paul, Minnesota |
  | Miranda Solem | Vicky Persenger | Karlie Koenig | Chelsea Solem | Cohasset, Minnesota |
  
  ### Round-robin standings
  
  Final round-robin standings
  
  Key :
  
  * Teams to Playoffs
  * Teams to Tiebreaker
  
  | Pool A | W | L |
  | - | - | - |
  | Cassandra Potter | 4 | 1 |
  | Margie Smith | 3 | 2 |
  | Alexandra Carlson | 3 | 2 |
  | Shelly Kinney | 3 | 2 |
  | Cory Christensen | 2 | 3 |
  | Joyance Meechai | 0 | 5 |
  | Pool B | W | L |
  | Rebecca Hamilton | 4 | 1 |
  | Patti Lank | 4 | 1 |
  | Miranda Solem | 4 | 1 |
  | Charrissa Lin | 2 | 3 |
  | Gabrielle Coleman | 1 | 4 |
  | Brigid Ellig | 0 | 5 |
  
  ### Tiebreaker
  
  | Team | Final |
  | - | - |
  | Patti Lank | 7 |
  | Miranda Solem | 3 |
  
  ### Playoffs
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Rebecca Hamilton | 5 | | | |
  | 4 | Margie Smith | 6 | | | |
  | 4 | Margie Smith | 6 | Margie Smith | Margie Smith | 2 |
  | | | | Patti Lank | Patti Lank | 7 |
  | 3 | Cassandra Potter | 3 | Patti Lank | Patti Lank | 7 |
  | 2 | Patti Lank | 4 | | | |
  