Event History
2026 St. Paul Cash Spiel
Champions, results and the event by the numbers.
Men's champion
John Shuster
- 1John Shuster$9,000
- 2Jace Freeman$6,000
- 3Felix Asselin$2,500
- 3Tim Hodek$2,500
- 5Danny Casper$1,250
- 5Scott Dunnam$1,250
- 5Caden Hebert$1,250
- 5Kevin Tuma$1,250
John Shuster won the spiel for the second time, fourteen years after his first title in 2012. It was his tenth appearance here. The round robin couldn't separate the top of the field: five teams went 4–0 (Hodek, Hebert, Freeman, Shuster and Casper), and Shuster went into the playoffs as the fourth seed.
- Quarterfinal: 5–3 over Danny Casper
- Semifinal: 7–1 over top seed Tim Hodek, in four ends
- Final: 4–2 over Jace Freeman
Freeman reached the final at his first spiel here, beating Scott Dunnam 8–7 and Felix Asselin 8–6. Andrew Stopera added a second title to the one he won in 2018. It was the first for Mark Fenner and Lance Wheeler.
Purse $25,000
Women's champion
Anne O'Hara
- 1Anne O'Hara$7,000
- 2Satsuki Fujisawa$4,500
- 3Serena Gray-Withers$2,100
- 3Christine McMakin$2,100
- 5Cora Farrell$1,250
- 5Bella Hagenbuch$1,250
- 5Allory Johnson$1,250
- 5Julia Pekowitz$1,250
Anne O'Hara won her first title here, at her sixth spiel. It was a first for the whole team: Anya Normandeau, Sydney Mullaney and Ella Fleming. They were one of seven teams to finish the round robin 3–1, and went into the playoffs as the sixth seed.
- Quarterfinal: 8–2 over Bella Hagenbuch
- Semifinal: 9–4 over Christine McMakin
- Final: 6–4 over Satsuki Fujisawa
Fujisawa's team, at their first spiel here, was the only women's team to go through the round robin unbeaten. They beat Cora Farrell 7–4 and Serena Gray-Withers 5–2 on the way to the final.
Purse $20,700
By the numbers
The field
- Teams
- 44
- Countries
- 3
- States & provinces
- 19
- Curlers
- 178
- Back again
- 94
- played here before
- First spiel here
- 84
On the ice
End-by-end scores from
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Men's
- Games
- 55
- 549 points scored
- Best round robin
- 4–0
- Team Hodek, Team Hebert, Team Freeman, Team Shuster, Team Casper
- Biggest win
- 14–1
- Team McMullin over Team Traaseth, Draw 2
- Most points in a game
- 17
- Team Strack 10–7 Team Carlson
- Ends played
- 341
- 20 blanked
- Steals
- 125
- 39% of scoring ends
- Hammer for 2 or more
- 30%
- of scoring ends
- Biggest end
- 7
- Carson McMullin v Jonah Traaseth, end 4
- Extra ends
- 0
- games went past 8
- Best draw to the button · round robin
- On the pin
- 11 throws: Team Asselin, Team Dunnam, Team Freeman, Team Hebert, Team Hodek, Team LeClair, Team Mansell, Team McMullin, Team Randall, Team Rose, Team Strack
- Best DSC
- 0.83 in
- Team Dunnam, Team Hodek, average of their LSDs
Women's
- Games
- 47
- 515 points scored
- Best round robin
- 4–0
- Team Fujisawa
- Biggest win
- 10–1
- Team Hagenbuch over Team Pekowitz, Draw 5
- Most points in a game
- 20
- Team Pekowitz 13–7 Team Rhyme
- Ends played
- 322
- 28 blanked
- Steals
- 122
- 41% of scoring ends
- Hammer for 2 or more
- 32%
- of scoring ends
- Biggest end
- 6
- Anne O'Hara v Vicky Persinger, end 2
- Extra ends
- 5
- games went past 8
- Best draw to the button · round robin
- On the pin
- 8 throws: Team McMakin 3, Team Berg, Team Hagenbuch, Team O'Hara, Team Pekowitz, Team Segovia
- Best DSC
- 0.00 in
- Team McMakin, average of their LSDs
The ice, sheet by sheet
How each sheet is playing, both divisions together: the ice is the same ice. Read each sheet against the all-sheets figure. Scoring and margin use every finished game; the end-by-end numbers need CurlingZone’s line score, and a note below says when a sheet is missing one.
- Sheet 112 games
- Avg points
- 9.8all 10.4
- Avg margin
- 4.4all 4.0
- Avg ends
- 6.3all 6.5
- Hammer won
- 33%all 46%
- Steals
- 46%all 37%
- Blank ends
- 8%all 7%
- 1st end scored
- 67%all 75%
- Extra ends
- 8%all 5%
- Red win %
- 42%all 53%
- Yellow win %
- 58%all 47%
- Sheet 212 games
- Avg points
- 9.8all 10.4
- Avg margin
- 3.7all 4.0
- Avg ends
- 6.8all 6.5
- Hammer won
- 42%all 46%
- Steals
- 32%all 37%
- Blank ends
- 11%all 7%
- 1st end scored
- 58%all 75%
- Extra ends
- 0%all 5%
- Red win %
- 42%all 53%
- Yellow win %
- 58%all 47%
- Sheet 313 games
- Avg points
- 10.8all 10.4
- Avg margin
- 3.4all 4.0
- Avg ends
- 5.9all 6.5
- Hammer won
- 46%all 46%
- Steals
- 39%all 37%
- Blank ends
- 4%all 7%
- 1st end scored
- 77%all 75%
- Extra ends
- 0%all 5%
- Red win %
- 69%all 53%
- Yellow win %
- 31%all 47%
- Sheet 414 games
- Avg points
- 11.3all 10.4
- Avg margin
- 4.1all 4.0
- Avg ends
- 6.8all 6.5
- Hammer won
- 43%all 46%
- Steals
- 27%all 37%
- Blank ends
- 7%all 7%
- 1st end scored
- 64%all 75%
- Extra ends
- 7%all 5%
- Red win %
- 29%all 53%
- Yellow win %
- 71%all 47%
- Sheet 514 games
- Avg points
- 10.2all 10.4
- Avg margin
- 3.9all 4.0
- Avg ends
- 6.8all 6.5
- Hammer won
- 29%all 46%
- Steals
- 36%all 37%
- Blank ends
- 11%all 7%
- 1st end scored
- 79%all 75%
- Extra ends
- 7%all 5%
- Red win %
- 64%all 53%
- Yellow win %
- 36%all 47%
- Sheet 613 games
- Avg points
- 11.5all 10.4
- Avg margin
- 3.9all 4.0
- Avg ends
- 6.8all 6.5
- Hammer won
- 38%all 46%
- Steals
- 35%all 37%
- Blank ends
- 6%all 7%
- 1st end scored
- 77%all 75%
- Extra ends
- 8%all 5%
- Red win %
- 54%all 53%
- Yellow win %
- 46%all 47%
- Sheet 712 games
- Avg points
- 10.3all 10.4
- Avg margin
- 3.2all 4.0
- Avg ends
- 6.8all 6.5
- Hammer won
- 75%all 46%
- Steals
- 41%all 37%
- Blank ends
- 2%all 7%
- 1st end scored
- 100%all 75%
- Extra ends
- 8%all 5%
- Red win %
- 67%all 53%
- Yellow win %
- 33%all 47%
- Sheet 812 games
- Avg points
- 9.6all 10.4
- Avg margin
- 5.6all 4.0
- Avg ends
- 5.7all 6.5
- Hammer won
- 67%all 46%
- Steals
- 46%all 37%
- Blank ends
- 9%all 7%
- 1st end scored
- 83%all 75%
- Extra ends
- 0%all 5%
- Red win %
- 58%all 53%
- Yellow win %
- 42%all 47%
| Sheet | Games | Avg points | Avg margin | Avg ends | Hammer won | Steals | Blank ends | 1st end scored | Extra ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 9.8 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 33% (4/12) | 46% (35/76) | 8% (6/76) | 67% (8/12) | 8% (1/12) |
| 2 | 12 | 9.8 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 42% (5/12) | 32% (26/81) | 11% (9/81) | 58% (7/12) | 0% (0/12) |
| 3 | 13 | 10.8 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 46% (6/13) | 39% (30/77) | 4% (3/77) | 77% (10/13) | 0% (0/13) |
| 4 | 14 | 11.3 | 4.1 | 6.8 | 43% (6/14) | 27% (26/95) | 7% (7/95) | 64% (9/14) | 7% (1/14) |
| 5 | 14 | 10.2 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 29% (4/14) | 36% (34/95) | 11% (10/95) | 79% (11/14) | 7% (1/14) |
| 6 | 13 | 11.5 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 38% (5/13) | 35% (31/89) | 6% (5/89) | 77% (10/13) | 8% (1/13) |
| 7 | 12 | 10.3 | 3.2 | 6.8 | 75% (9/12) | 41% (34/82) | 2% (2/82) | 100% (12/12) | 8% (1/12) |
| 8 | 12 | 9.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 67% (8/12) | 46% (31/68) | 9% (6/68) | 83% (10/12) | 0% (0/12) |
| All sheets | 102 | 10.4 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 46% (47/102) | 37% (247/663) | 7% (48/663) | 75% (77/102) | 5% (5/102) |
Stone colour by sheet
| Sheet | Games | Red won | Yellow won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 42% (5 of 12) | 58% (7 of 12) |
| 2 | 12 | 42% (5 of 12) | 58% (7 of 12) |
| 3 | 13 | 69% (9 of 13) | 31% (4 of 13) |
| 4 | 14 | 29% (4 of 14) | 71% (10 of 14) |
| 5 | 14 | 64% (9 of 14) | 36% (5 of 14) |
| 6 | 13 | 54% (7 of 13) | 46% (6 of 13) |
| 7 | 12 | 67% (8 of 12) | 33% (4 of 12) |
| 8 | 12 | 58% (7 of 12) | 42% (5 of 12) |
| All sheets | 102 | 53% (54 of 102) | 47% (48 of 102) |
How long it took
- Typical game
- 2h 12m
- every game, including those that ended early
- Quickest
- 50m
- Team Traaseth v Team Asselin, 3 ends
- Longest
- 3h 08m
- Team Cousins v Team Rhyme, 9 ends
- Typical full game
- 2h 30m
- 32 games went the distance
- Ended early
- 65 of 97
- shook hands before the last end
- Per end
- 18.8m
Estimated from the posted start to when each final score came in, over 97 games.
On the stream
- Games streamed
- 102
- Views
- 118,267
- live and replay, on both channels
- Women's games
- 81,192
- 47 streams
- Men's games
- 37,075
- 55 streams
- Most watched
- 10,933
- Team Fujisawa v Team O'Hara, Final
- 10,341Team Fujisawa v Team Farrell, Quarterfinal
- 8,822Team Fujisawa v Team Segovia, Draw 9
Views per stream, by round
- Round robin87288 streams
- Quarterfinal2,3238 streams
- Semifinal1,9804 streams
- Final7,5322 streams