Abe2-2 at 2016 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Shinya
Abe

Third
Yuta
Matsumura

Second
Yuki
Hayashi

Lead
Hiroshi
Sato

Games:	4
Record:	2W - 2L
PF/G:	7.10
PA/G:	4.84
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.82
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) finished 2-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Abe lost 4-2 to Manitoba's William Lyburn, then responded with a 10-3 win over Arizona's Daryl Horsman. Abe won 5-2 against Brady Clark (Seattle, WA). Abe went on to lose 6-5 against Manitoba's Mike McEwen in their final qualifying round match.

Abe earned 1.776 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 8 spots the World Ranking Standings into 203rd place overall with 14.040 total points. Abe ranks 306th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.040 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

2025: John Epping
John Epping, Jake Horgan, Tanner Horgan, Ian McMillan
Toronto, ON
2024: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Glenn Venance, Kurtis Goller
Edmonton, AB
2023: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Kurtis Goller, Glenn Venance, JD Lind
Edmonton, AB
2020: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Reid Carruthers
Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Pat Simmons, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
, MB
2017: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
, AB

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