Sato Finishes Fourth at 2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic

Sapporo, Japan

Fourth
Go
Aoki

SKIP
Hayato
Sato

Second
Koki
Ogiwara

Lead
Kazushi
Niino

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	9.12
PA/G:	7.06
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.22
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN) lost 5-4 to Yeong Seok Jeong (Gangwo, KOR) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan. of the 2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan; Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN) lost 5-4 to Yeong Seok Jeong (Gangwo, KOR) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan. Sato lost 10-1 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan;

Sato finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sato defeated Jeong 8-2, then won 10-2 against Japan's Masaki Ishikawa and 8-5 against Takumi Maeda (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic, Sato take home 6.000 world rankings points. Sato gained 12.994 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 142 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 142ndplace overall with 12.994 total points. Sato ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	35	23	0	0.603	9-3	7-3	1-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	429	318	268	7.41	6.25	1.17	4.06	4.06	1.83	1.54	1.89

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	207	237	61	38	11-0	15-3	43-11	1.14	0.29	0.41	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	222	81	207	43	3-2	5-13	13-44	0.36	0.93	0.55	0.22

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