Morozumi Reaches 2023 Saville Shootout Quarters

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Yusuke
Morozumi

Third
Yuta
Matsumura

Second
Ryotaro
Shukuya

Lead
Kosuke
Morozumi

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	7.50
PA/G:	5.68
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.33
Force Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Efficiency:	0.48

Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) qualified for the 2023 Saville Shootout playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-5 against Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK). of the 2023 Saville Shootout in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Morozumi finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi defeated Kyler Kleibrink (Langley, BC) 8-4, then won 5-0 against Cole Adams (Calgary, AB). Morozumi went on to lose 7-3 against Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Morozumi responded with a 6-5 win over McEwen. Morozumi won 6-3 against Alex Champ (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Morozumi earned 13.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Saville Shootout. For week 7 of the event schedule, Morozumi did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 27th to 29th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 137.875 total points. Morozumi ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 33.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	55	35	0	0.611	19-7	11-8	6-5	3-1	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	622	532	433	8.55	6.96	1.59	4.86	4.24	1.76	1.64	0.90

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	307	385	107	28	13-3	29-6	76-13	1.25	0.35	0.42	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	315	147	326	28	2-3	11-27	24-67	0.47	1.03	0.50	0.30

2024: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Colton Flasch, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh
Saskatoon, SK
2023: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert , Paul Webster
Calgary, AB
2015: Shaun Meachem
Shaun Meachem, Catlin Schneider, Brady Scharback, Aaron Shutra
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Tom Appelman, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2013: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, David Nedohin, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2012: Jamie King
Jamie King, Blake MacDonald, Scott Pfeifer, Jeff Erickson
Edmonton, AB
2011: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Ted Appelman, Brendan Melnyk
Edmonton, AB
2010: Don Walchuk
Don Walchuk, Chris Schille, DJ Kidby, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2009: Bob Ursel
Jim Cotter, Bob Ursel, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2008: Ted Appelman
Ted Appelman, Tom Appelman, Brandon Klassen, Brendan Melnyk
Edmonton, AB
2007: Pat Simmons
Ted Appelman, Tom Appelman, Brandon Klassen, Brendan Melnyk
Davidson, SK
2006: Robert Schlender
Robert Schlender, Danny Sherrard, Colin Tanton, Jim Bucholz
Edmonton, AB
2004: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB

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