Tao Reaches 2023 Saville Grand Prix Quarters

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Johnson
Tao

Third
Jaedon
Neuert

Second
Ben
Morin

Lead
Andrew
Nowell

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	7.78
PA/G:	5.28
Hammer Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.22
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the 2023 Saville Grand Prix playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-4 against Jacob Libbus (Okotoks, AB). of the 2023 Saville Grand Prix in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Tao finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tao defeated Tyler Pfeiffer (Edmonton, AB) 7-2, then won 7-1 against Ryan Parent (Calgary, AB) and 6-5 against Danny Sherrard (Edmonton, AB). Tao went on to lose 5-4 against Scott Webb (Grande Prairie, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Tao earned 1.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Saville Grand Prix, dropping 2 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 52nd place overall with 66.524 total points. Tao ranks 52nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 26.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	25	19	0	0.568	6-2	3-2	0-2	1-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	354	261	207	7.37	5.85	1.53	4.55	3.67	1.62	1.59	1.78

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	163	181	42	22	3-0	10-1	42-7	1.11	0.26	0.39	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	191	80	165	41	1-2	6-9	12-42	0.42	0.86	0.45	0.28

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