Tao2-3 at 2023 HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Johnson
Tao

Third
Jaedon
Neuert

Second
Ben
Morin

Lead
Andrew
Nowell

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	6.47
PA/G:	7.94
Hammer Efficiency:	0.14
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.22
Steal Efficiency:	0.41

Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tao lost 7-4 to Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER), then responded with a 7-3 win over Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL). Tao won 5-3 against Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Tao went on to lose 7-0 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Tao lost 7-6 to Yanagisawa in their final qualifying round match.

Tao earned 4.125 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 47th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 87.688 total points. Tao ranks 33rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 23.250 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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