Tao Reaches 2024 SGI Canada Best of the West Quarters

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Johnson
Tao

Third
Jaedon
Neuert

Second
Ben
Morin

Lead
Andrew
Nowell

Games:	6
Record:	2W - 4L
PF/G:	6.04
PA/G:	5.21
Hammer Efficiency:	0.11
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the 2024 SGI Canada Best of the West playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-4 against Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK). of the 2024 SGI Canada Best of the West in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Tao finished 2-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tao lost 7-5 to Brett Walter (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 5-1 win over Daymond Bernath (Saskatoon, SK). Tao went on to lose 6-5 against Jared Kolomaya (Richmond, BC). Tao lost 5-4 to Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) where Tao responded with a 6-1 win over Cole Adams (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Tao earned 7.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the SGI Canada Best of the West, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 68th place overall with 46.250 total points. Tao ranks 68th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 46.250 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

2025: Connor Deane
Connor Deane, Matthew McCrady, Josh Miki, Connor Kent
New Westminster, BC
2024: Ryan Wiebe
Ryan Wiebe, Ty Dilello, Sean Flatt, Adam Flatt
Winnipeg, MB
2023: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Glenn Venance, Kurtis Goller
Edmonton, AB
2022: Rylan Kleiter
Rylan Kleiter, Joshua Mattern, Trevor Johnson, Matthieu Taillon, Steve Laycock
Saskatoon, SK

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