Tao4-3 at 2024 ATB Okotoks Classic

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Johnson
Tao

Third
Jaedon
Neuert

Second
Ben
Morin

Lead
Andrew
Nowell

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	8.08
PA/G:	6.92
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) finished 4-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tao lost 4-2 to Takumi Maeda (Tokoro, JPN), then responded with a 10-8 win over Elliott Mansell (Denver, CO). Tao won 7-3 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN), then won 9-5 against Xiao Ming Xu (BEI JING, CHN). Tao went on to lose 5-3 against Brad Jacobs (Edmonton, AB). Tao responded with a 5-4 win over Jacob Libbus (Black Diamond, AB). Tao went on to lose 7-6 against Morozumi in their final qualifying round match.

Tao earned 8.250 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 8 of the event schedule, Tao did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Tao ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2025: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
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
2022: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2021: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, John Morris, B.J. Neufeld, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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