Abe Reaches 2025 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen Semifinals

Sapporo, Japan

Fourth
Tetsuro
Shimizu

SKIP
Shinya
Abe

Second
Haruto
Ouchi

Lead
Hayato
Sato

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	5.64
Hammer Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.48

Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) run at the 2025 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-2 loss to John Epping (Toronto, ON). of the 2025 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen in Tempe, Arizona, United States; Abe advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-1 win over Cole Adams (Calgary, AB).

Abe finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Abe defeated Jasmin Gibeau (Montreal, MTL) 8-2, then won 7-6 against Jordan Peters (Winnipeg, MB) and 7-1 against Chase Sinnett (Minneapolis, MN). Abe won 6-3 against Elliott Mansell (Denver, CO), then won 4-0 against Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Abe earned 17.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen. Abe move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 6.375 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 20th overall with 152.922 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Abe ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 133.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	49	20	0	0.710	6-3	6-1	3-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	511	400	311	7.83	6.09	1.74	4.66	3.99	1.68	1.52	1.35

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	258	305	59	39	6-1	25-1	64-7	1.18	0.23	0.43	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	253	95	252	30	0-5	4-13	21-50	0.38	1.00	0.57	0.26

2025: John Epping
John Epping, Jake Horgan, Tanner Horgan, Ian McMillan
Toronto, ON
2024: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Glenn Venance, Kurtis Goller
Edmonton, AB
2023: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Kurtis Goller, Glenn Venance, JD Lind
Edmonton, AB
2020: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Reid Carruthers
Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Pat Simmons, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
, MB
2017: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
, AB

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