Tao Runner-Up at 2026 RME New Holland Alberta Summit of Champions presented by Best Western

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Johnson
Tao

Third
Kenan
Wipf

Second
Ben
Morin

Lead
Andrew
Nowell

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	7.36
PA/G:	6.55
Hammer Efficiency:	0.49
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) lost 9-7 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the RME New Holland Alberta Summit of Champions presented by Best Western, held January 5 - 11, 2026 at the Murray Arena in Okotoks, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Tao won 9-6 over Ryan Parent (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2026 RME New Holland Alberta Summit of Champions presented by Best Western in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada;

Tao finished in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the RME New Holland Alberta Summit of Champions presented by Best Western, Tao take home 14.850 world rankings points. Tao move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 11.925 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 39th overall with 96.494 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Tao ranks 37th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 90.713 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	31	14	0	0.689	1-0	2-2	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	342	274	209	8.01	6.11	1.90	4.82	3.74	1.66	1.63	1.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	152	191	33	21	5-0	14-2	37-8	1.26	0.22	0.43	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	190	83	176	28	1-3	3-7	19-45	0.44	0.93	0.49	0.29

2026: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Tyler Tardi, Aaron Sluchinski, Karrick Martin, Mike Libbus, John Dunn
Calgary, AB
2025: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Aaron Sluchinski, Tyler Tardi, Karrick Martin, Mike Libbus, John Dunn
Calgary, AB
2024: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Jeremy Harty, Kerr Drummond, Dylan Webster , Mickey Pendergast
Airdrie, AB
2023: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Tyler Tardi, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Calgary, AB
2022: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, John Morris, B.J. Neufeld, Ben Hebert , John Dunn
Calgary, AB
2020: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2019: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, B.J. Neufeld, Colton Flasch, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2018: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2017: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2016: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2013: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2012: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen, Blake MacDonald
Calgary, AB
2011: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Mark Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Mark Kennedy, Ben Hebert
, AB