Morozumi Reaches ATB Okotoks Classic Quarters

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Yusuke
Morozumi

Third
Yuta
Matsumura

Second
Ryotaro
Shukuya

Lead
Masaki
Iwai

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	7.68
PA/G:	7.14
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) qualified for the ATB Okotoks Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-0 against John Shuster (Duluth, MN). of the ATB Okotoks Classic in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada;

Morozumi finished 5-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi defeated Kenan Wipf (Calgary, AB) 6-3, then went on to lose 7-4 against Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). Morozumi lost 7-3 to Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) where Morozumi responded with a 9-1 win over Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT). Morozumi won 8-6 against Xiao Ming Xu (BEI JING, CHN), then won 6-4 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) and 7-6 against Tao in their final qualifying round match.

Morozumi earned 16.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the ATB Okotoks Classic. For week 8 of the event schedule, Morozumi did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Morozumi 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

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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