Maeda Reaches ATB Okotoks Classic Quarters

Tokoro, Japan

SKIP
Takumi
Maeda

Third
Asei
Nakahara

Second
Hiroki
Maeda

Lead
Uryu
Kamikawa

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	8.30
PA/G:	6.98
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Takumi Maeda (Tokoro, JPN) qualified for the ATB Okotoks Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-5 against Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK).

Maeda finished 5-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Maeda defeated Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) 4-2, then went on to lose 7-3 against McEwen. Maeda responded with a 8-5 win over Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL). Maeda went on to lose 5-2 against Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK). Maeda responded with a 6-4 win over Sixten Totzek (Fuessen, GER). Maeda won 7-4 against Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN), then won 9-4 against Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) in their final qualifying round match.

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