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

Fourth
Tetsuro
Shimizu

SKIP
Shinya
Abe

Second
Haruto
Ouchi

Lead
Hayato
Sato

Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) run at the 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 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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