HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major: Johnson Tao vs. Riku Yanagisawa

Draw Sep 16 - 12:00 pm		HMR	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Score
	Johnson Tao Edmonton, AB		0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	5
	Riku Yanagisawa Karuizawa, JPN		0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3

Skip:

Johnson
Tao

Third:

Jaedon
Neuert

Second:

Ben
Morin

Lead:

Andrew
Nowell

Skip:

Riku
Yanagisawa

Third:

Tsuyoshi
Yamaguchi

Second:

Takeru
Yamamoto

Lead:

Satoshi
Koizumi

Johnson Tao

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
Extra Ends:	0W - 0L
One-Point Games:	0W - 1L
PF/G:	6.47
PA/G:	7.94
Hammer Efficiency:	0.14
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.22
Steal Efficiency:	0.41

Riku Yanagisawa

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
Extra Ends:	0W - 0L
One-Point Games:	1W - 1L
PF/G:	7.29
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Johnson Tao

Games:	44
Record:	25W - 19L
Extra Ends:	1W - 1L
One-Point Games:	0W - 2L
PF/G:	7.37
PA/G:	5.85
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Riku Yanagisawa

Games:	86
Record:	49W - 37L
Extra Ends:	3W - 1L
One-Point Games:	8W - 8L
PF/G:	7.78
PA/G:	5.92
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Johnson Tao

HIGH END SCORE: HAMMER
> 5 in 5th End vs. Zach Davies (Sep 9, 2023)

HIGH END SCORE: STEAL
> 4 in 3rd End vs. Zach Davies (Sep 9, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: HAMMER
> 6 in 5th End vs. Ryan Jacques (Oct 8, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: STEAL
> 3 in 1st End vs. Yusuke Morozumi (Sep 16, 2023)

Riku Yanagisawa

HIGH END SCORE: HAMMER
> 5 in 7th End vs. Shinya Abe (Aug 10, 2023)
> 5 in 5th End vs. Jongduk Park (Aug 5, 2023)

HIGH END SCORE: STEAL
> 6 in 3rd End vs. Takumi Maeda (Aug 11, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: HAMMER
> 4 in 4th End vs. Jay Merchant (Oct 30, 2023)
> 4 in 7th End vs. Michael Brunner (Sep 21, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: STEAL
> 3 in 2nd End vs. Johnson Tao (Sep 17, 2023)

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