Maeda Reaches 2023 ATB Okotoks Classic Quarters

SKIP
Takumi
Maeda

Third
Uryu
Kamikawa

Second
Hiroki
Maeda

Lead
Asei
Nakahara

Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) qualified for the 2023 ATB Okotoks Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-3 against Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK). of the 2023 ATB Okotoks Classic in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada;

Maeda finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Maeda defeated Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) 3-2, then won 6-4 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) and 6-4 against McEwen in their final qualifying round match.

Maeda earned 18.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the ATB Okotoks Classic. Maeda move up 14 spots after posting a net gain of 10.5 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 76th overall with 55.500 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Maeda ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 33.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	38	18	0	0.679	14-5	4-5	2-2	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	400	359	254	8.98	6.35	2.63	4.88	4.00	1.84	1.59	1.13

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	196	248	75	25	10-1	23-4	44-10	1.27	0.38	0.45	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	204	111	179	20	1-4	8-12	16-34	0.54	0.88	0.54	0.37

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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