Bronze for Kanai at 2022 Kanto Curling Championships

Kanagawa, Japan

SKIP
Ken
Kanai

Third
Ryo
Yoshihara

Second
Tatsuya
Sumino

Lead
Tsutomu
Asano

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	8.11
PA/G:	7.30
Hammer Efficiency:	0.28
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.41

Ken Kanai (Kanagawa, JPN) won 7-6 over Ryo Ogihara (Tokyo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Kanto Curling Championships in Kanto, Japan. of the 2022 Kanto Curling Championships in Kanto, Japan; Ken Kanai (Kanagawa, JPN) won 7-6 over Ryo Ogihara (Tokyo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Kanto Curling Championships in Kanto, Japan. Kanai lost 11-5 to Kota Onodera (Tokyo, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2022 Kanto Curling Championships in Kanto, Japan;

Kanai finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kanai defeated Japan's Hideyuki Sekiwa 8-2, then won 5-2 against Ogihara. Kanai went on to lose 6-5 against Ryutaro Tani (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the Kanto Curling Championships, Kanai earn 2.550 world rankings points, moving up 134 spots the World Ranking Standings into 300th place overall with 2.733 total points. Kanai ranks 256th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.550 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

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