Japan's Masaki Ishikawa Reaches 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships Semifinals

Fourth
Kennji
Takamatu

Third
Takanori
Hirano

SKIP
Masaki
Ishikawa

Lead
Yutaro
Kasai

Japan's Masaki Ishikawa run at the 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-3 loss to Go Aoki (Sapporo, JPN). of the 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships in Hokkaido, Japan;

Japan's Masaki Ishikawa finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Masaki Ishikawa defeated Japan's Harunobu Kawahira 9-6, then won 6-1 against Japan's Naoki Kanazawa and 5-4 against Aoki. Japan's Masaki Ishikawa went on to lose 7-5 against Japan's Yuya Takigahira. Japan's Masaki Ishikawa responded with a 4-3 win over Japan's Kohsuke Hirata. Japan's Masaki Ishikawa won 9-3 against Japan's Ryouichi Saitou. Japan's Masaki Ishikawa went on to lose 6-5 against Japan's Toa Nakahara in their final qualifying round match.

Japan's Masaki Ishikawa earned 2.550 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Hokkaido Curling Championships, moving up 109 spots the World Ranking Standings into 283rd place overall with 3.271 total points. Japan's Masaki Ishikawa ranks 255th 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
2022	5	4	0	0.556	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	72	49	43	6.81	5.97	0.83	4.44	4.17	1.53	1.43	1.39

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	39	34	9	7	0-0	3-0	5-0	0.87	0.23	0.25	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	33	15	34	3	1-0	0-2	2-9	0.45	1.03	0.48	0.27

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