Tao Reaches 2023 Saville Shootout Semifinals

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Johnson
Tao

Third
Jaedon
Neuert

Second
Ben
Morin

Lead
Andrew
Nowell

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	8.43
PA/G:	6.08
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) run at the 2023 Saville Shootout came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-3 loss to Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB). of the 2023 Saville Shootout in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Tao advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-5 win over Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB).

Tao finished 3-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tao lost 5-3 to Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB), droppimg another game, 6-4 to Sturmay where Tao responded with a 6-4 win over Ryan Parent (Calgary, AB). Tao won 12-2 against Zach Davies (Edmonton, AB), then won 8-4 against Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Tao earned 19.125 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Saville Shootout, moving up 10 spots the World Ranking Standings into 47th place overall with 83.563 total points. Tao ranks 30th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	25	19	0	0.568	6-2	3-2	0-2	1-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	354	261	207	7.37	5.85	1.53	4.55	3.67	1.62	1.59	1.78

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	163	181	42	22	3-0	10-1	42-7	1.11	0.26	0.39	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	191	80	165	41	1-2	6-9	12-42	0.42	0.86	0.45	0.28

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2024: Mike McEwen
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2013: Kevin Martin
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2004: Randy Ferbey
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