Tao2-3 at 2023 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Johnson
Tao

Third
Jaedon
Neuert

Second
Ben
Morin

Lead
Andrew
Nowell

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	4.72
PA/G:	6.94
Hammer Efficiency:	0.13
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) finished 2-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tao defeated Jared Jenkins (Calgary, AB) 6-5, then won 3-2 against Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL). Tao went on to lose 4-3 against Ryan Parent (Calgary, AB). Tao lost 10-3 to Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB). Tao lost 4-2 to Xueqing Fei (Beijing, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.

Tao earned 1.500 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, dropping 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 49th place overall with 73.078 total points. Tao ranks 45th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 24.750 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

2024: Ryan Jacques
Ryan Jacques, Ryan Parent, Jordan Tardi, Ethan Drysdale, Tyler Powell, Kevin Parent
Edmonton, AB
2023: Xueqing Fei
Xueqing Fei, Tianqi Guan, Zhichao Li, Xingyin Xie, Jianjun Ye, Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Kurtis Goller, Glenn Venance, JD Lind
Edmonton, AB
2021: Warren Cross
Warren Cross, Tyler Pfeiffer, Morgan Van Doesburg, Mike Lambert
Edmonton, AB
2020: Ryan Jacques
Ryan Jacques, Desmond Young, Andrew Gittis, Gabriel Dyck
Edmonton, AB
2019: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
Calgary, AB
2018: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
,
2017: Kevin Park
Kevin Park, Shane Park, Robert Collins, Ben Savage
Edmonton, AB
2016: Glen Hansen
Glen Hansen, Dean Ross, Don Bartlett, George Parsons
Edmonton, AB
2015: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Justin Sluchinski, Dylan Webster, Eric Richard
, AB
2014: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Justin Sluchinski, Dylan Webster, Eric Richard
, AB
2013: Matthew Blandford
Matthew Blandford, Darren Moulding, Brent Hamilton, Brad Chyz
Calgary, AB

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