Sato Reaches 2023 Invitation Valleyfield Quarters

Fourth
Go
Aoki

SKIP
Hayato
Sato

Second
Koki
Ogiwara

Lead
Kazushi
Niino

Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN) qualified for the 2023 Invitation Valleyfield playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-2 against Robert Desjardins (Saguenay, QC). of the 2023 Invitation Valleyfield in , Quebec;

Sato finished 2-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sato defeated Martin Rousse (Valleyfield, QC) 8-2, then went on to lose 9-2 against Pierre-Luc Morissette (Quebec, QC). Sato responded with a 4-3 win over Frederic Lawton (Montreal, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Sato earned 4.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Invitation Valleyfield. Sato move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of -5.563 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 42nd overall with 86.437 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sato ranks 32nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 36.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	25	27	0	0.481	6-3	3-12	2-3	0-0	0-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	391	259	277	6.62	7.08	-0.46	4.09	4.22	1.62	1.68	1.69

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	190	196	69	31	2-2	15-5	43-10	1.03	0.36	0.38	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	201	63	208	35	3-3	2-18	6-40	0.31	1.03	0.50	0.22

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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