Sato Reaches 2023 Invitation Valleyfield Quarters

Sapporo, Japan

Fourth
Go
Aoki

SKIP
Hayato
Sato

Second
Koki
Ogiwara

Lead
Kazushi
Niino

Games:	4
Record:	2W - 2L
PF/G:	5.71
PA/G:	7.86
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.35
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

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 2 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

2025: Jean-Michel Menard
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2024: Julien Tremblay
Julien Tremblay, Jean-Michel Arsenault, Jesse Mullen, Philippe Brassard
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2023: Jean-Michel Arsenault
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2022: Felix Asselin
Felix Asselin, Martin Crete, Emile Asselin, Jean-Francois Trepanier
Montreal, QC

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