Tao3-1 at 2025 Canada West Curling Championships

SKIP
Johnson
Tao

Third
Jaedon
Neuert

Second
Ben
Morin

Lead
Andrew
Nowell

Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) finished 3-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tao lost 5-4 to Duncan Silversides (Kamloops, BC), then responded with a 12-1 win over Reid Zingel (Victoria, BC). Tao won 6-4 against Logan Strand (Brandon, MB), then won 7-1 against Alex Duncan-Wu (Vancouver, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Tao earned 1.500 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Canada West Curling Championships. Tao gained -8.75 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 70thplace overall with 38.438 total points. Tao ranks 70th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 38.438 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	27	29	0	0.482	5-3	6-6	3-3	2-0	0-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	423	295	299	6.97	7.07	-0.09	4.47	4.23	1.56	1.67	1.30

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	198	222	58	25	3-2	17-3	42-9	1.12	0.29	0.36	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	225	73	241	30	1-7	2-15	13-46	0.32	1.07	0.52	0.24

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