Kakuhara1-3 at Obihiro ICE Gold Cup

Obihiro, Japan

SKIP
Minori
Kakuhara

Third
Hiyori
Niimi

Second
Chiaki
Manaka

Lead
Natsuki
Mimura

Games:	6
Record:	2W - 3L (1T)
PF/G:	6.67
PA/G:	11.19
Hammer Efficiency:	0.24
Steal Defense:	0.41
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Minori Kakuhara (Obihiro, JPN) finished 1-3 in the 10 team Obihiro ICE Gold Cup qualifying round, held September 13 - 14 in , . In their opening game, Kakuhara lost 7-7 to Sari Kanbayashi (Kitami, JPN), droppimg another game, 9-2 to Misako Kawahira (Obihiro, JPN) where Kakuhara responded with a 5-4 win over Ami Tonozaki (Sapporo, JPN). Kakuhara went on to lose 11-1 against Mizuki Hara (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kakuhara ranks 89th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	2	3	1	0.400	1-0	0-2	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	42	28	47	6.67	11.19	-4.52	4.05	5.48	1.65	2.04	0.48

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	22	21	20	1	1-2	2-2	2-0	0.95	0.91	0.24	0.41

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	20	7	27	1	0-2	0-1	2-4	0.35	1.35	0.50	0.25

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