Maeda3-2 at Obihiro ICE Gold Cup

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Takimi
Maeda

Third
Uryu
Kamikawa

Second
Hiroki
Maeda

Lead
Asrei
Nakahara

Games:	7
Record:	3W - 3L (1T)
PF/G:	7.29
PA/G:	6.88
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.30
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Takimi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) finished 3-2 in the 12 team Obihiro ICE Gold Cup qualifying round, held September 20 - 22 in , . In their opening game, Maeda defeated Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN) 7-6, then went on to lose 6-0 against Kantaro Kawano (Sapporo, JPN). Maeda responded with a 6-3 win over Tsubasa Nakagawa (Obihiro, JPN). Maeda won 7-1 against Tomoya Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN). Maeda went on to lose 4-4 against Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Maeda ranks 196th 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	3	3	1	0.500	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	48	35	33	7.29	6.88	0.42	4.38	4.58	1.67	1.50	1.04

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	27	24	11	5	1-1	1-0	5-0	0.89	0.41	0.32	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	21	11	22	0	0-0	1-1	2-6	0.52	1.05	0.50	0.33

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