Bronze for Hirata at 2022 ADVICS Cup

SKIP
Kohsuke
Hirata

Third
Shingo
Usui

Second
Ryota
Meguro

Lead
Yoshiya
Miura

Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) won 7-3 over Hiroyuki Honda (Kitami, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 ADVICS Cup in Tokoro, Japan. of the 2022 ADVICS Cup in Tokoro, Japan; Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) won 7-3 over Hiroyuki Honda (Kitami, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 ADVICS Cup in Tokoro, Japan. Hirata lost 9-4 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2022 ADVICS Cup in Tokoro, Japan;

Hirata finished 4-1 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hirata lost 3-2 to Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a 4-3 win over Naomasa Takeda (Hokkaido, JPN). Hirata won 7-6 against Japan's Ryo Aoki, then won 6-4 against Japan's Toa Nakahara and 9-3 against Japan's Kotaro Noguchi in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the ADVICS Cup, Hirata earn 6.375 world rankings points and 1820CDN. For week 6 of the event schedule, Hirata did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Hirata ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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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