Abe Runner-Up at 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series #3

Sapporo, Japan

Fourth
Tetsuro
Shimizu

Third
Haruto
Ouchi

SKIP
Shinya
Abe

Lead
Minori
Suzuki

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	11.56
PA/G:	5.31
Hammer Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.50

Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) lost 6-4 to Daylan Vavrek (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series #3, held October 21 - 23, 2022 at the Leduc Curling Club in Leduc, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Abe won 8-1 over Cole Adams (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series #3 in Leduc, Alberta, Canada;

Abe finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Abe lost 7-6 to Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL), then responded with a 10-1 win over Brandt Holt (Sherwood Park, AB). Abe won 9-2 against Adams in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series #3, Abe take home 8.250 world rankings points along with the $1,300CDN prize. Abe move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 7.5 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 45th overall with 70.898 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Abe ranks 39th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 35.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	21	11	0	0.656	5-3	7-3	1-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	238	225	145	9.45	6.09	3.36	5.04	4.08	1.88	1.49	0.88

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	118	156	32	15	5-0	13-4	31-3	1.32	0.27	0.48	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	120	69	113	6	3-1	6-5	9-24	0.58	0.94	0.61	0.32

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