Tao Reaches Saville Shootout Semifinals

SKIP
Johnson
Tao

Third
Jaedon
Neuert

Second
Ben
Morin

Lead
Andrew
Nowell

Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) run at the Saville Shootout came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-3 loss to Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB). of the Saville Shootout in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Tao advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-5 win over Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB).

Tao finished 3-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tao lost 5-3 to Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB), droppimg another game, 6-4 to Sturmay where Tao responded with a 6-4 win over Ryan Parent (Calgary, AB). Tao won 12-2 against Zach Davies (Edmonton, AB), then won 8-4 against Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Tao earned 19.125 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Saville Shootout, moving up 10 spots the World Ranking Standings into 46th place overall with 83.563 total points. Tao ranks 31st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	25	19	0	0.568	6-2	3-2	0-2	1-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	354	261	207	7.37	5.85	1.53	4.55	3.67	1.62	1.59	1.78

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	163	181	42	22	3-0	10-1	42-7	1.11	0.26	0.39	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	191	80	165	41	1-2	6-9	12-42	0.42	0.86	0.45	0.28

2023: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert , Paul Webster
Calgary, AB
2015: Shaun Meachem
Shaun Meachem, Catlin Schneider, Brady Scharback, Aaron Shutra
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Tom Appelman, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2013: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, David Nedohin, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2012: Jamie King
Jamie King, Blake MacDonald, Scott Pfeifer, Jeff Erickson
Edmonton, AB
2011: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Ted Appelman, Brendan Melnyk
Edmonton, AB
2010: Don Walchuk
Don Walchuk, Chris Schille, DJ Kidby, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2009: Bob Ursel
Jim Cotter, Bob Ursel, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2008: Ted Appelman
Ted Appelman, Tom Appelman, Brandon Klassen, Brendan Melnyk
Edmonton, AB
2007: Pat Simmons
Ted Appelman, Tom Appelman, Brandon Klassen, Brendan Melnyk
Davidson, SK
2006: Robert Schlender
Robert Schlender, Danny Sherrard, Colin Tanton, Jim Bucholz
Edmonton, AB
2004: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB

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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