Tao Reaches SGI Canada Best of the West Quarters

SKIP
Johnson
Tao

Third
Jaedon
Neuert

Second
Ben
Morin

Lead
Andrew
Nowell

Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the SGI Canada Best of the West playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-4 against Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK). of the SGI Canada Best of the West in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Tao finished 2-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tao lost 7-5 to Brett Walter (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 5-1 win over Daymond Bernath (Saskatoon, SK). Tao went on to lose 6-5 against Jared Kolomaya (Richmond, BC). Tao lost 5-4 to Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) where Tao responded with a 6-1 win over Cole Adams (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Tao earned 7.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the SGI Canada Best of the West, moving up 10 spots the World Ranking Standings into 67th place overall with 46.250 total points. Tao ranks 67th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 46.250 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

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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