Tao Reaches 2025 SGI Canada Best of the West Semifinals

SKIP
Johnson
Tao

Third
Jaedon
Neuert

Second
Ben
Morin

Lead
Andrew
Nowell

Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) run at the 2025 SGI Canada Best of the West came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-0 loss to Connor Deane (New Westminster, BC). of the 2025 SGI Canada Best of the West in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Tao advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-4 win over Josh Bryden (Regina, SK). of the 2025 SGI Canada Best of the West in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Tao finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tao defeated Logan Ede (Saskatoon, SK) 6-5, then went on to lose 7-6 against Deane. Tao responded with a 5-3 win over Devon Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB). Tao won 6-4 against Brett Walter (Winnipeg, MB), then won 4-2 against Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Tao earned 10.625 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the SGI Canada Best of the West. Tao move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 7.812 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 66th overall with 46.250 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Tao ranks 66th 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
2025	27	29	0	0.482	5-3	6-6	3-3	2-0	0-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	423	295	299	6.97	7.07	-0.09	4.47	4.23	1.56	1.67	1.30

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	198	222	58	25	3-2	17-3	42-9	1.12	0.29	0.36	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	225	73	241	30	1-7	2-15	13-46	0.32	1.07	0.52	0.24

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2022: Rylan Kleiter
Rylan Kleiter, Joshua Mattern, Trevor Johnson, Matthieu Taillon, Steve Laycock
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