MOSCOW – Canada’s Keegan Messing made two major mistakes in his short program Friday to stand seventh in men’s competition at the Rostelecom Cup, the fifth stop on the ISU Grand Prix figure skating circuit. Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan leads with 110.53 points, Morisi Kvitelashvili of Georgia is a distant second at 89.94 […]
OTTAWA, ON: Team Canada will be competing this week at the Rostelecom Cup, the fifth event on the 2018 ISU (International Skating Union) Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. The event takes place in Moscow, Russia from November 16-18. Keegan Messing will be the only Canadian skater competing in Moscow. This will be his second […]
HIROSHIMA, Japan – Canadian ice dancers Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus improved by three spot over their Skate Canada performance two weeks ago with a fifth place finish in ice dancing to conclude the NHK Trophy, the fourth stop on the ISU Grand Prix figure skating circuit. Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker of the U.S. […]
HIROSHIMA, Japan – Canada’s Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro were less than a point from a podium berth and took fourth spot Saturday in pairs at the NHK Trophy figure skating competition, the fourth stop on the ISU Grand Prix circuit. Natalia Zabiiako and Alexander Enbert of Russia won the gold medal with 214.14 points, […]
OTTAWA, ON – Skate Canada and the Coaching Association of Canada are proud to announce that Manon Perron will be presented with the 2018 Geoff Gowan Award at this year’s Petro-Canada Sport Leadership Awards Gala on Friday, November 9. Known as one of the Coaching Association of Canada’s (CAC) most prestigious awards, it will recognize […]
HIROSHIMA, Japan – Kirsten Moore-Towers of St. Catharines, Ont., and Michael Marinaro of Sarnia, Ont., are in third place after Friday’s short program at the NHK Trophy figure skating competition, the fourth stop on the ISU Grand Prix circuit. Natalia Zabiiako and Alexander Enbert of Russia are first with 73.48 points, Cheng Peng and Yang […]
Ottawa, ON: Team Canada will be competing at the 2018 NHK Trophy in Hiroshima, Japan from November 9-11. This will be the fourth stop on the ISU (International Skating Union) Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. In the men’s category, Kevin Reynolds will be the lone male representing Canada. Reynolds finished eighth at the Autumn […]
There is nothing that brings this country closer together than hosting an Olympic Winter Games on home soil. In Canada, we’ve been fortunate enough to experience that incomparable sense of national pride and patriotism twice in the past 30 years. The enduring memories from Calgary 1988 and Vancouver 2010 have left a lasting footprint on […]
OTTAWA, ON: Gabrielle Daleman, 20, Newmarket, Ont., has withdrawn from her second grand prix assignment, NHK Trophy. Daleman announced earlier this month that she had taken a break from training to focus on her mental health. Daleman was a member of the gold medal team at the 2018 Olympics and is the reigning Canadian champion. […]
LAVAL, Que. – Keegan Messing of Sherwood Park, Alta., won the silver medal in men’s competition while Kirsten Moore-Towers of St. Catharines, Ont., and Michael Marinaro of Sarnia, Ont., as well as Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Toronto added bronze in pairs and ice dancing on Saturday at Skate Canada International. Shoma Uno of […]
LAVAL, Que. – Keegan Messing gave a celebratory fist pump, smiled and waved to a standing crowd after he produced a personal best score to stand first in the men’s short program Friday at Skate Canada International. The Sherwood Park, Alta., skater earned 95.05 points in an electrifying short program in which he landed a […]
by Jennifer Baker This competition season, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, two veteran Olympic competitive figure skaters, will be bringing something special to the ice with a free skate program in September. Calling it “a program for the people,” the free skate is a creation envisioned straight from their hearts. To achieve that end, Gilles and […]