BEIJING – Gabrielle Daleman of Newmarket, Ont., opened with a dazzling triple-triple combo en route to a first place finish in Friday’s women’s short program at the Cup of China figure skating competition, the third stop on the ISU Grand Prix circuit. Barely a point separates the top-four. Daleman, last season’s world championship bronze medallist, […]
Calgary, AB – Canada’s most deserving and influential coaches and sports administrators will be honoured this evening at the 2017 Petro-Canada Sport Leadership Awards Gala. The class of 2017 award recipients includes Diving Coach Dany Boulanger, Canada Soccer’s John Herdman, Calgary’s own Duane Bratt (lacrosse), and Baseball Canada. Hosted by the Coaching Association of Canada […]
OTTAWA, ON: Canada will have three entries, for a total of four skaters, competing at the third stop on the 2017 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, the Cup of China. The event takes place from November 3-5, 2017, at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. Canada will have one entry per discipline in […]
REGINA – Canada won gold in three of the four events on Saturday at Skate Canada International. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir danced into the light once again with a golden performance and world record; Kaetlyn Osmond took the women’s title and Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford won pairs. In ice dancing, Virtue and Moir […]
REGINA – Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir broke their short dance world record and Kaetlyn Osmond leads the women’s event as the Skate Canada International figure skating competition got underway Friday. In ice dancing, Virtue and Moir earned a world record 82.68 points. Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Waterloo, Ont., are second with 77.47, […]
VANCOUVER, BC: Skate Canada has been awarded the 2018 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final by the International Skating Union (ISU). The event will take place in Vancouver, B.C., at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre from December 5-9, 2018. This is the fourth time Canada has hosted this event, having previously hosted in […]
LAVAL, QC: Skate Canada announced today that Laval, Que., will host the 2018 Skate Canada International. The event will take place at Place Bell, a new multi-purpose sports facility located in the heart of Laval, from October 25-28, 2018. “We are very excited to be heading to Laval for Skate Canada International. This will be […]
OTTAWA, ON: Top Canadian and international figure skaters are headed to Regina, Sask., for the 2017 Skate Canada International, taking place from October 26-29, 2017. The event which takes place at the Brandt Centre will feature 12 Canadian entries (three entries per discipline in men, ladies, pairs and ice dance) for a total of 18 […]
Recognizing devoted supporters & celebrating our skaters! By Paul Dore Last year, Pj Kwong and I had the privilege to host the first Breaking the Ice event during the National Team High Performance Camp. The question presented to us: what kind of event can we create to show Skate Canada’s appreciation to donors, celebrate the […]
MOSCOW – Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Toronto placed fourth in ice dancing on Saturday to conclude the Rostelecom Cup – the first stop on the ISU Grand Prix figure skating circuit. Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani of the U.S. won the gold medal with 189.24 points. Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev of Russia […]
MOSCOW – Canada’s three entries at the season opening ISU Grand Prix event – the Rostelecom Cup – will need strong free skates to get on the podium following Friday’s short program performances. In ice dancing, Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani of the U.S. are first after the short dance with 77.30. Two Russian couples […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will have three entries, for a total of five skaters, competing at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup in Moscow, Russia, from October 20-22, 2017. The competition is the first event on the 2017 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (with subsequent stops in Canada, China, Japan, France, and U.S.A.). Canada will have […]