OTTAWA, ON: Patrick Chan, 25, Toronto, Ont., will be working with a new coaching team this season. Marina Zoueva, Oleg Epstein and Johnny Johns will make up Chan’s coaching team. He will train in Canton, Michigan at the Arctic Edge Arena. “I am excited to be working with Marina, Oleg and Johnny. They each bring […]
Last week we celebrated national coaches week and Dylan’s birthday. We wish you all the best! Happy Birthday, my dearest partner, incredible dedicated and determinate athlete, picky English teacher:), very strong man and my big friend !!! Wish God will give you all the best of everything, even more than you think, but exactly […]
OBERSTDORF, GERMANY: Ice dancers Piper Gilles, 24, Toronto, Ont., and Paul Poirier, 24, Unionville, Ont., started off the 2016-2017 season with a bronze medal win at the Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, Germany. The team skated two strong programs, scoring 70.32 points in the short dance and 106.52 points in the free dance for a total […]
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA: Joseph Phan, 15, Laval, Que., finished in fifth place at the ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The event was the fifth stop on the circuit. Phan was third after the short with 70.33 points. He scored 127.39 points in the free program for a total of 197.72. “I gained a […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada is pleased to release domestic ticketing information for the upcoming 2016/2017 season. Six competitions will be hosted on Canadian soil this the season, beginning September 29th with the Autumn Classic International, in Montreal. Below is a complete list of event dates, locations and ticketing information: 2016 AUTUMN CLASSIC INTERNATIONAL September 29 […]
OTTAWA, ON: For the first time ever, Canada will host the ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships in 2017. The championships will take place from March 10-12, 2017 at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ont. Twenty-five of the top junior synchronized skating teams from 20 countries will compete for the junior world title. “It is […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will send four entries, for a total of six skaters to Oberstdorf, Germany, for the Nebelhorn Trophy, the third stop on the 2016-2017 ISU Challenger Series. Canada will have one entry in each discipline (men’s, ladies, pair and ice dance) at the event which takes place September 22-24, 2016. Canadian silver […]
Every season we are excited to meet new skaters. We encourage our skaters to bring warm clothes, helmets, ice skates and big smiles. Big smiles from our CanSkaters? #skatingisfun #canskate #canskateprogram #skating #smile A photo posted by WRSS Skating Club (@wrsssc.canada) on Sep 13, 2016 at 6:35pm PDT A comfortable shirt to motivate, little engines […]
Ottawa, ON: Skate Canada will send three entries, for a total of four skaters to Ljubljana, Slovenia for the fifth event of the 2016-2017 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit. Canada will send one entry per discipline in ladies, men’s and ice dance to the competition taking place from September 21-25, 2016. Joseph Phan, 15, Laval, […]
SARANSK, Russia – Lori-Ann Matte and Thierry Ferland of Lévis, Que., climbed to a fourth place finish in pairs on Friday at the fourth stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating circuit. Russians swept the podium with Anastasia Mishina and Vladislav Mirzoev first with 175.82 points. Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitrii Kozlovskii were second […]
OTTAWA, ON: Canada will have eight entries, for a total of 11 skaters at the 2016 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic, the second event on the International Skating Union’s (ISU) 2016 Challenger Series. Canada will have three entries in men’s, two entries per discipline in ladies and ice dance, and one entry in pair at […]
OTTAWA, ON: Canada will have four entries, for a total of seven skaters at the fourth ISU Junior Grand Prix of the season, taking place in Saransk, Russia. Canada will have one entry per discipline in men’s and ice dance and two entries in pair at the event which takes place from September 14-18, 2016. […]