OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will send five entries, for a total of eight skaters, to Moscow, Russia, for the 2015 Rostelecom Cup. Canada will have one entry per discipline in men’s, ladies and ice dance, and two entries in pair at the event which takes place from November 20-22, 2015. Canadian champion Nam Nguyen, 17, […]
OTTAWA, ON: Four Skate Canada coaches were honoured once again with the 2015 Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Award. The awards were presented on Friday, November 13th by the Coaching Association of Canada at the annual Petro-Canada Sport Leadership Awards Gala, which took place in Winnipeg, Man. The Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Awards recognizes coaches whose Canadian athletes […]
BORDEAUX, France – Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Toronto are in second place after Friday’s short dance at the Trophee Eric Bompard, the fourth stop on the ISU Grand Prix figure skating circuit. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the U.S. are first at 64.45, Gilles and Poirier followed with a season’s best 63.94 […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will have four entries, for a total of six skaters, competing at the Trophée Éric Bompard from November 12-15, 2015 at the Mériadeck ice rink in Bordeaux, France. Canada will have one entry per discipline at the event which is the fourth stop on the 2015 ISU Grand Prix of Figure […]
BEIJING – Lubov Ilyushechkina and Dylan Moscovitch of Toronto took seventh spot in pairs on Saturday to conclude the Cup of China, the third stop on the ISU Grand Prix figure skating circuit. Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov of Russia finished ahead of three Chinese pairs for the gold medal. Wenjing Sui and Cong Han […]
BEIJING – It was a tough start for Canada’s three entries in Friday’s short programs at the Cup of China figure skating competition, the third stop on the ISU Grand Prix circuit. In pairs, China grabbed three of the top-four spots with Wenjing Sui and Cong Han first at 74.40. Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will have three entries, for a total of five skaters, competing at the third stop on the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, the Cup of China. The event takes place from November 6-8, 2015 at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. Canada will have one entry in men’s and […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada is pleased to induct six new members into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame. This year Skate Canada celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Hall. The Hall of Fame was developed in 1990 to pay tribute to athletes, builders and professionals who have made a significant impact on Canadian figure skating. […]
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – Patrick Chan of Toronto, pairs skaters Meagan Duhamel of Lively, Ont., and Eric Radford of Balmertown, Ont., as well as ice dancers Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Waterloo, Ont., all won gold on Saturday at Skate Canada International. In men’s competition, Chan landed a quad toe and triple Axel en route […]
OTTAWA, ON: Canada’s top figure skaters will compete against many of the world’s best at the 2015 Skate Canada International this week in Lethbridge, Alta. The event, which takes place October 29-November 1, 2015, at the ENMAX Centre will feature 12 Canadian entries (three per category in men’s, ladies, pair and ice dance) for a […]
SCI 101 Skate Canada International is the second stop in the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series. The series also includes events in China, France, Russia, Japan and the U.S. During the series, points are awarded in the four disciplines (men’s, ladies, ice dance and pair) based on event results. The […]
Sidney Crosby inspired a dream. Noah Robichaud is taking it from there. The affable 15-year-old from Penobsquis, NB, who lives with cerebral palsy, is capturing hearts in his small Maritime community as he continues his inspirational journey in CanSkate, Canada’s flagship learn-to-skate program. And he’s doing it sitting down, on a sledge. “I’ve never seen […]