2025–26 Canadian Men: News and Updates

[puglover]

Speaking for myself, I hope Stephen doesn't get in his head about being so close to securing Canada a second spot. I hope he skates for himself and just enjoys skating for the fourth time on Olympic ice after a long and hard fought journey. Just have fun, Stephen, you've earned it.

 

[coppertop1]

Great debut for Gogolev! He seems to have found his comfort zone! Hopefully this is a sign of more good things to come

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Speaking for myself, I hope Stephen doesn't get in his head about being so close to securing Canada a second spot. I hope he skates for himself and just enjoys skating for the fourth time on Olympic ice after a long and hard fought journey. Just have fun, Stephen, you've earned it.

No spots for anything are awarded at the Olympics.

 

[fsfann]

Speaking for myself, I hope Stephen doesn't get in his head about being so close to securing Canada a second spot. I hope he skates for himself and just enjoys skating for the fourth time on Olympic ice after a long and hard fought journey. Just have fun, Stephen, you've earned it.

Spots for Worlds are determined at Worlds....so the only pressure here is for him to skate his best and see where he finishes after his Free Program!

 

[puglover]

Spots for Worlds are determined at Worlds....so the only pressure here is for him to skate his best and see where he finishes after his Free Program!

Better still! Thanks for correcting me.

 

[HaNguyen]

Is Canada sending Gogolev to Worlds? Or, Roman? If Roman, can they pull him for Steven?

 

[coppertop1]

I would think they would send Stephen after this?

5th overall, 2nd in the free!

 

[Parsley Sage]

I would think they would send Stephen after this?

5th overall, 2nd in the free!

1.12 pts behind Shun Sato in 3rd

 

[coppertop1]

I joked on r/figureskating about Gogo taking the bronze. Turns out I wasn't that far off

 

[Winnipeg]

WOW!!!! What a great show for SG.

One point away from the bronze. I never expected this and am very happy for him. SC should definitely send him to Worlds as maybe he can earn Canada a second man for the next season! ?

 

[manhn]

SC definitely needs to send him to Worlds! If we didn't insert the narrative that "Gogo is only jumps, but not as artistic as so-and-so", Gogo could have have a couple extra politically-pushed PCS points to get that bronze! Give Gogo more political points along with his very solid jumps! That second axel was fantastic!

 

[withwings]

I joked on r/figureskating about Gogo taking the bronze. Turns out I wasn't that far off

...and Deanna Max for(gold)...

 

[puglover]

Does anyone know if Mike Slipchuk is there?

 

[Parsley Sage]

Does anyone know if Mike Slipchuk is there?

Yes he is.

 

[Aaron MB Fan]

Does anyone know if Mike Slipchuk is there?

Yes I’ve seen him multiple times here

 

[danafan]

Is Canada sending Gogolev to Worlds? Or, Roman? If Roman, can they pull him for Steven?

They haven't named the team yet but why on earth would they have named Roman?

I'm still in shock having just finished watching the men's free. But that's for another thread.

 

[coppertop1]

They haven't named the team yet but why on earth would they have named Roman?

I'm still in shock having just finished watching the men's free. But that's for another thread.

I think we're all going to need a day to process this. It was crazy!

 

[shutterbug]

Rob Brodie's thoughts on Stephen's performance today and his future potential: Olympics 2026: Why the Stephen Gogolev era is just getting started

Oh, and there’s more. Gogolev’s fifth-place finish in Milan was the highest for a Canadian man since Patrick Chan’s silver medal in Sochi in 2014. That’s 12 long years ago, so indeed, this was a watershed moment for men’s skating in Canada.

It’s the kind of thing that allows skating fans in this country to dream of a return to the time when competitors wearing the red maple leaf would challenge for the highest men’s titles in the sport. And it isn’t difficult to see Gogolev earning a top-10 spot at next month’s World Championships in Prague, which would open up the door for a provisional second spot for 2027 Worlds in Tampere, Finland.

 

[puglover]

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[Theatregirl1122]

Rob Brodie's thoughts on Stephen's performance today and his future potential: Olympics 2026: Why the Stephen Gogolev era is just getting started

I don't know what this person means by "provisional second spot".

 

[Alilou]

I don't know what this person means by "provisional second spot".

It probably means he doesn't know as much as he thinks he does

 

[skategal]

I don't know what this person means by "provisional second spot".

Maybe they mean if some other men’s skater from Canada gets the minimum tech score to attend?

But if so, they should just say that.

 

[Sylvia]

I can vouch that Rob Brodie is very knowledgeable about figure skating and he's been covering Canadian figure skaters regularly in his Substack (and well before that in various media outlets).

For those who care , "provisional" has since been removed from his article:

It’s the kind of thing that allows skating fans in this country to dream of a return to the time when competitors wearing the red maple leaf would challenge for the highest men’s titles in the sport. And it isn’t difficult to see Gogolev earning a top-10 spot at next month’s World Championships in Prague, which would open up the door for a second spot for 2027 Worlds in Tampere, Finland.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Maybe they mean if some other men’s skater from Canada gets the minimum tech score to attend?

But if so, they should just say that.

I'm betting that he meant that, if you earn more spots than you have skaters in the free skate, you earn the right to send one skater to the Olympic qualifier in Beijing.

But it's not the Olympics, so...

 

[Alilou]

I can vouch that Rob Brodie is very knowledgeable about figure skating and he's been covering Canadian figure skaters regularly in his Substack (and well before that in various media outlets).

For those who care , "provisional" has since been removed from his article:

Thereby just about proving he reads FSU
I've been reading his FS articles for a while now.

 

[Excidra]

No offense but why would Skate Canada consider sending Roman to worlds given that Roman at his best will finish below top 15. We have seen at the Olympics that Stephen' potential to put up similar scores to the top 5 men in the world is a real possibility. Stephen should go to worlds without question.

 

[Alilou]

No offense but why would Skate Canada consider sending Roman to worlds given that Roman at his best will finish below top 15. We have seen at the Olympics that Stephen' potential to put up similar scores to the top 5 men in the world is a real possibility. Stephen should go to worlds without question.

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[Theatregirl1122]

I don’t think SC is considering sending Roman to worlds, so why argue about it. Did anyone say he should be sent? Or did someone just ask if Stephen had already been named to the world team?