2022 Skate Canada Challenge - Dec. 1-5 2021

[JoannaLouise]

Nam kind of ran hot and cold in his LP.

Fall on 4s, very nice 3a-eu-3s, 1a big pop...most of his other jumps were good, but he stepped out of a 3lz.

Could have been better, but also could have been much worse.

 

[Cant Skate]

He looks exhausted and he is pissed at the score

 

[Catherine M]

After the SP, I wanted Corey to go back to dance but now I'm back to okay, he can stay in singles as I enjoyed his freeskate.

And Nam probably knows his Olympic dreams are dying FAST

 

[JoannaLouise]

After the SP, I wanted Corey to go back to dance but now I'm back to okay, he can stay in singles as I enjoyed his freeskate.

I feel the same about Corey, I'm constantly changing my mind from one day to the next!

 

[JoannaLouise]

Matthew Markell is such an amazingly expressive skater. I really wish he had the harder jumps.

If I'm remembering correctly though, I think he does his own choreo? He definitely has a future as a choreographer if so.

 

[Catherine M]

I want Markell to switch to pairs. If Deanna can do it in her 30s, he can do it in his 20s. Yes I know, guys are different but still.

 

[Catherine M]

Ugh, why does sr dance have to be at the same time as last flight of sr men?!?

 

[JoannaLouise]

Lulu Lin had a fall on her 3f, but I was impressed with her basics, and her spins were good too. Definitely one to watch.

 

[Catherine M]

Poor Marie-Jade. Oh well, better to screw up here than in Ottawa

 

[Dave of the North]

Matthew Newnham - ambitious music for someone who looks about 15. I thought he was drinking from a bottle of milk in the K'n'C.

Bennet Toman - OK performance, popped the axel. I remember a few years ago he fell 5 times in one program but never gave up. They all have milk bottles...

 

[Catherine M]

I'm going to be sad if Fabbri & Ayer don't get a push next quad by Skate Canada as I just lurve her

 

[Sylvia]

Re. why Bennet's FS music includes Chopin:

Toman's FS music is a Muse medley, including the Chopin middle section:

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Into 2nd place with 199.

ETA top 4 with 4 to go:

Corey Circelli 201.33
Bennet Toman 199.54
Matthew Newnham 198.16 - lovely extensions & flow!
Nam Nguyen 195.97

 

[skatingguy]

I want Markell to switch to pairs. If Deanna can do it in her 30s, he can do it in his 20s. Yes I know, guys are different but still.

Nicolas Nadeau just switched to pairs in the summer.

 

[Dave of the North]

Beres Clements - slow, 3 falls. Brutal marks...no milk bottle for him!

Aleksa Rakic: decent attempt at 4T, not so good with the 3A. Skates at one speed, no matter what the tempo is. Landing stuff though.

Be nice if the tracker went green when they had positive GOE.

 

[Catherine M]

Welcome back Stephen! what a way to put yourself into the conversation for the Olympic team

 

[danafan]

Very good skate from Gogolev.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Gogolev looks great. Kind of squeaked out the 4s, but no major errors, and two 3a.

He looks way better than I was expecting, considering we've barely seen him at all in the last 2 years (and he's about 2 feet taller!).

 

[Dave of the North]

Stephen Gogolev - level has gone up a few notches! 3Z, 4S, 3A, 3F-euler-3T, 3A -2T, 3L. Wow. Could use more speed.

Joseph Phan - well, two jumps knocked him out of first, will he stay in the top three?

 

[Catherine M]

That was really meh from Phan.

My random highlights of the day as I recover from my surgery on my sofa:

1. Final flight of pre-novice pairs
2. Team from Winnipeg winning novice pairs-sorry, blanking on their names
3. Fabbri & Ayer!
4. Stephen Gogolev!

Good night and I guess see everyone tomorrow for LOTS of LADIES (jr and sr)!!

 

[mackiecat]

The schedulers at this event didn't plan very well--at least they are giving Bruce Waddell a chance to make it in sr mens by submitting a video even though he's over in the other rink for jr dance!

No Bruce was suppose to be at the JGP final. You can only get a bye in the discipline that you have the international in. ( due to Jessica Dube getting a bye in singles then only doing the short at Canadians when they made the GP final in pair) They videotaped Bruce from Sections where he skated but wasn’t marked. The judges watched the video at the beginning of each event and marked him.

 

[Sylvia]

Skate Canada's Friday recap with quotes from Gogolev, Barkell, Stellato, Brooke McIntosh ("who was out two months with an injury"): https://skatecanada.ca/2021/12/stephen-gogolev-tops-mens-field-at-2022-skate-canada-challenge/

Gogolev's winning FS (157.30) starts here in the replay: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x861qgw?start=10468
He landed 3Lz, 4S, 3A, 3F+1Eu+3S, 3A+2T, 3F+2T, 3Lo (no negative GOEs on his protocol sheet): https://cssterminalserv.skatecanada.ca/results/22CHALLSeniorMenFP2DRO.pdf

Results: https://skatecanada.ca/2022-skate-canada-challenge/#challenge-results

Event replay videos: https://www.dailymotion.com/skatecanada/videos

 

[Hedwig]

Oh wonderful - I think Gogolev was my fave Canadian skater for a while and I was sad when he went MIA. Does he have all the necessary minimums for the Olympics?

 

[Sylvia]

Saturday, Dec. 4 (Regina is Central time):

REGINA MOTOR PRODUCTS
12:35 (1:35 ET) PRE-NOVICE ICE DANCE FREE PROGRAM
15:00 (4 pm ET) JUNIOR ICE DANCE FREE PROGRAM
18:10 (7:10 pm ET) SENIOR ICE DANCE FREE PROGRAM

VITERRA
9:30 (10:30 ET) JUNIOR MEN SHORT PROGRAM
14:25 (3:25 pm ET) JUNIOR WOMEN FREE PROGRAM

CO-OPERATORS
9:15 (10:15 ET) PRE-NOVICE MEN FREE PROGRAM
15:15 (4:15 pm ET) SENIOR WOMEN SHORT PROGRAM

Pre-Novice, Junior & Senior Free Dance coming up: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x85z6t1

Junior Men SP now: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x85z6va

Pre-Novice Men FS now: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x85z6wx

Results page (if you click on the "Detail Sheets" link while an event is going on, the interim protocols will be displayed ): https://skatecanada.ca/2022-skate-canada-challenge/#challenge-results

 

[Sylvia]

Oh wonderful - I think Gogolev was my fave Canadian skater for a while and I was sad when he went MIA. Does he have all the necessary minimums for the Olympics?

Yes, he got them and Worlds FS at Warsaw Cup and just lacks the Worlds SP minimum.

 

[Sylvia]

2. Team from Winnipeg winning novice pairs-sorry, blanking on their names

Ava Kemp / Yohnatan Elizarov (he placed 9th in Junior Men SP today) - here's Ted Barton's interview with them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_1CVDGqSbU

Barton's interview last night with (a typically laconic ) Gogolev & Lee Barkell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMHtG3SFgsY

Playlist of all interviews so far: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxqrI2KKF956NfBAgKfXXwTue2-5i273w

 

[danafan]

Woohoo the senior women's short program first warmup group is on the ice. This might be my favourite competition of the season. I wish the junior women's wasn't happening at the same time...

 

[danafan]

Not a great skate for Dupuis, the first skater with international experience to go in this field. Turns between the 3T on the combo then down, not clean on the flip and even -GOE on one of her spins. She won the virtual challenge last year in jr and was on the JGP this year. Second 3T was probably downgraded from replay.

 

[Sylvia]

Team NextGen members competing in Senior Women SP today (no Kaiya Ruiter ): https://cssterminalserv.skatecanada.ca/results/22CHALLSeniorWomenSP1SO.pdf
3 Sarah-Maude Dupuis
8 Amy Shao Ning Yang
14 Catherine Carle
24 Amelia Orzel
25 Lia Pereira

ETA that Melody Zhu BC/YK is the NextGen skater missing from the Junior event here.

 

[Sylvia]

Yay for former Team NextGen member Leah Lee skating well! Now that's a "Take On Me"/a-ha female cover that's new to me!

ETA: 55.06 - 3T+2T, 3S & 2A all called clean in her interim protocol.

Emily Millard is another former Team NextGen member competing in Sr.

 

[danafan]

Lee was delightful. I enjoyed that music and her expression! She did the two easiest triples but put up some good TES points.