2025–26 Canadian Ice Dance: News and Updates

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Homick/Buelow have been assigned to the JGP event in Italy:

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[Colonel Green]

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Nadiia’s new partnership, with Noe Perron.

 

[Karen-W]

Interesting... Lauriault/Le Gac seem to have moved to IAM-O from IAM for this season per their IG post today

Marie-Jade & Romain 🇨🇦⛸ on Instagram: "New season ✨ New additions ✨ Excited to work with the IAM Ontario campus for this season in collaboration with IAM Montreal. Thank you to our team for making the dreams works 🫶✨ #newseason #newadditions #teamm

564 likes, 8 comments - lauriaultlegac on July 30, 2025: "New season ✨ New additions ✨ Excited to work with the IAM Ontario campus for this season in collaboration with IAM Montreal. Thank you to our team for making the dreams works 🫶✨ #newseason #newadditions #teammajor".

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[angi]

Interesting... Lauriault/Le Gac seem to have moved to IAM-O from IAM for this season per their IG post today

Marie-Jade & Romain 🇨🇦⛸ on Instagram: "New season ✨ New additions ✨ Excited to work with the IAM Ontario campus for this season in collaboration with IAM Montreal. Thank you to our team for making the dreams works 🫶✨ #newseason #newadditions #teamm

564 likes, 8 comments - lauriaultlegac on July 30, 2025: "New season ✨ New additions ✨ Excited to work with the IAM Ontario campus for this season in collaboration with IAM Montreal. Thank you to our team for making the dreams works 🫶✨ #newseason #newadditions #teammajor".

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Feels like a smart move on their part, they've been really stagnating these past 2 seasons, and with an Olympic spot on the line, doing something fresh in collaboration with a pretty successful school that has fewer teams targeting the Olympics is likely to help them have an edge. Now we can hope Fabbri/Ayer will get decent material this season, and it will be a real fight.

 

[Rukia]

I think this is great for l/lg, although I honestly wish they had done it like a season sooner. But tbh i feel like a ton of teams would do well to get out of montreal lol.

 

[jmtfti]

Post NextGen and ahead of this week's Sectionals, I spoke with juniors Summer Homick and Nicholas Buelow about their trajectory so far, choreography, and focuses for future development, and got a few comments as well from their coach Mitch Islam: Homick and Buelow Turn a New Page

 

[Wyliefan]

Nice job!

 

[4rkidz]

Post NextGen and ahead of this week's Sectionals, I spoke with juniors Summer Homick and Nicholas Buelow about their trajectory so far, choreography, and focuses for future development, and got a few comments as well from their coach Mitch Islam: Homick and Buelow Turn a New Page

Good article, very informative - thanks for sharing.

 

[haribobo]

2025-26 scores

SENIOR DANCE
Lauriault/Legac 196
Hensen/Lickers 178
Robinson/Portz 164
Nguyen/Giang 163
Gauthier/Thieren 162
Fournier/Zhu 160
Korneva/Macdonald 150

Yet to compete- Gilles/Poirier, Lajoie/Lagha, Fabbri/Ayer

JUNIOR DANCE
Veillon/Brandys 161
Homick/Buelow 151
Anderson/Dawson 149
Cincon-Debout/Celestino 141
Kalaganis/Deveau 135
Breau/Feng 132
Carandiuc/Carandiuc 129
Briere/Levesque 122
Karino/Song 121
Eby/Stark 119
Corneil/Emery 117
Proulx/Cincon-Debout 116
Gagnon/Macdonald 113
Lai/Liu 112

 

[Wyliefan]

I like a lot of these junior teams. I'm trying hard not to uber junior dancers anymore, after Grrimmskiy smashed my heart to smithereens , but I hope at least some of them stick together and keep climbing the ranks.

 

[PRlady]

I understand your Grimmsky anguish. For me it was Ngy/Kol and Bash/Beau.

If Abo/Ves split up before Seniors I will take the veil and sin no more.

 

[Wyliefan]

If Abo/Ves split up before Seniors I will take the veil and sin no more.

With you there. I can't stop ubering them now -- they're grandfathered in!

 

[Marta24]

The Bashynska/Beaumont split hurt a lot, nearly as much as the Grimmskiy split did. It is painful to think about all the opportunities that would have opened up for Nadiia and Peter after 2026.

2023 junior worlds free dance is one of my favorite competitions to rewatch, where Nadiia and Peter won their 2nd Bronze medal. If anyone has doubts why they are still following ice dance, I would suggest to watch the last group + Neset/Markelov of that competition. The 2023 free dance is a good reminder why ice dance is such a great sport.

 

[million$momma]

I like a lot of these junior teams. I'm trying hard not to uber junior dancers anymore, after Grrimmskiy smashed my heart to smithereens , but I hope at least some of them stick together and keep climbing the ranks.

I really like Anderson & Dawson and Homick & Buelow! I feel like they are on track to catch up with Veillon & Brandys who have been together forever.

 

[C.Dotz]

2025-26 scores

SENIOR DANCE
Lauriault/Legac 196
Hensen/Lickers 178
Robinson/Portz 164
Nguyen/Giang 163
Gauthier/Thieren 162
Fournier/Zhu 160
Korneva/Macdonald 150

Yet to compete- Gilles/Poirier, Lajoie/Lagha, Fabbri/Ayer

JUNIOR DANCE
Veillon/Brandys 161
Homick/Buelow 151
Anderson/Dawson 149
Cincon-Debout/Celestino 141
Kalaganis/Deveau 135
Breau/Feng 132
Carandiuc/Carandiuc 129
Briere/Levesque 122
Karino/Song 121
Eby/Stark 119
Corneil/Emery 117
Proulx/Cincon-Debout 116
Gagnon/Macdonald 113
Lai/Liu 112

 

[C.Dotz]

You missed a team….

 

[haribobo]

Are you going to tell me which one or just make us all guess?

 

[victorskid]

Are you going to tell me which one or just make us all guess?

@C.Dotz has made 2 posts in their "lifetime" on the board and they were both directed to you!?!?! but without details? How not to be helpful

 

[marbri]

Did I read somewhere recently that Nadiia Bashynska and her new partner are on the entry list for some Canadian competition with IAM-ON as their club? Is this the one "missed"?

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[DE93]

Did I read somewhere recently that Nadiia Bashynska and her new partner are on the entry list for some Canadian competition with IAM-ON as their club? Is this the one "missed"?

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They are but I wouldnt take it as confirmation of anything - all of the international IAMO teams represented IAMO and not a country at the Skate Ontario event in August.

 

[jmtfti]

I would assume the missed team is Lucy Hancock and Aiden Dotzert, who scored 140.59 in senior dance at the Ontario August Sectional Series event.

 

[Wyliefan]

Congratulations to Homick/Buelow on their first JGP medal! It's been a great JGP for Canada so far!

 

[victorskid]

Skate Canada press release on Homick/Buelow:

Summer Homick and Nicholas Buelow Claim Bronze in Italy

VARESE, ITALY (SEPT. 6, 2025) – Canada’s momentum continued this [...]

skatecanada.ca

 

[C.Dotz]

I would assume the missed team is Lucy Hancock and Aiden Dotzert, who scored 140.59 in senior dance at the Ontario August Sectional Series event.

 

[C.Dotz]

You guessed it correctly!! Lucy & Aiden teamed up in May….& as a mom I rarely post!

 

[C.Dotz]

@C.Dotz has made 2 posts in their "lifetime" on the board and they were both directed to you!?!?! but without details? How not to be helpful

 

[jmtfti]

You guessed it correctly!! Lucy & Aiden teamed up in May….& as a mom I rarely post!

Wow, that recently? I enjoyed them at Sectionals! They especially nailed the '90s vibe with the Britney RD.

 

[C.Dotz]

It’s just a suggestion but here’s another fun Ice Dance Training Centre to follow if you’re so inclined!! https://www.instagram.com/kwicedance_?igsh=MWFrZ2N6dWxiemt6ZA==

 

[victorskid]

Skate Canada press release on the Kinoshita Group Cup results with focus on dance:

Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac Take Top Spot at Kinoshita Cup

OSAKA, JAPAN (SEPT. 7, 2025) – Ice dance team Marie-Jade [...]

skatecanada.ca

 

[marbri]

I may have missed it but are Gilles/Poirier doing any competitions before the GP series? Seems awfully quiet on their end?