2025–26 Canadian Men: News and Updates

[Rhumba d’Amour]

what's he gonna hold up in the k & c now? a kidney stone?

Perhaps there’s another baby on the way, and we have more sonograms?

 

[million$momma]

I wonder how much Skate Canada had to pay?

I'm picturing Slipchuk hiking through the Alaskan wilderness on his way to beg Messing to return to competition.

 

[manhn]

It’s not that long ago he competed. Is there a more memorable moment for Canadian men this past quad than his performance in 2023 4CC?

 

[jägerbomb]

Let's be real -- Keegan, with a summer's worth of training, should easily beat slow Sadovsky and his stalked salchows. Not even mentioning the D-list skaters, i.e. Rakic and Chiu (no offense to either). Canadian men are in dire straits.

 

[haribobo]

Can anyone explain when High Performance Camp is and how they determine entries? Just curious how it is decided to not invite Anthony Paradis and David Li (senior National medalists). If its during or close to Anthony's JGP then I get it. Gabby missing is also a little surprising when Fee Ann and Kaiya are there (Uliana makes sense to be there based on her summer scores).

 

[danafan]

Can anyone explain when High Performance Camp is and how they determine entries? Just curious how it is decided to not invite Anthony Paradis and David Li (senior National medalists). If its during or close to Anthony's JGP then I get it. Gabby missing is also a little surprising when Fee Ann and Kaiya are there (Uliana makes sense to be there based on her summer scores).

Did they publish the invitees? Normally it's skaters with grand prix assignments. Maybe they invited additional skaters who met the international score standard for an assignment (just guessing as this applies to Landry, Ruiter and Shiryaeva, as well as last year when Miclette was there).

 

[haribobo]

Canada 2025 High Performance Camp Entries

*credit to S_V_Knight on X

Women- Dupuis, Landry, Spence, Ruiter, Shiryaeva

Men- Gogolev, Messing, Rakic, Sadovsky

Pairs- Laurin/Ethier, Pereira/Michaud, Stellato/Deschamps

Dance- Lajoie/Lagha, Lauriault/LeGac, Hensen/Lickers, Fabbri/Ayer

Schizas and Gilles/Poirier have prior scheduling commitments, and Bombardier/Mimar have withdrawn due to injury. Nobody else was mentioned.

 

[DE93]

Can anyone explain when High Performance Camp is and how they determine entries? Just curious how it is decided to not invite Anthony Paradis and David Li (senior National medalists). If its during or close to Anthony's JGP then I get it. Gabby missing is also a little surprising when Fee Ann and Kaiya are there (Uliana makes sense to be there based on her summer scores).

HPC is next week and it's generally for skaters with GPs and any other skaters SC sees fit to invite (usually skaters who have met the score for an international assignment). Anthony and David are both JGP eligible, and generally those who are on the NextGen team (competing Junior internationally) do not get a HPC invite as well. The comms team sent out a media email today with all the entries, which is how AnythingGOES got the info!

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Is it likely that Skate Canada will send any of the senior age-eligible guys who are competing on the JGP to a senior international, so they can try earn the Olympic and Worlds minimum scores?

 

[danafan]

Is it likely that Skate Canada will send any of the senior age-eligible guys who are competing on the JGP to a senior international, so they can try earn the Olympic and Worlds minimum scores?

Yes I think it's likely if they meet the benchmark score (204 at an international or 219 at a domestic).

 

[4rkidz]

Is it likely that Skate Canada will send any of the senior age-eligible guys who are competing on the JGP to a senior international, so they can try earn the Olympic and Worlds minimum scores?

I could see them doing that with Orsers skater Grayson Long if he is able to get his quad consistent outside of practice? I can’t see it happening with Paradis he doesn’t have the technical abilities yet.

 

[puglover]

I could see them doing that with Orsers skater Grayson Long if he is able to get his quad consistent outside of practice? I can’t see it happening with Paradis he doesn’t have the technical abilities yet.

I watched the practices when the men were here in Winnipeg for the qualifying event and Grayson was so impressive. I didn't notice quads (not saying there weren't any) but his axel seemed quite consistent. He is a gorgeous skater live and really stood out to me.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I watched the practices when the men were here in Winnipeg for the qualifying event and Grayson was so impressive. I didn't notice quads (not saying there weren't any) but his axel seemed quite consistent. He is a gorgeous skater live and really stood out to me.

I quite liked Grayson when I saw him at this year's Nats in Laval.

 

[RoseRed]

Yes I think it's likely if they meet the benchmark score (204 at an international or 219 at a domestic).

Grayson, Anthony, and David Bondar were all close at Cranberry. I'm hoping to see at least one of them get a CS (I'd love for all three to, but then I'm not the one that pays for it).

I could see them doing that with Orsers skater Grayson Long if he is able to get his quad consistent outside of practice? I can’t see it happening with Paradis he doesn’t have the technical abilities yet.

I'd send Grayson, even without the quad. His 3A has been solid in the SP, and he's been the top Canadian guy at both NextGen and Cranberry. It would be good experience. David B's quad doesn't seem consistent yet, but he is competing with it, so I could see him getting one if he hits the score as well.

Plus it wouldn't be a bad thing to get another guy or two with senior minimums. We do have enough to send a full team to 4CCs separate from the Olympic man, but things happen and it would still best to have more backups.

 

[kalamalka]

Silver medal for Grayson in Riga in a strong field, and he resets his PBs by a LOT - 143 in the free, 221.7 total. His best previous finish in a JGP was 7th at both his events last year.

 

[victorskid]

Silver medal for Grayson in Riga in a strong field, and he resets his PBs by a LOT - 143 in the free, 221.7 total. His best previous finish in a JGP was 7th at both his events last year.

And he doesn't yet have a 2nd JGP scheduled...

 

[Stephanie]

Canada only has 5 JGP spots total, so it makes sense to see how skaters perform in their first assignment before giving them a second.

Now that he has a medal, we should see Grayson in either Gdansk or Abu Dhabi.

 

[Aceon6]

I’m impressed with Long. He seems to have a good competitive head on his shoulders.

 

[4rkidz]

I’m impressed with Long. He seems to have a good competitive head on his shoulders.

Agreed and nice to see Orser so excited about him. I’ve always loved how excited he is for skaters be them world/olympic champs or juniors.

 

[danafan]

Gogolev and Sadovsky will face each other again at Nebelhorn. Skate Canada updated their assignments page.

 

[victorskid]

Bev Smith Writes on the return of Keegan, having seen him on the ice at the camp:

Keegan Messing Unretires: It's not crazy - Bev Smith Writes

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. Keegan Messing is now 33, with a fine spiderweb of white hair among his dark locks. And he’s just caused a rumble by deciding to unretire and set his sights on the Milan Olympic Games next February. It’s not crazy. Not when you see him on ice, slipping around an ice pad with […]

bevsmithwrites.com

 

[screech]

While I'm not overjoyed that Keegan is back, he's posted impressive things on his instagram over the last few years - a quad lutz a year and a half ago, a backflip-triple axel-backflip combo last year... actually Keegan is the one skater who I won't worry over adding a backflip in their program.
Despite that, GO ROMAN!!

 

[kalamalka]

I hope Keegan's return pushes the other guys in a good way. The men's event at the last couple of Canadians has been dire, as has been their skating internationally for the most part.

 

[feetwerk]

Does nobody stay retired anymore? Get's a bit annoying seeing skaters trying to sneak in and get an Olympic spot competing as little as possible compared to the current skaters who've been putting in the work for the whole Olympic cycle.

Well, as i see it, anyone who wants the spot will simply have to earn it. I don't see anything sneaky. Only one person can win the game. You can only do what you can do to prepare. Like someone said: "Ice is slippery".

 

[danafan]

David Bondar is on the ISU entry list for JGP Poland, which would be his second event. If this holds, it's a safe bet Grayson Long will get Abu Dhabi as a second event after medaling at his first. Though Long is a sub for Poland so they may switch it out depending how Bondar does at this first event this weekend (though Skate Canada rarely if ever makes changes to ISU published assignments).

Aleksa Rakic has a second challenger assignment (Ondrej Nepela Memorial) per the ISU entires and a Skate Canada press release (not listed on their assignments page yet).

 

[victorskid]

Grayson Long is listed as a member of the cast of the upcoming Evening with Champions (along with fellow CDN Kaiya Ruiter)

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