2025–26 Canadian Men: News and Updates

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

There's still the free skate to go tomorrow in Finland but Gogolev is sure making the best case for himself for the Olympic spot. A clean short program like that could make a big difference for Canada in the team event.

Stephen (and Roman) have been really bringing their A Games this season.

On a day when a lot of the top contenders were undone by nerves, how exciting would it be for Gogolev to skate well in the free and stay on the podium.

 

[4rkidz]

Stephen (and Roman) have been really bringing their A Games this season.

On a day when a lot of the top contenders were undone by nerves, how exciting would it be for Gogolev to skate well in the free and stay on the podium.

Well it happened and now I think I am giving the edge to Gogolev who continues as he becomes more confident improve his pcs as well. This one will come down to nationals.

 

[haribobo]

New or returning to the Senior Men field for 2026 Nationals this season- Keegan Messing, Wesley Chiu, Stephen Gogolev, David Howes, Jake Ellis, David Bondar, David Shteyngart, Edward Nicholas Vasii

WD last year's Nats after SP, returning - Aleksa Rakic

Competed last year, returning- Roman, Anthony, Grayson, David Li, John Kim, Matthew, Bruce, Shohei, Alec

Competed at 2025 Nationals but did not compete or did not qualify in 2026- Damien Bueckert, Brian Chiem, Antoine Goyette, Edrian Paul Celestino, Rio Morita

 

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Rob Brodie interview with Grayson Long: 'It's been feeling like my breakout season'

Ask the 18-year-old from Oakville, Ont., about what’s behind his big improvement so far this season, in both performance and results, and he immediately points to a two-week period at the beginning of July when he got to train in Japan alongside one of his best friends — who also happens to be the reigning world junior men’s champion.

“One thing that they do in Japan that I don’t see a lot in Canada is they’ll have an entire session just for stroking and edge work, and they have this little rink, this mini sized rink. When it’s not in use by the elite skaters, it’s kind of like a learn to skate rink,” he said. “And the coaches will draw lines on the ice, and you’ll have to do various exercises along that for 45 minutes.

“And I was so bad at it, so it was kind of a wake-up call that I needed to get some of the basics down. I practised it while I was there and then when I came back, I practised it at home and I felt like I was more confident in the basics of my edges and my turn quality and my twizzles. It felt like it kind of transferred to my jumps, too.”