2026–27 Canadian Men: News and Updates

Any news on what Roman's plans are?
He's not on the ISU Grand Prix entries that were released today. So probably not skating this season, though nothing official has been announced.

Canadian men with assignments are Stephen Gogolev (Skate Canada and Finlandia), Wesley Chiu (Skate Canada), and Aleksa Rakic (Skate America). There is a TBD for Skate Canada.
 
Fingers crossed for Gogolev that he can gain consistency with both the quad loop and quad flip, integrate them into his programs, and stay healthy.

With Kagiyama skipping the season and Ilia possibly skipping the Grand Prix, it could be quite the battle at the top, with less predictability.
 
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Wesley Chiu confirmed on instagram that he has moved to the cricket club. The post thanks his former coaches and indicates he will be working with Brian Orser, Tracy Wilson, Joey Russell and Patrick Chan.

 
When I saw the post my immediate thought was 'must be a different PChan'. Patrick seems like such an odd addition to the coaching team, because IIRC he had absolutely no connection to the Cricket Club, and was in fact the direct competition to the top TCC skaters. As much as I loved Patrick as a skater, part of me wonders what he can bring to the coaching team that Wesley won't already be getting from Tracy and Brian.
That said, I'm looking forward to seeing what Wesley does this year.
 
When I saw the post my immediate thought was 'must be a different PChan'. Patrick seems like such an odd addition to the coaching team, because IIRC he had absolutely no connection to the Cricket Club, and was in fact the direct competition to the top TCC skaters. As much as I loved Patrick as a skater, part of me wonders what he can bring to the coaching team that Wesley won't already be getting from Tracy and Brian.
That said, I'm looking forward to seeing what Wesley does this year.
it could be as simple as Wesley admires/looks up to Chan and wants someone to work with when he's back home in BC visiting family. Plus working with Patrick Chan probably doesn't have a downside in terms of improving one's basic skating. :)
 
it could be as simple as Wesley admires/looks up to Chan and wants someone to work with when he's back home in BC visiting family. Plus working with Patrick Chan probably doesn't have a downside in terms of improving one's basic skating. :)
This was my thinking too. He wants an option for training when back in BC, assuming for many reasons keeping the Murphy's for this option wouldn't make sense given he wants a change. I'm pretty sure not a single poster here would want him considering Joanne McLeod as an option ;). So not sure if that leaves any other BC based coaching options with experience in Senior Men's singles, hence where Patrick helps to provide a good option all things considered.
 
Yesterday Gogolev shared a 4Lz clip from Benoit Richaud's Peak Ice camp in Angers, France:

Earlier this month Richaud shared this SP choreography clip from Courmayeur, Italy (someone in the comments says the music is "Smalltown Boy" by Bronski Beat [edited to add] but his SP music has not yet been confirmed):
4Lo in Courmayeur in June: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZwpCeRAgQ3/
 
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Earlier this month Richaud shared this SP choreography clip from Courmayeur, Italy (someone in the comments says the music is "Smalltown Boy" by Bronski Beat):
I'm not convinced that this is actually his short program music. JMO. When Benoit does a music reveal, he tends to make a bigger deal of it and make more official. He sometimes will post glimpses of choreography using music that is not the actual music for the program. We'll know pretty soon. Benoit is having the skaters do interviews to release and discuss the music information and Gogolev's probably will be released soon.
Yesterday Gogolev shared a 4Lz clip from Benoit Richaud's Peak Ice camp in Angers, France:
As noted upthread, last month he posted not only a quad lutz and quad loop but also a quad flip. Here's hoping that he is gaining some consistency with them and can do them in a program. That could make things very interesting!
 
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Top 46 in the NextGen Competition Junior Men's event this past weekend (CAN has 4[corrected]6 JGP men's spots - no man in #6 SLO):
Grayson LONG ON 70.28 (1) 120.72 (1) 191.00 (1)
William CHAN BC/YT 58.95 (3) 106.22 (3) 165.17 (2)
Colton MONESS ON 57.24 (4) 106.72 (2) 163.96 (3)
James CHA ON 60.17 (2) 101.89 (4) 162.06 (4)
Rui QIN ON 53.47 (6) 97.69 (6) 151.16 (5)
Ethan LUO ON 49.68 (9) 100.52 (5) 150.20 (6)

Grayson's jazzy SP to Moanin': https://www.instagram.com/reels/DbCAeursrbq/
His FS music is a Stars Wars: Revenge of the Sith medley with an interesting costume. ;) He landed 2 of his 3 3A and went for 4S (called <<) in his FP.

W. Chan: Fine Line by Harry Styles (SP); Sinners soundtrack (FS)
Moness: Bolero (SP); Tron soundtrack (FS)
Cha: Enduring Hope by Daniel Deuschle, Corpus Rex by Safri Duo (SP; Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley (FS) - thanks @Amy L!
ETA:
Qin: Middle of the Night by Power-Haus (SP); Mi Mancherai (Il Postino), vocal by Josh Groban ft. violinist Joshua Bell (FS) - I posted in the competition thread that Rui skates with soft, deep knees & really seemed to feel his music.
Luo: A Fifth of Beethoven by Walter Murphy, You Should be Dancing by the BeeGees (SP); Imagine - male cover (FS)
I did not know that Roman is now coaching!?
Roman and his coach, Tracey Wainman, were in the NextGen comp. kiss & cry for Kaylee Sun (pictured on X above) and Tobias Liu.
 
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Stephen Gogolev has posted a new clip. This time of a combo. Someone please tell me if I am seeing what I think I am seeing. :lol:

Do you think you're seeing a 4-4 combo? Pretty sure it's "only" a 4-3
 
Effortless-looking 4Lz+3T by Gogolev. :)

May 6, 2026 in the previous thread:
From his IG, Anthony Paradis has been dealing with a stress fractures on both sides of a lower back vertebrae (ouch!)

He is scheduled to return to full training in mid-July.
Glad that he’s taking the time to make sure he comes back healthy.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYAKEC7kbR0/
Glad to see Anthony back on the ice and working on a choreographic spin!
 
Welcome to FSU @janchris! :) Looks like this could be a cool EX!
Does this mean Roman Sadovsky is also skating to Spiderman?
Copying over from the 2026 Glacier Falls Summer Classic competition thread in the Kiss & Cry:

Senior Men final standings of the Canadians who competed in Anaheim, CA (coaches there: Jeff Buttle, Keegan Murphy/Megumu Seki, Joanne McLeod/Neil Wilson):
Placement/FS starting order #
311David Bondar, Skate Canada374.863135.66210.52
410Aleksa Rakic, Skate Canada472.705123.64196.34
56David Li, Skate Canada863.374130.25193.62
78Shohei Law, Skate Canada664.001095.89159.89
85Alec Guinzbourg, Skate Canada957.068100.46157.52
114Nico Conforti, Skate Canada1056.781189.54146.32

David Bondar kept his Game of Thrones FS music from last season & David Li skated to a Coldplay medley that included Paradise & Fix You.
Bondar's SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljhlan_d68U - "Black Car" by Leon Else (song ID'ed in the Programs/Choreographers thread)

Aleksa Rakic's FS (can someone ID his music please?): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVtZ7JZe6rY
Rakic's SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOLhw1th0LY

Alec Guinzbourg was coached by Hov Mkrtchian (Team Raf in Irvine, CA) at the boards. ETA: His SP music is from the 1492: Conquest of Paradise film and his FS music is from The Godfather.

Junior Men final standings of the Canadians:
53Alexander Ge, Skate Canada849.724107.37157.09
62Bowen Yan, Skate Canada947.656101.89149.54
91Christopher Manis [was CAN now GRE] Hellenic Winter Sports Fed.1044.56891.40135.96
104Tehryn Lee, Skate Canada750.271079.37129.64

1 Canadian man competed in Novice:
6Matthew Li, Skate Canada538.79669.17107.96
 
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Team Canada entries for ISU Cranberry Cup International 2026. Aug. 6-8 in Norwood, MA - Skating Club of Boston's event info: https://scboston.org/cranberry-cup/

Junior Men
1 CHA James CAN
2 LONG Grayson CAN
3 MONESS Colton CAN
4 QIN Rui CAN
5 TYOMKIN Art CAN

Advanced Novice Men
1 CHEUNG Justin Jun-Teng CAN
2 HARVEY Matheo CAN
3 HUANG Jackey Jia Kai CAN
4 KRAAN Jason CAN
5 YU Aaron Peng Fei CAN
 
Paula Slater interview with reigning Canadian Junior Men's Champ Parker Heiderich: Parker Heiderich finds new perspective
The move to the senior ranks, however, comes with increased expectations. As one of Canada’s emerging men’s skaters, Heiderich has felt pressure to add ultra-C elements to his repertoire.

“Everyone had been saying you need a triple Axel or you need a quad,” he explained. “I got so into my head about it that I was struggling even attempting the jumps.”

Working with a sports psychiatrist has helped him regain confidence, and this summer he has devoted significant attention to the triple Axel and quadruple toe loop. While he has yet to land either jump cleanly, he views consistent attempts as an important step in the process.

Aleksa Rakic's FS (can someone ID his music please?): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVtZ7JZe6rY
"Fuori Dal Mondo" by Ludovico Einaudi and "Dawn of Faith" by Eternal Eclipse according to Shazam.
 

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