CBC Revives Battle of the Blades Skating Show!

Sheldon Kennedy took figure skating classes as a kid, in addition to playing hockey. I remember reading an interview with another NHL player who talked about how you could tell the players that had also done figure skating when they were younger, because their stroking and edges were so much better than the players who had only done hockey training.
 
I think these are the performance shows that go live. Are there also other shows that show the training etc which aren’t live?
 
I wish we had more pro-Am shows in the USA. We sure have enough ex-skaters to produce a boat load of shows on TV or live.
Maybe after Skate America in Vegas, someone will be inspired to produce an ice show at one of the major hotels, and not the kind Kay Thomson was in.
 
Amanda Evora, Katia Gordeeva, Violetta Afanasieva
6eafc815dd3222aa6220d49f4a09e29b.jpg
 
aftershocks said:
Hmmm, Hinzmann, Kerr, and Sale all married their BOTB partners? :eek: I recall the Sale BOTB romance, but wasn't Sale still married to Pelletier at the time? Are you guys trying to intimate that sparks will fly regardless of significant other attachments? :lol: Something like that happened with Lloyd Eisler on a similar ice-related show in the U.S., no?

Oh well, hopefully no one is going on these shows looking for love exactly. ;)
Click to expand...


No, Sale was not with Pelletier at the time. I remember because I thought it was in bad taste when the station announced that "newly single" Sale would be a contestant. It just did not hit me right because it seemed they were celebrating the divorce?

Both she and Pelletier were pursuing new partners at the time. I got the sense, unsubstantiated, that there break up was mutual
 
Winnipeg said:
No, Sale was not with Pelletier at the time. I remember because I thought it was in bad taste when the station announced that "newly single" Sale would be a contestant. It just did not hit me right because it seemed they were celebrating the divorce?

Both she and Pelletier were pursuing new partners at the time. I got the sense, unsubstantiated, that there break up was mutual
Click to expand...
They were separated at the time- main cause that I read at the time was his running around.
 
Winnipeg said:
It can't be because didn't Gordeev participate one year?
Click to expand...
Yes she did, and I recall that she hated the experience. I am surprised that she has returned but probably her relationship with David P has a lot to do with that.
 
JasperBoy said:
Yes she did, and I recall that she hated the experience. I am surprised that she has returned but probably her relationship with David P has a lot to do with that.
Click to expand...

Why did Katia dislike it? (Of course I can think of many reasons, but did she ever say?)
 
starrynight said:
Why did Katia dislike it? (Of course I can think of many reasons, but did she ever say?)
Click to expand...
I don't believe she disliked the show itself per say, but I remember an article saying it was too much of a strain on her household to be away so often. Liza was still very young then but now she's off to Uni and Daria looks to be doing better so she probably feels she has the liberty to take this type of project on again.
 
Anyone find it weird that they say they're going to announce the pairings and then… nothing? I'm wondering if some players have bowed out and they're scrambling to replace them.

I don't recognize the player skating with Gordeeva but he looks like a young retiree who could be interesting to watch.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 1 (members: 0, guests: 1)

Similar threads

shutterbug
2025/26 CBC Streaming/TV Schedule
Replies
6
Views
505
Skate Talker
Skate Talker
Former Lurve Goddess
CBC Q interview with Alexandre Hamel about Le Patin Libre skating show
Replies
4
Views
1K
Gr8Sk8
G
T
2024/2025 CBC Streaming & TV Schedule
2 3 4
Replies
95
Views
18K
The Observer
T
Sylvia
2025 Skate Canada Int'l in Saskatchewan & 2026 Canadians in Gatineau QC
2 3
Replies
68
Views
12K
chewy
chewy
Sylvia
"Legacy on Ice" benefit show in D.C. (March 2, 2025) and ways to help those affected by the air tragedy over the Potomac River
15 16 17
Replies
502
Views
76K
apgold
A
Back
Top
Do Not Sell My Personal Information