Ice Wars on sale Sep. 30 | Golden Skate

Ice Wars on sale Sep. 30

Teenes

On the Ice
Joined
Nov 7, 2005
Ice Wars is taking place on Nov. 2 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, IL (outside of Chicago).

The confirmed skater lineup is:
Team USA: Brian Boitano, Michael Weiss, Angela Nikodinov, Rory Burghart
Team World: Kurt Browning, Alexei Yagudin, Oksana Baiul, Shizuka Arakawa

Tickets go on sale Sep. 30. I don't have phone numbers/links yet but you can probably find that info on the Sears Centre website when they add the event.

No TV date is set yet.

http://www.kurtfiles.com/events/icewars06.php
 

krenseby

Final Flight
Joined
Jan 8, 2006
Re:

Ice Wars is taking place on Nov. 2 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, IL (outside of Chicago).

The confirmed skater lineup is:
Team USA: Brian Boitano, Michael Weiss, Angela Nikodinov, Rory Burghart
Team World: Kurt Browning, Alexei Yagudin, Oksana Baiul, Shizuka Arakawa

Tickets go on sale Sep. 30. I don't have phone numbers/links yet but you can probably find that info on the Sears Centre website when they add the event.

No TV date is set yet.

http://www.kurtfiles.com/events/icewars06.php

No offense but team USA seems pretty lackkluster. Most of the top US skaters from years past are not there! (Nothing against those that are though.) Team World on the other hand has 3 Gold Medalists, including one from the past Olympics. Pretty obvious to me that Team USA is no match for Team World in this competition
 

waxel

Final Flight
Joined
Jun 18, 2005
Overall I think it's a somewhat interesting line-up except for Rory Burghart (honestly, is that the best they could do?) and the train wreck that is Oksana Baiul.
 

krenseby

Final Flight
Joined
Jan 8, 2006
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Overall I think it's a somewhat interesting line-up except for Rory Burghart (honestly, is that the best they could do?) and the train wreck that is Oksana Baiul.

Oksana has had some occasions where she landed most of her jumps in Ice Wars. This doesn't mean she'll do it this time, but I think she has a chance. We'll have to wait and see.
 

krenseby

Final Flight
Joined
Jan 8, 2006
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I wouldn't say that Rory Burghart is a weak link in this line-up. She does not have the full complement of triples, but she is a powerful skater, a good spinner, and check out her split jump!

http://aerialexperience.com/Quickst... Skating Champion Cirque sur Glace Show_w.jpg

The only ringer in the bunch is Shizuka Arakawa! What's she doing toying with all these used-to-be's? :)

Mathman, I don't think they'll drag her down or anything. She remains a superb skater and a recent Gold medalist, despite the other Ice Wars participants who don't come anywhere near her technical skating abilities.
 
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