2016-2017 State of Canadian Figure Skating

[topaz emerald]

Here's the event schedule again https://skatecanada.ca/wp-content/up...dule-01-10.pdf

You will see that some of the lower ranked flights are not listed for TV broadcast. You should be able to get those at the same SC livestream page as all of the rest of the "wall to wall" coverage by hitting the livestream tab on this page....https://skatecanada.ca/events/2017-canadian-tire-national-skating-championships/

Portions of the event that will be broadcast on TV will are shown in red blocks on the event schedule.

The highest interest flights will be on CTV and portions of others will be broadcast on CTV's sports affiliate TSN in Canada, but I understand TV will be geoblocked outside Canada [and TSN is a cable network]. If you have these networks, you can use the id and pw from your satellite or cable account to log into livestreaming on the sites for these networks if you prefer that.

If anyone has information on US access [Ice Network??] or other international availability please post. In past years, SC's livestream shut down when the TV broadcast started up, I'm not clear whether that is the contractual arrangement this year with CTV/TSN. In an ideal world, SC livestream would be available everywhere outside the blackout area where there is TV coverage,

sorry, i don't know of any livestream link but I think someone will post it again if it airs on NBC. I had to pay for Ice Network because I wanted to see the younger skaters.

 

[jlmart]

At one point Ted apologized for the oddangle picture in the Kiss and Cry because he said the cameras from TSN had been set up as well and they had priority for the best view. I don't think it is just a question of the feed switching channels.

 

[TGee]

Media from nationals..

TSN has a couple of brief clips, they don't seem to post entire programs the way CBC does [really wish CTV/TSN did not have this event....]

http://www.tsn.ca/video/osmond-virtue-moir-shine-in-their-short-programs~1040018

http://www.tsn.ca/video/chan-duhamel-radford-lead-heading-into-saturday~1040328


Meanwhile, CBC has posted this report with longer clips from the SPs...

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/figureskating/figure-skating-nationals-osmond-1.3945772


And the Ottawa Citizen has continuing reports...

http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/loc...-contenders-for-canadian-womens-skating-title

http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/loc...cord-at-canadian-figure-skating-championships

 

[SarahSynchro]

I was so eaastic for our top three ladies last night! What a competition! Kaetlyn definitely stole the show. People can blather on about nationals inflation all they'd like, till they're blue in the face, but guess what, its nationals! Inflation is a fact of life at every national championship. It is what it is, and I agree with the placements.

 

[Mango]

Skate Canada has named the skaters they've chosen for 2017 ISU Championships.

2017 ISU World Figure Skating Championships

Men - Patrick Chan, Kevin Reynolds
Women - Kaetlyn Osmond, Gabrielle Daleman
Pairs - Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch, Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau
Ice Dance - Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir, Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje, Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier

2017 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

Men - Patrick Chan, Kevin Reynolds, Nam Nguyen
Women - Kaetlyn Osmond, Gabrielle Daleman, Alaine Chartrand
Pairs - Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch, Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
Ice Dance - Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir, Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje, Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier

2017 ISU Junior World Figure Skating Championships

Men - Nicolas Nadeau, Roman Sadovksy, Conrad Orzel
Women - Sarah Tamura
Pairs - Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud, Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland
Ice Dance - Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha, Ashlynne Stairs / Lee Royer

 

[TGee]

Really hoping that our senior singles skaters can place high enough to get 3 spots in Men's and Ladies's at the Olympics .....I want so much to see a Canadian team of 18!

And also hoping for Sarah to do well....it would be great to get back to 2 berths for Canadian women in juniors.

 

[julieca]

An interesting article on Canadian Figure Skating
http://www.lfpress.com/2017/01/22/canadians-set-bar-high-at-nationals

 

[TGee]

An interesting article on Canadian Figure Skating
http://www.lfpress.com/2017/01/22/canadians-set-bar-high-at-nationals

It's been interesting to see Mike Slipchuk, Skate Canada's high performance director, doing more interviews this nationals....including his comments in this article...He appeared both on CTV/TSN coverage an on Skate Canada's own coverage...

I for one welcome having more perspective from his level put into the media discussion.

 

[SarahSynchro]

Wait, what? Julianne and Charlie are going to worlds?

 

[4everchan]

I think the fed has made the right decision.

Julianne has a concussion ...however, they need to compete and get points for their world standings... It would be too early for 4CC for them, so putting them on the world team is wise. MTM2.0 will be able to gain some points as well , going to 4CC. If Juilanne is not healed, MtM2.0 will be ready to replace them.

Wait, what? Julianne and Charlie are going to worlds?

 

[ice coverage]

This week Duhamel and Radford will perform in a free outdoor show at Bryant Park in NYC.

Fri Jan 27
6:00pm – 6:45pm

Also performing: Weir; synchro team The Skyliners; athletes from the Special Olympics.

http://wintervillage.org/visit/wintercarnival#​

 

[Mango]

It's a miracle.

Skate Canada has actually assigned its junior and novice level skaters to an international event. Bavarian Open, held February 14-19 in Oberstdorf. A summary of who's going...

Junior Men
Nicolas Nadeau
Roman Sadovsky
Conrad Orzel

Junior Ladies
Aurora Cotop
Sarah Tamura

Junior Pairs
Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland
Evelyn Walsh / Trent Michaud

Junior Ice Dance
Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
Ashlynne Stairs / Lee Royer

Advanced Novice Boys
Corey Circelli
Stephen Gogolev

Advanced Novice Girls
Catherine Carle (name misspelled)

Advanced Novice Ice Dance
Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell

Medallists in all but novice pairs were assigned. Even novice ice dance. Looks like someone heard our whining. Getting international experience/having a skate off before Junior Worlds for all those assigned should help get these guys ready to go. A total of 18 athletes are going. I think the last time we had as many Canadians at one event was probably 2016 Autumn Classic. Good job Skate Canada!

 

[4everchan]

wonderful news mango!!!!!!

 

[TGee]

Gosh.....I'm almost beginning to believe someone at HQ is tracking social media....(not a snark!)

Better streaming, coverage and live scoring at nationals. Investing in international assignments.....WOW

 

[4everchan]

Osmond4Gold, and I thought so too ... we wanted Gabby to ditch the 3lz-3t... she did that was just one of the things we were hoping for lol... we kept asking, and it kept happening

Mike Slipchuk? What is your forum name? LOL

Gosh.....I'm almost beginning to believe someone at HQ is tracking social media....(not a snark!)

Better streaming, coverage and live scoring at nationals. Investing in international assignments.....WOW

 

[TGee]

Somewhat fluffy, but here are some nationals memories from Instagram and twitter....


Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir, Kaetlyn Osmond, Patrick Chan, Meagan Duhamel, Eric Radford [gold medallists at the gala]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPnKgm1AOo_/?taken-by=meaganduhamel&hl=en


Nam Nguyen on the podium with Patrick Chan and Kevin Reynolds

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPlrQ1ogoa7/?taken-by=namnamnoodle&hl=en


Nic Nadeau with his "pre-long" fans [Decelles twins, Kim and Emy I think]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPqMRt2hOgw/?taken-by=nic_nadeau


Gabby Daleman [ex, competition and practice photos]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPrAWrpgrDq/?taken-by=gabby_daleman&hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPdKMLUgx5a/?taken-by=gabby_daleman&hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPvA9NPgwWr/?taken-by=gabby_daleman&hl=en


Alaine Chartrand and Bennet Toman share a warm-up [from Alaine's dad's Instagram...]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPfnwdNhlGG/?taken-by=johnchartrand

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPv5rUGjUzP/


Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch [Luba soars...]

https://twitter.com/Periryan/status/822671288816832513


Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro [in the interview seat...]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPeAYLhBjAt/?taken-by=kirsten_mt&hl=en


Kaetlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPmqLFPFbrA/?taken-by=ka2sh&hl=en


Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPkczMNgGRF/

Evelyn Walsh / Trent Michaud [Junior Pairs gold]

https://twitter.com/JacksonUltima/status/821829353139015681

 

[TGee]

Bringing the info over from the nationals thread....the nationals gala will be broadcast on TSN4 tomorrow, Saturday, January 28th 2:30-4:00 pm EST....

http://www2.tsn.ca/tsnschedule/#/TSN4

https://mobile.twitter.com/SkateCan...6?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet

 

[TGee]

Uhm, did anyone else miss that Alaine's got her own cute tissue box stuffie now? (Adore the look on Brian Orser's face....)

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPvUnQkDNeS/

And can anyone definitively say what it is?

It looks like a groundhog (marmot) to me...which would be totally Eastern Ontario, but I could be wrong.....

-------------------------------------------------

editing to add...Figured out that Alaine had tagged the stuffie tissue holder as "corgidogmay" .......and according to the header on the private Instagram account, corgidogmay appears to be a Canadian living in Japan and is a fan of figureskating and other sports...

 

[TGee]

Skating at Rideau Hall

Skating has been a winter tradition at the Ottawa residence of the Governor General of Canada [GG], the Queen's vice-regal representative, since the 19th Century, dating to the time of Lord Dufferin who was GG from 1872 to 1878.

https://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=15123

And it is accessible to the public. If you are travelling to Ottawa in the winter, you can reserve your group ahead and get tickets [one time per season]. There is also open public skating sessions Saturdays and Sundays...

http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=15335

In acknowledgement of that history, as part of the year of celebration of 150 years since Canada was formed in Confederation, a Winter Pavilion has been opened at Rideau Hall [from a renovated former dairy] and the long standing natural ice rink is has been replaced with an outdoor rink with refrigeration that will extend the season, and ensure a skate-able surface through the ups and downs of temperature.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/winter-pavilion-rideau-hall-1.3956975

http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/new-winter-pavilion-stars-at-ggs-seasonal-party

https://www.gg.ca/event.aspx?id=1454


Some of Canada's earliest figure skating events were hosted by the GG, and one of Canada's oldest clubs, the Minto Skating Club, was established by the then GG the Earl of Minto and retains heraldry with his coronet.

https://www.gg.ca/event.aspx?id=108

So, as much as many of you were exasperated to have the GG drop in during nationals last week [mainly because there was no live stream and it added a further delay to CTV's broadcast], I'd argue it's important to acknowledge the important role that GGs have played in fostering the ice skating in Canada.....

Personally, I think it's great that the current GG is a figure skating fan, and enjoy having skating in the limelight given the profound attention we see usually devoted to hockey culture.

 

[Osmond4gold]

Thank you TGee for this history. So wonderful to have our Governor General David Johnston, or Mr. Canada, take such an interest in our National championship.

For our American friends, Mr. Johnston was reported as one of the real life inspirations for the writer of Ryan O'Neil's character in the movie, "Love Story". A former Harvard academic, hockey star and team captain, a university President and all around great guy, Mr. Canada was asked to stay on as our Governor General longer than any other GG in modern history.