Skate Canada announces 2025-26 National Team

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Name | Age | Hometown | Coach | Training Location

Women
Sara-Maude Dupuis | 20 | Montreal, Que. | Stéphane Yvars & Françoise Parisé | Boucherville, Que.
Katherine Medland-Spence | 24 | Ottawa, Ont. | Ken Rose & Danielle Rose | Richmond Hill, Ont.
Madeline Schizas | 22 | Oakville, Ont. | Nancy Lemaire | Milton, Ont.

Men
Stephen Gogolev | 20 | Toronto, Ont. | Lee Barkell | Toronto, Ont.
David Li | 18 | Vancouver, B.C. | Bianca Butler | Irvine, CA
Anthony Paradis | 18 | Boisbriand, Que. | Yvan Desjardins & Violaine Émard | Rosemère, Que.
Aleksa Rakic | 20 | Burnaby, B.C. | Joanne McLeod | Burnaby, B.C.
Roman Sadovsky | 26 | Vaughan, Ont. | Tracey Wainman & Grzegorz Filipowski | Richmond Hill, Ont.

Pair
Fiona Bombardier | 20 | Newmarket, Ont. & Benjamin Mimar | 24 | Toronto, Ont. | Julie Marcotte | Montréal, Que.
Kelly Ann Laurin | 19 | St-Jérôme, Que. & Loucas Éthier | 25 | Deux-Montagnes, Que. | Stéphanie Valois | Rosemère, Que.
Lia Pereira | 21| Milton, Ont. & Trennt Michaud | 28 | Trenton, Ont. | Alison Purkiss & Nancy Lemaire | Brantford, Ont.
Deanna Stellato-Dudek | 42 | Chicago, USA & Maxime Deschamps | 33 | Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que. | Josée Picard | Sainte-Julie, Que.

Ice Dance
Alicia Fabbri | 22 | Terrebonne, Que. & Paul Ayer | 27 | Brossard, Que. | Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon | Montreal, Que.
Piper Gilles | 33 | Toronto, Ont. & Paul Poirier | 33 | Unionville, Ont. | Carol Lane & Juris Razgulajevs | Scarborough, Ont.
Marjorie Lajoie | 24 | Boucherville, Que. & Zachary Lagha | 26 | Saint-Hubert, Que. | Romain Haguenauer & Patrice Lauzon | Montreal, Que.
Marie-Jade Lauriault | 28 | Ste-Anne-Des-Plaines, Que. & Romain Le Gac | 30 | Laval, Que. | Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon | Montreal, Que.

Team | Coach | Training Location

Synchronized Skating

Les Suprêmes | Pascal Denis & Marilyn Langlois | Saint-Léonard, Que.
NEXXICE | Jennifer Beauchamp-Chrichton & Shelley Simonton Barnett | Burlington, Ont.
Nova | Dominic Barthe & Nadine Tougas | Brossard, Que. & St-Hubert, Que.

 

[saine]

In case anyone is wondering why a skater/team is/isn't on the National Team, the criteria is:

• Competing in the 2025-26 season

And

• Top three at Senior Nationals and/or Senior Grand Prix assignment

 

[lariko]

In case anyone is wondering why a skater/team is/isn't on the National Team, the criteria is:

• Competing in the 2025-26 season

And

• Top three at Senior Nationals and/or Senior Grand Prix assignment

That doesn't work for all skaters listed on the team.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

That doesn't work for all skaters listed on the team.

Who does it not work for?

Sara-Maude, Katherine & Maddie were all on the podium at Nationals & have GP assignments, same for Roman, Laurin/Ethier, Pereira/Michaud & Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps, as well as Gilles/Poirier, Lajoie/Lagha & Fabbri/Ayer. Anthony & David were on the podium at Nationals, Stephen & Aleksa are host picks for SCI, while Bombardier/Mimar have been assigned to CoC and Lauriault/le Gac to GP de France. Did I miss something?

 

[lariko]

Who does it not work for?

Sara-Maude, Katherine & Maddie were all on the podium at Nationals & have GP assignments, same for Roman, Laurin/Ethier, Pereira/Michaud & Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps, as well as Gilles/Poirier, Lajoie/Lagha & Fabbri/Ayer. Anthony & David were on the podium at Nationals, Stephen & Aleksa are host picks for SCI, while Bombardier/Mimar have been assigned to CoC and Lauriault/le Gac to GP de France. Did I miss something?

Oops, the way I read the criteria is that they had to be top three in an assigned GP event, not just assigned to a GP, sorry. Which is kind of a weird way to have it, since previous year assignment to a GP doesn't take into account how a skater performed at the stage.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Oops, the way I read the criteria is that they had to be top three in an assigned GP event, not just assigned to a GP, sorry. Which is kind of a weird way to have it, since previous year assignment to a GP doesn't take into account how a skater performed at the stage.

It's not GP assignments of the previous season, but of the current season (so in this case 2025/26), which are usually based on past/current performance levels. Making the National team is also not that significant in Canada, as both funding and international assignments are not contingent on being on the "official" National team.