tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89343982011-12-14T20:56:42.251-06:00Skate FanComments and news links for fans of Canadian Figure Skating and Ice Dancing.Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04141902799980872254noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934398.post-1101770894347406022004-11-29T17:13:00.000-06:002004-11-29T17:28:14.346-06:00Grand Prix and moreFive Canadian entries in the GP final!
<br /><a href="http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/FigureSkating/2004/11/24/729338-cp.html">http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/FigureSkating/2004/11/24/729338-cp.html</a> (includes good pic of Cynthia)
<br /><a id="r-1" href="http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/2004/11/28/Sports/icedancers041128.html">Russian figure skaters clean up on home turf</a>
<br /><a id="r-1" href="http://www.canada.com/sports/story.html?id=0c9b9865-5e52-45e3-bf08-f2a59636cb98">Russians Plushenko and Slutskaya win Cup of Russia singles titles</a>
<br />Also in the news:
<br /><a id="r-0" href="http://www.canada.com/sports/skating/story.html?id=c5f91f6a-67f9-45ed-b3c6-ad604ff70ccf">Bellemare captures bronze medal in Bofrost Cup figure skating ...</a>
<br /><a id="r-0" href="http://www.canada.com/sports/skating/story.html?id=ef885d07-bf37-4d65-9590-c4e84d821c50">Canadian figure skaters leave Tuesday for Junior Grand Prix final ...</a>
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8934398-110177089434740602?l=skatefan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04141902799980872254noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934398.post-1101149891449567782004-11-22T13:49:00.000-06:002004-11-22T12:58:11.450-06:00somebody pinch meThis season just keeps getting better and better:
<br /><a href="http://www.tsn.ca/figure_skating/">http://www.tsn.ca/figure_skating/</a>
<br /><a id="r-4" href="http://www.canada.com/sports/skating/story.html?id=e050c505-6b08-4f50-8101-021e747fd0cd">Richmond Hill's Emanuel Sandhu wins bronze medal at Trophee ...</a>
<br />Except for our pairs teams who haven't seemed to be able to jump on the medals bandwagon.
<br /><a href="http://www.tsn.ca/figure_skating/feature.asp?fid=10044">http://www.tsn.ca/figure_skating/feature.asp?fid=10044</a>
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8934398-110114989144956778?l=skatefan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04141902799980872254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934398.post-1100578758657707392004-11-15T22:05:00.000-06:002004-11-15T22:19:18.656-06:00Cup of China results newsThis has to be one of Canada's most successful Grand Prix event in a long time...
<br /><a href="http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/news_views/news/2004_2005/04_nov15.cfm">Canada wins four medals in China </a>
<br /><a style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/2004/11/13/Sports/cup-china041113.html">Buttle victorious at Cup of China</a>
<br /><a id="r-0" href="http://www.tsn.ca/news_story.asp?ID=104708">Buttle wins Cup of China, earns GP berth</a>
<br /><a id="r-10" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=249647">Slutskaya Returns With Cup of China Win</a>
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8934398-110057875865770739?l=skatefan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04141902799980872254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934398.post-1100204063019220312004-11-11T13:58:00.000-06:002004-11-11T14:16:00.426-06:00Cup of China<span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;" >This should be an interesting competition for Canadian fans. Our top ice dance team </span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" >Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon are currently in second behind Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto. As well, pairs team Valerie Marcoux and Craig Buntin are in third place after the short program.
<br /><a href="http://www.sportsfeatures.com/PressPoint/show.php?id=17273">Cup of China - Thursday</a>
<br />Irina Slutskaya is making her comeback with a first place finish in the short, while Joannie Rochette and Mira Leung are in 5th and 9th respectively.
<br /></span><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/othersports/apother_story.asp?category=2080&slug=FIG%20Cup%20of%20China%20Slutskaya" id="r-1">Slutskaya set for comeback in Beijing</a>
<br /><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="http://www.isufs.org/results/gpchn04/index.htm">Start Order/Results</a>
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8934398-110020406301922031?l=skatefan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04141902799980872254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934398.post-1100024462866311052004-11-09T13:14:00.000-06:002004-11-09T12:21:02.866-06:00NHK TrophyNews articles:
<br /><a id="r-1" href="http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/OtherSports/2004/11/07/704848-cp.html">American Johnny Weir wins men's title at NHK Trophy figure skating ...</a>
<br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041107/ap_on_sp_ot/fig_nhk_trophy_1">American Johnny Weir Wins NHK Trophy</a>
<br /><a id="r-4" href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getsp.pl5?sp20041107a1.htm">Arakawa skates away with first NHK Trophy</a>
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8934398-110002446286631105?l=skatefan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04141902799980872254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934398.post-1099613692708907642004-11-04T18:02:00.000-06:002004-11-04T18:31:21.533-06:00Thursday Thoughts - The Effect of the New JudgingI read a <a href="http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archives/001297.html#more">blog</a> which argued that the new judging system was going to kill the quad. That it was too risky and the skaters would go for points that they knew they could get. I disagree. I think Emanuel Sandhu's amazing comeback from 7th place to 1st at <a href="http://www.isufs.org/results/gpcan04/index.htm">Skate Canada </a>this year shows that a quad combo still packs a punch. What do you think? I have also read claims about the new system pushing skaters too hard and causing <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/20041103-1440-fig-cupofchina-cohenwithdraws.html">injuries</a>. Others rave that it is making programs more interesting and allowing more movement in the results. What have you noticed so far this year?
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8934398-109961369270890764?l=skatefan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04141902799980872254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934398.post-1099586687677250532004-11-04T10:41:00.001-06:002004-11-04T10:44:47.676-06:00NHK Trophy has startedThe NHK trophy has gotten underway with the pair's short program.
<br /><a id="r-0" href="http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/2004/11/04/Sports/nhk_trophy041004.html">Russian pair leads at NHK Trophy</a>
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8934398-109958668767725053?l=skatefan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04141902799980872254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934398.post-1099514672518552462004-11-03T14:39:00.000-06:002004-11-03T14:44:32.516-06:00No comeback for Shae-Lynne BourneShae-Lynne Bourne and Peter Tchernyshev are no longer skating together and Shae-Lynne's return to competitive competition has been axed.
<br /><a href="http://www.tsn.ca/figure_skating/news_story.asp?ID=103541&hubName=figure_skating">Bourne to focus on singles</a>
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8934398-109951467251855246?l=skatefan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04141902799980872254noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934398.post-1099373089966170582004-11-01T23:14:00.000-06:002004-11-01T23:33:05.646-06:00Skate Canada The competition has wrapped up, but it is still a few days until NHK. In the meantime, we can pour over the Skate Canada reports and wonder what the hell was going through Jeffrey Buttle's mind.
<br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/5v4oa">http://tinyurl.com/5v4oa</a>
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8934398-109937308996617058?l=skatefan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04141902799980872254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934398.post-1099279688752399442004-10-31T21:15:00.000-06:002004-10-31T21:45:05.003-06:00Skate CanadaA Canadian podium sweep in the Men's and Cynthia Phaneuf's gold medal could be the start of a new era of Canadian Figure Skating. Ben Ferriera showed that his silver medal at last year's nationals was no fluke. He really seems to love skating in front of a Canadian crowd. Emmanuel Sandhu put his quad combo together to win gold, but Jeffrey Buttle fell apart to slip to third.
<br /><a style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041030.wskate30/BNStory/Sports/">Golden night for Sandhu, Phaneuf</a> - The Globe and Mail
<br /><a id="r-5" href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?sp20041031a2.htm">Suguri, Onda sharp at Skate Canada</a> - The Japan Times, Japan
<br /><a id="r-7" href="http://www.canada.com/sports/story.html?id=8939666b-0d6f-4356-a1dd-44afaa7983dd">Denkova, Staviski win original dance at MasterCard Skate Canada in ...</a> - Canada.com
<br /><a id="r-0" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=213980">Bulgarians Take Ice Dancing Title</a> - ABC News, United States
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8934398-109927968875239944?l=skatefan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04141902799980872254noreply@blogger.com51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934398.post-1099106528933851992004-10-29T21:13:00.000-06:002004-10-29T21:22:08.933-06:00Skate Canada 2004 - FridayA fantastic day for Canadian women's figure skating. Cynthia Phaneuf is in first place after the short program.
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<br /><a href="http://www.tsn.ca/news_story.asp?ID=103107&hubName=main" id="r-1">Skate Canada: Phaneuf tops short program</a>
<br /><span style="font-size:-1;"><span style="color:#6f6f6f;">TSN.ca, Canada
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<br /></span></span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/2004/10/29/Sports/skatecanada041029.html" id="r-2">Phaneuf jumps out to lead at Skate Canada</a>
<br /><span style="font-size:-1;"><span style="color:#6f6f6f;">CBC News, Canada </span><nobr></nobr></span><span style="font-size:-1;"><nobr></nobr></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>
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