2024 Canadian Championships Sr Pairs FS - When it's so cold outside, the ice inside is extra hard

[victorskid]

Pairs Free Start Order

1 Ashlyn Schmitz / Tristan Taylor SK
2 Summer Homick / Marty Haubrich ON
3 Caidence Derenisky / Raine Eberl SK

[Resurface]

4 Elizabeth Thibodeau-Mailhot / Daniel Villeneuve 0QC
5 Fiona Bombardier / Gabriel Farand ON
6 Émy Carignan / Bryan Pierro QC


7 Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Éthier QC
8 Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud ON
9 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps QC

WD Brooke MacIntosh / Benjamin Mimar ON



Skate Canada Start Orders/Results page: https://skatecanada.ca/2024-canadian-national-skating-championships/#starting-orders-and-results
There are links there to the .pdf results for each event - not "live" like the ISU.

Event livestream page: https://skatecanada.ca/2024-canadian-national-skating-championships/#live-stream
Also on the Skate Canada DailyMotion channel where you will also find competition replays: https://www.dailymotion.com/skatecanada

 

[victorskid]

6:25 p.m. MST start - first we have medals for the Ice Dance and Women.

 

[overedge]

Thank you again @victorskid for keeping us all informed.

 

[Desperado]

6:25 p.m. MST start - first we have medals for the Ice Dance and Women.

I believe that’s EST, 4:25pm MT.

Thank you for all your work!

 

[victorskid]

I believe that’s EST, 4:25pm MT.

Thank you for all your work!

OOPS - yes - I had it written down in MY local time!!

 

[victorskid]

4:25 p.m. MST start - first we have medals for the Ice Dance and Women.

NOTE that it is 4.25 MST!!!

 

[pat c]

Ashlyn Schmitz / Tristan Taylor - Transformers Age of Extinction - Tessa (Jablonsky)/ You Say (Daigle)

Summer Homick / Marty Haubrich - Sweeney Todd

Caidence Derenisky / Raine Eberl - The Hours Movie Sdtk/I Would Leave the Light on (Tom Walker)

 

[JoannaLouise]

Back! I am dying to find out who grabbed those podium spots in dance, especially silver! I can't wait to watch it later.

 

[tony]

Haven't watched the rest of Nationals thus forth, but I'm really shocked by the attendance now that I got a peek at the other side of the crowd. Basically empty. There has to be what, 200-300 people total?

 

[Rukia]

Haven't watched the rest of Nationals thus forth, but I'm really shocked by the attendance now that I got a peek at the other side of the crowd. Basically empty. There has to be what, 200-300 people total?

they all froze on the way there

 

[Karen-W]

Haven't watched the rest of Nationals thus forth, but I'm really shocked by the attendance now that I got a peek at the other side of the crowd. Basically empty. There has to be what, 200-300 people total?

I'd say probably more in the vicinity of 600-800. I just did a quick count of one of the corner sections and there were about 18-20 people in it - and there are a lot more in the middle sections. But really bad nonetheless.

 

[Alilou]

Haven't watched the rest of Nationals thus forth, but I'm really shocked by the attendance now that I got a peek at the other side of the crowd. Basically empty. There has to be what, 200-300 people total?

Everyone's saving their pennies for worlds. Who wants to go to Calgary (in January!) when they can see worlds in Montreal.

 

[Aceon6]

Marty, when they took that shirt out of the bag, you should have told them to take the whickety whack off. You’re a big dude. No way they’d say no.

 

[Wyliefan]

Sweeney Todd in a pairs program? There's something you don't hear every day!

 

[Karen-W]

Everyone's saving their pennies for worlds. Who wants to go to Calgary wen they can see worlds in Montreal.

Calgary is a big city - if the tickets were properly priced I think they could fill a venue like Winsport Arena, which is on the smaller side as far as those facilities go.

 

[pat c]

Haven't watched the rest of Nationals thus forth, but I'm really shocked by the attendance now that I got a peek at the other side of the crowd. Basically empty. There has to be what, 200-300 people total?

The weather, no all event passes, no hotels close and the price of hotels in Calgary. All contributed, and for those who live in Calgary, Winsport is as far west in Cgy as you can get on the way to Banff. Quite a few factors play into it, so for anyone say living in the NE part of Calgary, it's a hike.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Everyone's saving their pennies for worlds. Who wants to go to Calgary wen they can see worlds in Montreal.

With World’s in Montreal, Skate Canada probably should have held Nats in Vancouver. Mind you, BC is having unusual cold weather too.

 

[shan]

Was that music from "Sweeney Todd" from Homick/Haubrich?

 

[Alilou]

With World’s in Montreal, Skate Canada probably should have held Nats in Vancouver. Mind you, BC is having unusual cold weather too.

No kidding - I'm there in the Arctic outflow brrrrr - but it's still not quite at Calgary levels

 

[Wyliefan]

Was that music from "Sweeney Todd" from Homick/Haubrich?

Indeed it was!

 

[Karen-W]

With World’s in Montreal, Skate Canada probably should have held Nats in Vancouver. Mind you, BC is having unusual cold weather too.

Maybe - but they did hold SCI there so I can understand why they chose a different location for Nats. Maybe Halifax would have been a better choice.

 

[kylet3]

I’m in Edmonton, I had planned on going, but with them not doing all-events it would have been in excess of $600 for a weekend in Calgary which I can’t justify atm, so I’m happy to stay at home be warm and watch on my laptop

 

[Rukia]

Not having all-event tickets is just silly

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

No kidding - I'm there in the Arctic outflow brrrrr - but it's still not quite at Calgary levels

It’s weirding me out that it’s currently warmer here in Eastern Ontario/Western Quebec than it is in Vancouver!

 

[skategal]

The weather, no all event passes, no hotels close and the price of hotels in Calgary. All contributed, and for those who live in Calgary, Winsport is as far west in Cgy as you can get on the way to Banff. Quite a few factors play into it, so for anyone say living in the NE part of Calgary, it's a hike.

Plus Calgary is a big city with alot of other entertainment and sports options competing for your dollar.

If they had this event in a place with less options, they would sell out.

 

[Alilou]

The weather, no all event passes, no hotels close and the price of hotels in Calgary. All contributed, and for those who live in Calgary, Winsport is as far west in Cgy as you can get on the way to Banff. Quite a few factors play into it, so for anyone say living in the NE part of Calgary, it's a hike.

All together it sure sounds like SC didn't connect all the dots before giving this event to Calgary at that arena.

 

[Aceon6]

Turn the damned light off!

 

[Amy L]

Turn the damned light off!

I wish they would have kept the instrumental part for the whole program. No one has ever left the light on and made it their own.

 

[skategal]

Maybe Halifax would have been a better choice.

I think it would have been much better attended in Halifax or Saint John, or Moncton or Fredericton.

 

[shan]

Indeed it was!

Thanks for confirming.

I missed the music id at the beginning, but recognized part of it from an episode of The Office.


This first group shows how difficult pairs can be. Some tough skates.