Category: Competition

2013 Nebelhorn Trophy Post-Game Analysis — Pairs

For the U.S. and Canada’s pairs entries, Nebelhorn Trophy marked a fresh start: both Lindsay Davis & Rockne Brubaker and Natasha Purich & Mervin Tran were new teams making their international debuts together, both men having sat out the 2012-13 season after unexpected splits from the partners with whom they competed at the world level.…

2013 Nebelhorn Trophy Post-Game Analysis – Dance

With each country submitting only one entry each per discipline, Nebelhorn Trophy provided an opportunity for a few skaters from the U.S. and Canada to make an individual statement. This was most certainly true in dance, with Americans Madison Hubbell & Zach Donohue and Canadians Alexandra Paul & Mitch Islam capturing the top spots in…

Summer Comps Continue with BC Super Series and Thornhill

The summer competition season continues in earnest this weekend with two more major regional events: BC Super Series SummerSkate and Skate Canada-Central Ontario (Thornhill) Summer Skate, both opening August 15. Partnered competition kicks off first with the BC Super Series SummerSkate, with all dance events slated for Thursday and Friday and a line-up that includes…

Skate Canada Announces Entries for U.S. Classic, Nebelhorn

Skate Canada has released its entries for the season’s first two senior international events: the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic and Nebelhorn Trophy. Pairs Paige Lawrence & Rudi Swiegers – Silver medalists at last year’s inaugural event in Salt Lake City, the three-time Canadian bronze medalists most recently placed sixth at February’s Four Continents and…

Skate Detroit – Final Odds and Ends

Lynn Rutherford’s final two pairs and dance pieces for icenetwork.com have been posted, recapping the events and offering some detail into Madison Hubbell’s recovery from concussion and the couple’s philosophy behind approaching this year’s programs, as well as a brief review of the junior dance competition: Hubbell, Donohue play to strengths in Sochi push Zhang,…

Skate Detroit Round-Up + Bonus

Scores are being compiled on the dedicated 2013 Skate Detroit page at Unseen Skaters, including full results for junior and senior pairs and, so far, for the short dance portion of the dance event, featuring Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker and Chloe Lewis & Logan Bye at juniors and Madison Hubbell & Zach Donohue in…