Minto Summer Skate began August 1, with junior and senior dance and junior pairs (LP only) beginning Saturday. The registered skaters list includes Edwards & Pang (FD only) and Nicole Orford & Thomas Williams (SD only) fresh off of Lake…
Category: Ice Dance
Flashback Friday: Before They Were Lake Placid Stars
The Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, now in their 81st year, have played host to a number of top-level North American teams in their developing years. In this century alone, such competitors have included Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir as…
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…
JGP Riga Cup (Latvia) Entries Announced
The ISU has posted its first entry list for the Junior Grand Prix circuit, for first event JGP Riga Cup in Riga, Latvia. Canada will be sending two entries in pairs: Junior Grand Prix newcomers Dylan Conway & Dustin Sherriff-Clayton,…
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…
Skate Detroit, Lake Placid Offer Top Pairs & Dance Rosters
Skate Detroit, which opened Tuesday, will present a larger than average pairs roster and a first-time contest for ice dance. The rosters for senior, junior, and novice pairs is available on Unseen Skaters. Of particular note are the major competitive…
USFS Announces U.S. Entries for Salt Lake City Senior B
U.S. Figure Skating has announced the American entries for the second annual U.S. International Figure Skating Classic, to be held again in Salt Lake City from September 11-15, with a few big names scheduled to compete. Pairs Marissa Castelli &…
Flashback Friday: Kelly Johnson and John Thomas, 1984 Winter Olympics Original Set Pattern
Kelly Johnson today is known primarily as a coach and choreographer with the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie, behind programs including Alexandra Paul and Mitch Islam’s 2012-13 short dance. But in the 1980s Johnson was one-half of Canada’s number…
Flashback Friday: Jessica Joseph and Charles Butler, 1997-98 Junior Worlds FD
In the late ’90s and early ’00s, teams like Jamie Silverstein & Justin Pekarek and Tanith Belbin & Ben Agosto made a major mark on the international scene for American juniors, signifying the beginnings of ice dance’s shift to North…
ISU Announces Grand Prix Minimums
The ISU has released its Grand Prix Announcement 2013-14, revealing the minimum total score and TES for skaters and teams assigned to this year’s Grand Prix events, determined as 3/5 of the highest scores from each discipline at the 2013…