In the final day of medal-placing competition, highlights included Rika Kihira winning the senior ladies’ division in her first year at the senior level, a crowd-pleasing and gold-medal winning performance from the French senior pair and swept divisions by the Russians.
It's all in preparation for team Canada's run in the iihf World juniors at the end of December. Who doesn't love a little friendly exhibition play?
It was gold for Canada in the junior men's division, thanks to 13-year-old marvel Stephen Gogolev.
From under-rotations to clean combos, the first day of Grand Prix Final events was riveting from start to finish.
In the final day of medal-placing competition, highlights included Rika Kihira winning the senior ladies’ division in her first year at the senior level, a crowd-pleasing and gold-medal winning performance from the French senior pair and swept divisions by the Russians.
It's all in preparation for team Canada's run in the iihf World juniors at the end of December. Who doesn't love a little friendly exhibition play?
It was gold for Canada in the junior men's division, thanks to 13-year-old marvel Stephen Gogolev.
From under-rotations to clean combos, the first day of Grand Prix Final events was riveting from start to finish.
The contest with the Danes marks a historic moment for the ’Birds, who rarely get the chance to face national programs – it has already generated plenty of excitement in the locker room.
The team enters December as one of the hottest in the Canada West, and it seems as they’re only continuing to get better.
The Grand Prix Final is the most exclusive competition of figure skating season. Only the top six skaters or teams in each division (men's, ladies', pairs and ice dance) are able to compete.
Four goals? For one player? A defender? It can't be.
With several fall teams crashing out of playoffs, and fall teams having their own ups-and-downs, it's perhaps unsurprising that the last weekend of games ends in an equally tumultuous fashion across the board.
“It took me coming to a game and seeing it live to realize how much I missed it."
The program announcement comes on the heels of several legal cases involving concussions in professional sports.
As Dowhaniuk is becoming the new points-leader on the team, the Thunderbirds’ starting line is seeing potential for a dynamic future.
With only a weekend left to play before the holiday break, both winter and full-year teams have been putting on a show both at home and away.
Older buildings, like the 67-year-old War Memorial gym, weren’t designed with accessibility in mind — it wasn’t until the 1970s that disability rights advocates helped usher in province-wide regulations.
After three straight weekends of games that have seen the team outscore their opponents by an average of 20 points, there are a lot of positives to reflect on as they roll into their bye-week.