Time Stamps 0:30 Denna Stellato’s injury 1:43 Commentators (Rod & Tracey ft Ted) 6:40 Men 7:45 Roman Sadovsky - 10:24 Bells of Moscow and Schindler‘s List question. 14:44 World Team (Nam v Keegan v Roman) 16:45 Nam Nguyen 20:37 Keegen Messing - 26:43 Music 31:00 Roman Sadovsky again 32:19 Nic Nadeau 33:15 Joseph Phan (plus Martha Karolyi impression) 38:30 Conrad Orzel 40:50 Nic Nadau again 43:57 Pairs 44:10 Evelyn & Trent v Luba & Charlie (51:26 Cheer) 52:18 Denna & Maxime 54:18 Aljona Savchenko 56:55 Megan Duhamel 57:40 Kirsten & Michael (58:50 Words in Canada cost & skating lesson) 1:02:46 Luba & Charlie 1:03:30 Kirsten & Michael music ft. Cheer 1:05:02 Ice Dance 1:05:06 Piper & Paul - 1:07:43 Piper & Paul v Chock & Bates v Hubbel & Donahue 1:12:18 Marjorie & Zach 1:16:54 Cannadanes ft Spinning Out (1:18:15 Morgan Cipres & Christine Brennan) 1:21:00 Carolane & Shane (1:24:08 Junior Pair fall) 1:27:17 Ladies 1:27:21 Gabby Daleman 1:32:22 Alison Schumacher 1:33:52 Emily Bausback 1:35:05 Kayia Ruiter 1:36:07 Wesley Chiu 1:36:32 Ted Barton again 1:38:00 Europeans 1:38:37 New Russian videos 1:39:30 Moment of the Week

Dave Lease as Márta Károlyi; performance of the year. Honestly the greatest Oscar snub yet.

Roman & Satoko are both skating to John Bayless’ 1996 composition combining Bells of Moscow and Schindler’s List. Roman also skated to it last year.

I totally rewatched "What did Yuzu's waist feel like" (among other videos) after Canadian nationals, you're welcome Roman.

Favorite moment: Roman Sadovsky’s freeskate! I’ve re-watched it 4 times😂

My moment of the week: Roman’s free program and win (he’s never won nationals at any level). He was in his own bubble and let his skating do the talking.

Shorter summary of the ladies event: it's all up to you, Kaiya.

I love Roman's channel, he's so awkward but he has a good time, it's cute!

I kept hearing Jonathan's comment from the Skate Canada recap while watching Gabby Daleman, "and the crisis being a hot pink midriff". If Vincent Zhou can deal with an Asian tiger mom, he can deal with Eteri

me: I really need to go to sleep TSL: Aliona and Nic Nadeau me: googling German citizenship rules at midnight

I was in the stands, directly behind the camera at Canadians when Emy Carignan fell on the warmup. The ENTIRE rink gasped and froze where we were. It was scary. I’m confused though, cause Emy looked terrified before they skated. She was shaking her head ‘no’ as they called out their names for the pair to start. Idk who it was, but anyone in the building could’ve seen that she was not the one who wanted her to “push through.” It’s JUST skating, people.

wheezing at Dave's karolyi impression

‘Oh good! Really fricken hot!!’ 😂😂

Everytime you talk about Keegan I remember the one time you said Keegan "Hot Mess"ing - and I laugh out loud.

This competition made me very sad. It felt like I was watching a sectionals event. I miss the strong field of figure skating from Canada. I guess the same could be said about the United States (although we do have two ice dance teams and Nathan Chen). My moment of the week....this video. Dave and Jonathan, you just keep getting better and better. 1:24:13.....so cute the way you have your hands on your chests at the same time while discussing the junior pairs. Adorable! Thank you so much for this video.....it was the best part of my week! Just love, LOVE when Dave sings!

Never been so excited for an upload😊😊

YEASSSS!! The perfect end to my long weekend ❤️

Stolen so I can find them easier when I rewatch this lol. Thanks @DSqueenie 0:30 Denna Stellato’s injury 1:43 Commentators (Rod & Tracey ft Ted) 6:40 Men 7:45 Roman Sadovsky - 10:24 Bells of Moscow and Schindler‘s List question. 14:44 World Team (Nam v Keegan v Roman) 16:45 Nam Nguyen 20:37 Keegen Messing - 26:43 Music 31:00 Roman Sadovsky again 32:19 Nic Nadeau 33:15 Joseph Phan (plus Martha Karolyi impression) 38:30 Conrad Orzel 40:50 Nic Nadau again 43:57 Pairs 44:10 Evelyn & Trent v Luba & Charlie (51:26 Cheer) 52:18 Denna & Maxime 54:18 Aljona Savchenko 56:55 Megan Duhamel 57:40 Kirsten & Michael (58:50 Words in Canada cost & skating lesson) 1:02:46 Luba & Charlie 1:03:30 Kirsten & Michael music ft. Cheer 1:05:02 Ice Dance 1:05:06 Piper & Paul - 1:07:43 Piper & Paul v Chock & Bates v Hubbel & Donahue 1:12:18 Marjorie & Zach 1:16:54 Cannadanes ft Spinning Out (1:18:15 Morgan Cipres & Christine Brennan) 1:21:00 Carolane & Shane (1:24:08 Junior Pair fall) 1:27:17 Ladies 1:27:21 Gabby Daleman 1:32:22 Alison Schumacher 1:33:52 Emily Bausback 1:35:05 Kayia Ruiter 1:36:07 Wesley Chiu 1:36:32 Ted Barton again 1:38:00 Europeans 1:38:37 New Russian videos 1:39:30 Moment of the Week

Moment of the week was honestly Roman’s final camel spin in the short program

Thank you for this. I'd just assumed you'd taken a well deserved week off.

I liked Satoko's Planets/Star Wars mash-up! Especially with her cute costume :-)

I was waiting for this video! Thank you! Ticket to worlds are so expensive but I live in Montreal so I couldn’t pass it up. I hope you both can make it.

Schindler’s List + Bells of Moscow + Hatikva was a combination done first in “The Movie Album” by John Bayless where he had many different combinations of classical pieces with movie themes. I’m pretty sure he just put pieces together that sounded well.

Well Philippe Candeloro gave an interview to Le Parisien and said Morgan Cipres seems to have admitted to the facts by apologizing - and this will follow Morgan's career for a very long time. Philippe statement is a very big deal in the French skating world. And I strongly suspect he (J/C) won't be back competing anytime soon - ever!

Thanks, guys 💙

Been waiting for this!

My moment of the week - Dave impression

Dave, I absolutely adore all your gymnastics references! I was listening earlier at work and was laughing so hard I had ppl giving me the side eye lmao!!!! 😂😂😂

Lagha has exceptional skating skills. He reminds me of a young Scott Moir ! Jonathan will be converted shortly.

Regarding the junior pairs fall. There were a few comments on Twitter saying maybe she didn’t feel the pain because of adrenaline or whatever and I can understand the from her perspective however where was an adult coach/official/doctor/parent to say she should not be competing. On the livestream Ted mentioned she got checked before skating then later they said she had a broken write and kneecap. Who checked her and how did they miss that? There are a lot of questions Skate Canada needs to answer.

Keegan's coach reminds me of Canadian 80s rocker Kim Mitchell! Loved November Rain for Keegan too.

I've been hearing nothing but Tracy Chapman songs on the radio also! So very synchronistic. And yes..."Fast Car" was from MY youth, so I was surprised that you even knew that song. It still gives me chills.

The milk ban is an absolute thing in synchro! My old coach said it was a huge nono. At least it was for my team.

Roman's videos are great haha. I didn't even know he had a a channel until it was mentioned in the commentary at Canadian nationals. Super entertaining and informative channel actually. Also, the Yuzu video title was in response to a question about him not letting go during a photo on the podium (he explains in the video lol).

Love that you mentioned Cheer! I love cheer!!

OMG your Marta impression deserves an Oscar! Those are the exact things she says!

Dave, I’m cracking up. Your Marta Karolyi is spot on.

Thank you so much for uploading this! I’m so sad, as I was suppose to fly from Florida to watch in person, but I was literally bedridden with the flu and pneumonia. Anyway, looks like I missed a great splatfest (especially the ladies) Lord help our Canadian national team 😬

I was confused about the Schindler's List/Bells of Moscow too - it's an arrangement from a composer named John Bayless. He's done a few compositions like this one where he mashes up two pieces (for lack of a better word).

I love how Dave mentioned the video being late was because of him. Now I can’t even say some passive-aggressive comment about waiting for the video all day yesterday. Thanks Dave! ;). 8 minutes in and already laughing. Good stuff.

The Bells of Moscow/Schindler’s List music was composed by John Bayless. He’s a composer and pianist. He often does crossover pieces of classical pieces with film music. He also did Satoko’s Madame Butterfly music I think as well

I love how you mention Rod Black right off the bat. He has been doing nationals commentary on ctv/tsn for the last few years. I have no idea they keep letting him come back every year. It’s terrible.

I always have thought if Keegan wanted to actually elevate his skating he would have moved to Etown or gta to train in a structured and high level way. He has pretty solid roots to where he lives so it would be a huge sacrifice that I don't think he would trade it for success he may or may not get. I really respect him because he's so genuine but I also would love to see him succeed in this sport whether it's worlds or even within Canada. Maybe he doesn't need to move but get more structure and outside direction in a more consistent way. Man I just wish the best for him really.

Paul Wylie was so upright and had such clean, crisp lines. Keegan should study Paul's videos.

I was at the junior pairs in person and she definitely hit her face on the ice. I was sitting a few rows up from where the coachs stand during the warm up and when she came over to the coach after the accident she was bleeding from her mouth. I was shocked when they came out to skate. I was watching her speak to the coach before they started and she looked petrified.

Thank you both for introducing me to Nick Nadeau. He should be a pairs dude. His sit spins were wonderfully low. Very nice. He could definitely do some fitness modelling.

I have always loved Roman

Keegan's visiting Franks' mother! LOL!

Gabby's wrap on her lutz and flip has become so atrocious; her ankles had to have been at least a foot apart on those jumps. She's never had great technique, especially on her 3lz and 3f, but was able to rotate them because of how much height she could get, but her skating skills and technique have really deteriorated since Pyeongchang. Her timing was so off here too - I'm glad Tracy explained that her main problem was that she was jumping with her shoulders and starting to rotate before picking, and that her issues were significantly more mental than physical. I feel for her because her mental health is obviously still very fragile, and agree with you guys that she definitely needs to take some real time off, think about if she really wants to keep skating, ACTUALLY stay off social media for a decent period of time, maybe even do what Gracie did and go into residential treatment if Skate Canada will pay for it. I think her parents are part of the problem, especially her dad managing her off-ice training. I also hope Slipchuck/Skate Canada realize that sending her to Worlds/any other major competition for the foreseeable future is a terrible idea. Canada is very likely to lose their 2nd ladies' spot anyway, but it would be cruel to put that pressure on Gabby's shoulders.

Beethoven's Emperor Concerto (5th Piano Concerto) is wonderful program music (good edit they did, too), has tempos for all sections. Underrated Beethoven piece and also best modern prog rock/pop music. Why didn't I think of using this as it's one of my top 5 music fav? I could never do it justice.

I couldnt find anything on You tube can you put a link up

I think the Schindler's List/Prelude thing is John Bayless? He mashes up classical music with film tracks. He has an entire album with that idea. It was once randomly dumped into my KZfaq recommendations and I wouldn't be surprised if FS people found it somehow - seems like cat nip for them.

satoko use the same piece of music as she was moved by roman’s performance at canadian nationals last year

David's Marta is brilliant

Love you two. Shades of Trixie and Katya. 😘 Unnnnhhhh

Favourite moment was Roman winning, Kaiya was great too, agree about Alison Schumacher and I've got everything crossed for MTM at worlds. Tessa Virtue references are always welcome. Did you watch RTR yet? I liked it a lot more than TYC but I don't think it was filmed for broadcast.

YES AT LAST 💓💓💓

As others have noted, the Schindlers List, Rachmaninoff mash-up was done by John Bayless . Has done others, including a Moon River and Rachmaninoff (Rach 2, I think) mash-up that Lori Nichol used for Zhizun Li and Rachael Flatt.

Bell Center is always expensive! When I went to McGill we had to go to Ontario to watch hockey live because the price at home in MTL was absurd. The event organisers are also fully aware that they can charge what they like for any event Yuzuru Hanyu is likely to be at because he has enough fans willing to shell out thousands of dollars to fill the seats. ETA: Montreal in March? Slushy, muddy, cold nights, rainy days, everything thawing and refreezing overnight again and again each day. Gorgeous on a good day. I love Montreal but March is the worst month of the year there.

Yes 20k!!!!!!!!

I think there should be a Pan-american skating competition. That way, USA and Canada can have a competition between nationals, olympics (or worlds), and can not have nationals be the end all be all. Four continents in Asia is too far away with a massive time difference.

Let's talk about the costumes of the men's medalists. Sandovsky had the best costume by far. Nguyen looked like he was ready for a business meeting with the tie and belt. Messing's costume was much better than last year's when he wore a SWEATER VEST (I believe) and was on his way to a day shift at the library. I know it's horrible to criticize people's costumes but I am adamant that there should be a standard uniform for major competitions. This is an athletic sport! You wouldn't see gymnasts wearing some of this stuff! Katarina Witt's short program outfit, for example, at the '88 Olympics also bothered me because it was better suited for an exhibition program. There is a time and place for different outfits. I guess I just have strict opinions on this, haha.

My fave's were Phan and Roman for sure. Oscar nominee and award for drama goes to ....... hope Canada has a strong Ladies contender to help them with the Team event in 2222.

The Lucky Charms bit was hilarious. Can't say I agree though with Dave's praise of Keegan's FS. While I suppose it's possible to imagine a good program to GAR's "September Rain, this one is not it. It's just a series of jumps, spins and "cool" moves that are being performed while some rock music is playing in the background. I get the same vibe from the SP, which is why even though I'm sick to death of routines inspired by Charlie Chaplin I still infinitely prefer this to anything Keegan has done this season.

Roman's free program music is theme from Schindler's List/Prelude in C-Sharp Minor/Hatikvah performed by John Bayless. Hatikvah - national anthem of Israel is an adaptation of Prokofiev's Bell's of Moscow which is just a different name for Prelude in C-Sharp Minor. I hope it answers Jonathan's question about connection between Schindler's list and Bell's of Moscow. Connection is - national anthem of Israel.

1:32:40 Jonathan's Mmmmm made me laugh so much

You were more positive about Nationals than I was, and I'm Canadian lol. Too many performances were disappointing but that's good drama unto itself. As for Kaiya, the girl does have star quality and her parents are tiny (I believe) so puberty might not hit her hard. If she can grow enough to get GoE and have her programs mature a little as you would expect with a 13yo, she'll go to Beijing - even as our one entry.

Just saying... Nic Nadeau is a lefty (he lands jumps on his left foot). So for pair skating, he would have to skate with Kaitlyn Osmond or with Carolina Kostner (sorry for my bad spelling, I’m doing my best here!) I would enjoy that, but I doubt it’s gonna happen 😉

35:00 your russian accent 😂👌🏼👌🏼

I really, really don't get whyyy ("WHYYYY" ~Nancy) people get their panties in a bunch over Schindler's List. It's performance art! Most of my family died in the Holocaust... I welcome the Schindler's List programs (though they've become quite redundant). My favorite Schindler's List program was Elena & Nikita's Junior FD

FYI Keegens show one of Keegan's show programs is skated as Tarzam in a faux cheetah fur bikini

Talking about facts being off they mentioned that one of the senior men had been an ice dancer before singles but I skating with him as a kid through high school and he was never an ice dancer ha!

NBC gold nightmare is right!

It would be really difficult for Nic Nadau to find a partner unfortunately cause he’s a lefty skater.

Mom and I went through most of the different videos one by one and it was amusing to hear the different commentaries! The senior ladies as opposed to the just-up-from-juniors were disappointing and boring.

LuChuck struggled with their throws. In my opinion, the first throw of the long was not just Lubov's fault. The torque and speed of revolution to the naked eye looked as quick as usual, and her core was strong. But she didn't complete the revolution. It looked like she was thrown across the ice instead of up. Lubov's arabesques are so strong, she can afford the higher throw, and still have a long flow out. I think both of them need to accept the weight off this mistake.

As someone who would fancy myself a sports reporter (in another life) I am ashamed to say, I can't find my original source for the following. BUT.... apparently Skate Canada has already named Kirsten and Michael to the World team, with Ev/Trennnnnnnnnnnnt and LuChuck fighting it out at 4CC. Piper and Paul AND Marjorie and Zack are also already named to the team. They will decide on the CanaDanes and SouFirus after 4CC. In both the men's and women's, decisions will be made after 4CC. I agree with your opinion that LuChuck have more important skating, and they are the team I want to excel more than all of the others,...but you have to give credit to Ev/Trennnnnnnnt for the incredible improvement. Yes, I agree with all of your critiques, but this is already significant improvement in the past year. They COULD be a third team in Beijing, but they could also be around for 2026 AND 2030. Let's not give up on them. I appreciate that Kirsten repeatedly made sure that she acknowledged Michael's cleaner skates, but it really bugs me when they publicly air their disappointment after weaker skates. She needs to class it up. It is hard to root for KMT when she chastises her partner who we all know is fully aware he messed up. The ice is no place to shame. NOW, ask me about me feelings about Charlie. He seems like he could be a total bully, and I will not have that in the teams I cheer for.

On a tangent when you mentioned Red Army gymnastics ,,have you even seen Soviet Soldiers Dancing by CommunistBops on Twitter? it makes my twitter world glorious!

She broke her knee cap and wrist. Apparently her teeth fell out too... Christ.

Mississauga

Argh no! Not great timing for me to do timestamps for this ep - can someone fill in? Xx

Lajoie and Lagha present a challenge to the skating fan. I enjoyed them more last season, but with some attention and repeated views of their skates this year, they truly are getting stronger in all areas. So why do I enjoy them less, this season? I really don't like the material, for one. That can change. I find them very sharp and athletic, but I feel THAT might be the problem. A heightened energy and strong moves are only purposeful if they add to the aesthetic. As a choreographer and former dancer, I feel like their extensions and sharp moves don't work with the music but rather, against. (timing wise). It feels like each strong hit is either ahead of or ' a catch up' to the music, making it look cumbersome instead of sharp. And the choreography needs to give them a chance (especially her) to drop the shoulders and show a longer line. Marjorie has a shorter neck and high shoulders to begin with. The highly charged "Dance at the Gym" and the frenetic approach to the Queen truncate the body. They need to pick material where the attention to artistry is also a pedagogic aid in improving shortcomings like their line. I'm rooting for this team as well. Their professionalism and success on the junior grand prix circuit already have given them an advance that they can build upon. Please, just let them grow with better material.

Please someone donate one of Canada's ladies spots to another country. I saw more talent at sectionals in the junior division than I did here in senior ladies.

I completely disagree about Alison Schumacher. Of the 3 Canada named to 4CC, I like her the least. Boring like Bradie, but nowhere near as good. I actually found Madeline Schizas a breath of fresh air. I didn't see Kaiya here, but she impressed me in the JGP, so I am very happy to see her named to Junior Worlds. Oh, and I'm Canadian.

35:00-35:15. Lmao. Lmao.

Sad that my favorite male skater, Stephen Gogolev, had to withdraw during the competition. Also, I was a bit glad that Rod Black was brought up at the beginning of this commentary because I also find him annoying. For example, when Gogolev had his breakthrough short program at last year's Canadian nationals, Rod says something like, "We haven't seen something like this in a long tiiyyyyiiiyyymmmeee". And the way he draws out "time" annoys me a lot...sorry Rod, can't help it!

It was a friend of some girl Lexi used to fight who leaked the naked pictures. (I have watched Cheer 5 times.)

lmao now 'tallshaming' is a thing loool)))))))))))))))))

Does anyone think G/P few skate outfit looks “too beige”?

I thought she was mouthing "Ow Ow Ow Ow Ow"

As an amateur life coach Dorsey looks for two things: hot takes & peak form pancakes. Canada delivered neither. The commentary was flat; the skating was rough. Mid-Jan? Nationals? Sending two ladies to worlds? That is marginally better than Cuba.

can you get meghan back?

Wow, Roman Sadovsky! I just watched the Russian Natls *groan* men (boys). They have no one like this, not even close. They are all very young with no transitions (why can 14yr old girls have them but not guys?) and NO musicality, except the tiny 14yo guy. SO wonderful to see a mature, TALL skater with the complete package, rough as it may have been. No matter what he does, I enjoy watching him do more than merely pile on the GOEs AND with interesting footwork. Disclaimer: I am not Canadian.

First viewer, first comment. I feel accomplished.

Oh, come on, why does Canadian broadcasting qualify as quality entertainment and Russian - as propaganda. The fact that the top Canadian lady would be on the 15th place in the Russian Nats is the Canadian issue, not the Russian problem. You, guys, are bias and it would impact your bloggers reputation