# 2018 Skate Canada International

The 2018 Skate Canada International was the second event of the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Place Bell in Laval, Quebec from October 26–28. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final.

## Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.
| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Australia | Brendan Kerry | | Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor | |
| Canada | Keegan Messing Nam Nguyen Roman Sadovsky | Alaine Chartrand Alicia Pineault | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus |
| China | | | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu |
| France | Kévin Aymoz | | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac |
| Israel | Daniel Samohin | | | |
| Japan | Shoma Uno Kazuki Tomono | Wakaba Higuchi Yura Matsuda Mako Yamashita | | |
| Kazakhstan | | Elizabet Tursynbaeva | | |
| Russia | Alexander Samarin | Evgenia Medvedeva Daria Panenkova Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov |
| South Korea | Cha Jun-hwan | | | |
| Spain | | | | Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz |
| Sweden | Alexander Majorov | | | |
| United Kingdom | | | | Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland |
| United States | Jason Brown | Starr Andrews Mariah Bell | Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue |

### Changes to preliminary assignments

| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes |
| September 11 | Men | N/A | Nam Nguyen | Host pick |
| October 12 | Ladies | Larkyn Austman | Véronik Mallet | Foot injury; host pick |
| October 12 | Ladies | Gabrielle Daleman | Alicia Pineault | Focus on health; host pick |
| October 12 and 16 | Ladies | Choi Da-bin | Starr Andrews | Boot issues |
| October 25 | Ladies | Véronik Mallet | N/A | Foot injury |

## Records

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Event | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date |
| Pairs | Short program | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | 74.51 | 26 October 2018 |
| Ice dance | Rhythm dance | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | 80.49 | 26 October 2018 |
| Pairs | Free skating | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | 147.30 | 27 October 2018 |
| Pairs | Total score | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | 221.81 | 27 October 2018 |

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Japan | 277.25 | 2 | 88.87 | 1 | 188.38 |
| 2 | Keegan Messing | Canada | 265.17 | 1 | 95.05 | 2 | 170.12 |
| 3 | Cha Jun-hwan | South Korea | 254.77 | 3 | 88.86 | 3 | 165.91 |
| 4 | Alexander Samarin | Russia | 248.78 | 4 | 88.06 | 4 | 160.72 |
| 5 | Nam Nguyen | Canada | 240.94 | 7 | 82.22 | 5 | 158.72 |
| 6 | Jason Brown | United States | 234.97 | 11 | 76.46 | 6 | 158.51 |
| 7 | Kévin Aymoz | France | 230.09 | 10 | 78.83 | 7 | 151.26 |
| 8 | Daniel Samohin | Israel | 225.89 | 5 | 84.90 | 9 | 140.99 |
| 9 | Kazuki Tomono | Japan | 220.83 | 8 | 81.63 | 10 | 139.20 |
| 10 | Alexander Majorov | Sweden | 220.30 | 6 | 84.64 | 12 | 135.66 |
| 11 | Brendan Kerry | Australia | 220.08 | 9 | 80.99 | 11 | 139.09 |
| 12 | Roman Sadovsky | Canada | 210.60 | 12 | 67.72 | 8 | 142.88 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia | 203.32 | 1 | 74.22 | 3 | 129.10 |
| 2 | Mako Yamashita | Japan | 203.06 | 3 | 66.30 | 2 | 136.76 |
| 3 | Evgenia Medvedeva | Russia | 197.91 | 7 | 60.83 | 1 | 137.08 |
| 4 | Mariah Bell | United States | 190.25 | 5 | 63.35 | 4 | 126.90 |
| 5 | Elizabet Tursynbaeva | Kazakhstan | 185.71 | 6 | 61.19 | 5 | 124.52 |
| 6 | Wakaba Higuchi | Japan | 181.29 | 2 | 66.51 | 7 | 114.78 |
| 7 | Starr Andrews | United States | 174.72 | 4 | 64.77 | 9 | 109.95 |
| 8 | Alaine Chartrand | Canada | 172.17 | 8 | 60.47 | 8 | 111.70 |
| 9 | Daria Panenkova | Russia | 168.54 | 11 | 51.41 | 6 | 117.13 |
| 10 | Alicia Pineault | Canada | 158.29 | 9 | 59.02 | 11 | 99.27 |
| 11 | Yura Matsuda | Japan | 157.59 | 10 | 53.35 | 10 | 104.24 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | France | 221.81 | 1 | 74.51 | 1 | 147.30 |
| 2 | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | China | 201.08 | 2 | 72.00 | 4 | 129.08 |
| 3 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Canada | 200.93 | 3 | 71.26 | 3 | 129.67 |
| 4 | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Russia | 196.54 | 4 | 64.57 | 2 | 131.97 |
| 5 | Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud | Canada | 172.53 | 6 | 59.59 | 6 | 112.94 |
| 6 | Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier | United States | 170.22 | 8 | 55.31 | 5 | 114.91 |
| 7 | Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor | Australia | 166.95 | 5 | 60.77 | 7 | 106.18 |
| 8 | Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe | Canada | 162.16 | 7 | 57.53 | 8 | 104.63 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | RD | RD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States | 200.76 | 1 | 80.49 | 2 | 120.27 |
| 2 | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Russia | 195.17 | 2 | 74.66 | 1 | 120.51 |
| 3 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada | 186.97 | 6 | 66.95 | 3 | 120.02 |
| 4 | Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac | France | 180.32 | 4 | 68.90 | 4 | 111.42 |
| 5 | Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz | Spain | 176.57 | 3 | 72.35 | 5 | 104.22 |
| 6 | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu | China | 165.88 | 5 | 66.96 | 8 | 98.92 |
| 7 | Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland | United Kingdom | 162.50 | 8 | 62.65 | 6 | 99.85 |
| 8 | Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus | Canada | 156.74 | 9 | 57.10 | 7 | 99.64 |
| 9 | Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker | Canada | 150.23 | 10 | 57.09 | 9 | 93.14 |
| 10 | Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin | Russia | 147.99 | 7 | 62.68 | 10 | 85.31 |