Skate Canada – Ottawa, ON: Team Canada will be competing at the 2018 NHK Trophy in Hiroshima, Japan from November 9-11. This will be the fourth stop on the ISU (International Skating Union) Grand Prix of Figure Skating series.

In the men’s category, Kevin Reynolds will be the lone male representing Canada. Reynolds finished eighth at the Autumn Classic International in September and 11^th at Skate America in October.

Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro will be representing Canada in the pairs category. They have medaled at their three international events this season so far, winning silver at Autumn Classic International and at Finlandia Trophy and most recently they won bronze at  Skate Canada International.

In the ice dance, Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus will be the Canadian team in Japan. They won bronze earlier this season at the Autumn Classic International and placed eighth at the Skate Canada International.

             CANADIAN ENTRIES AT 2018 NHK TROPHY – HIROSHIMA, JAPAN

Discipline	Name	Age	Hometown	Club	Coach
Men	Kevin Reynolds	28	Vancouver, B.C.	Champs International Skating Center	Joanne McLeod
Pairs	Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro	26/26	St.Catharines, Ont./Sarnia, Ont.	Winter Club of St. Catharines/ Point Edward SC	Richard Gauthier, Bruno Marcotte, Sylie Fullum
Ice Dance	Carolane Soucisse/Shane Firus	23/24	Chateauguay, Que./North Vancouver, B.C.	SC Repentigny/SC Repentigny	Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon

Cynthia Ullmark of Canmore, AB., and Mike Slipchuk, the High Performance Director, will be the team leaders at the event. Dr. John Philpott of Toronto, Ont., and physiotherapist Shirley Kushner of Westmount, Que., will be the Canadian team medical staff on site. Cynthia Benson of Quispamsis, N.B., and Leslie Keen of Vancouver, B.C., will be the Canadian officials at the event.

For results and full entries, please visit www.isu.org.

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For Information: 
Emma Bowie, Communications Manager 
+1 (613) 747-1007 ext. 714 
ebowie@skatecanada.ca