Grand Prix Predictions Game 2014-2015 Round 4 Rostelecom Cup

DEADLINE: The first segment (Ladies Short Program) starts at 3 p.m., Friday, Nov. 14, Moscow time (7 a.m., Eastern Standard Time; 9 p.m. Japan Standard Time). That means the deadline is 2 p.m. Moscow time (6 a.m. Eastern Standard Time; 8 p.m. Japan Standard Time.)

Entries

MEN

No. Name Nation
1 Jeremy TEN CAN 1
2 Michal BREZINA CZE 2
3 Ivan RIGHINI ITA 3
4 Takahiko KOZUKA JPN 4
5 Artur GACHINSKI RUS 5
6 Moris KVITELASHVILI RUS 5
7 Sergei VORONOV RUS 5
8 Javier FERNANDEZ ESP 6
9 Max AARON USA 7
10 Jason BROWN USA 7
11 Stephen CARRIERE USA 7
12 Misha GE UZE 8

LADIES

Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Alaine CHARTRAND CAN 1
2 Eliska BREZINOVA CZE 2
3 Rika HONGO JPN 3
4 Miyabi OBA JPN 3
5 So Youn PARK KOR 4
6 Maria ARTEMIEVA RUS 5
7 Anna POGORILAYA RUS 5
8 Maria STAVITSKAIA RUS 5
9 Joshi HELGESSON SWE 6
10 Ashley CAIN USA 7
11 Mirai NAGASU USA 7
12 Angela WANG USA 7

PAIRS

No. Name Nation
1 Annabelle PRÖLSS / Ruben BLOMMAERT GER 1
2 Narumi TAKAHASHI / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN 2
3 Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV RUS 3
4 Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV RUS 3
5 Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV RUS 3
6 Jessica CALALANG / Zack SIDHU USA 4
7 Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER USA 4
8 Dee Dee LENG / Simon SHNAPIR USA 4


ICE DANCE
Entries
No. Name Nation
1 Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND GBR 1
2 Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV KOR 2
3 Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN RUS 3
4 Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV RUS 3
5 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN RUS 3
6 Alexandra ALDRIDGE / Daniel EATON USA 4
7 Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA 4
8 Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER USA 4

2014 rostelecom cup
men
1.javier fernandez (PLZ DONT LET ME DOWN)
2.jason brown
3.stephen carriere
4.sergei voronov
5.max aaron
6.takahiko kozuka (you can do this, takahiko!!!!!)
——
7.artur gachinski

women
1.anna pogorilya
2.rika hongo
3.so youn park
4.mirai nagasu
5.alaine chartrand
6.angela wang
——
7.miyabi oba

being a bit pessimistic with adding so youn as 3rd...I'm lacking some faith right now after CoC happened

pairs
1.stolbova/klimov (don't let me down too!!!!)
2.tarasova/morozov
3.denney/frazier
4.prolss/blommaert
5.leng/shnapir
6.calalang/sifhu
——
7.takahashi/kihara

ice dance
1.chock/bates
2.coomes/buckland
3.sinitsina/katsalapov
4.ilinykh/zhiganshin
5.hawayek/baker
6.stepanova/bukin
——
7.aldridge/eaton

used this random number generator to help me out a bit with the ice dance prediction, especially with the podium people...

update: changed my ice predictions with the generator (excluded kim/minov since it's they're GP debut and they're not in the top level....yet )....

Men:
1.Voronov
2.Fernandez
3.Aaron

Ladies
1.Pogorilaya
2.Park
3.Hongo, Nagasu, JHelgesson (Joshi is a dark horse!)

Rostelecom Cup:

MEN
1. Javier FERNANDEZ
2. Max AARON
3. Jason BROWN
4. Takahiko KOZUKA
5. Sergei VORONOV
--
6. Stephen CARRIERE

LADIES
1. Anna POGORILAYA
2. Rika HONGO
3. So Youn PARK
4. Mirai NAGASU
5. Angela WANG
--
6. Miyabi OBA

PAIRS
1. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
2. Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER
3. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
4. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
5. Jessica CALALANG / Zack SIDHU
--
6. Annabelle PRÖLSS / Ruben BLOMMAERT

ICE DANCE
1. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
2. Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND
3. Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN
4. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
5. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
--
6. Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER

Men
1.Javier Fernandez
2.Jason Brown
3.Misha Ge <--- Edit!! yay!
4.Sergei Voronov
5.Max Aaron

Women
1.Anna Pogorilya
hard decision....
maybe..
2. So Youn Park
3. Mirai Nagasu
4. Rika Hongo

All the best for the skaters!!

Rostelecom Cup

Men
1 Javier FERNANDEZ
2 Jason BROWN
3 Max AARON
4 Sergei VORONOV
5 Stephen CARRIERE
6 Misha GE

Ladies
1 Anna POGORILAYA
2 Rika HONGO
3 So Youn PARK
4 Mirai NAGASU
5 Angela WANG
6 Alaine CHARTRAND

Pairs
1 Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
2 Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER
3 Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
4 Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
5 Dee Dee LENG / Simon SHNAPIR
6 Annabelle PRÖLSS / Ruben BLOMMAERT

Dance
1 Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
2 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
3 Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND
4 Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN
5 Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
6 Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER


Good luck everyone!

Men
1 Fernandez
2. Brown
3.Aaron
4. Kozuka
5 Voronov
6 Brezina

Women
1. Pogorilya
2. Hongo
3. Nagasu
4 Park
5 Chartand
6 Oba

Pairs
1 Stolbova / Klimov
2 Tarasova / Morozov
3 Denney / Frazier
4 Ashtakova / Rogonov
5 Prolss / Blommaert
6 Calalang / Sandu

Ice Dance
1 Chock / Bates
2 Sinitsina / Katsalapov
3 Stepanova / Bukin
4 Ilinykh / Zhiganshin
5 Hawayek / Baker
6 Coomes / Buckland

men
1 fernandez
2 brown
3 aaron
4 voronov
5 CARRIERE

ladies
1 POGORILAYA
2 hongo
3 park
4 oba
5 CHARTRAND

pairs

1 STOLBOVA / KLIMOV
2 DENNEY / FRAZIER
3 TARASOVA / MOROZOV
4 ASTAKHOVA / ROGONOV
5 LENG / SHNAPIR

ice dance
1 Sinitsina / Katsalapov
2 Chock / Bates
3 COOMES / BUCKLAND
4 Stepanova / Bukin
5 Hawayek / Baker

MEN

1 Javier FERNANDEZ
2 Sergei VORONOV
3 Max AARON
4 Jason BROWN
5. Michal BREZINA
6. Stephen CARRIERE

LADIES

1 Anna POGORILAYA
2. Mirai NAGASU
3. Rika HONGO
4. Maria ARTEMIEVA
5 So Youn PARK
6 Angela WANG

PAIRS

1 Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
2 Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
3 Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER
4 Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
5 Dee Dee LENG / Simon SHNAPIR


ICE DANCE

1 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
2 Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
3 Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
4 Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN
5 Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND
6 Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER

Ladies
1 Pogorilaya
2 Park
3 Nagasu
4 Hongo
5 Chartrand
6 Oba

Men
1 Fernandez
2 Voronov
3 Brown
4 Aaron
5 Gachinski
6 Kozuka

Pairs
1 Stolbova / Klimov
2 Denney / Frazier
3 Prölss / Blommaert
4 Tarasava / Morosov
5 Astakhova / Rogonov
6 Takahashi / Kihara

Dance
1 Chock / Bates
2 Stepanova / Bukin
3 Coomes / Buckland
4 Sinitsina / Katsalapov
5 Ilinykh / Zhinganshin
6 Hawayek / Baker

MEN

1. Javier
2. Sergei
3. Max
4. Jason
5. Michal
6. Stephane

LADIES

1. Anna Pogorilaya
2. So Youn Park
3. Mirai Nagasu
4. Rika Hongo
5. Angela Wang
6. Alaine Chartrand

PAIRS

1. Stolbova/Klimov
2. Tarasova/Morozov
3. Denney/Frazier
4. Calalang/Sidhu
5. Leng/Shnapir
6. Astakhova/Rogonov

ICE DANCE

1. Sinitsina/Katsalapov
2. Chock/Bates
3. Stepanova/Bukin
4. Ilinykh/Zhiganshin
5. Coomes/Buckland
6. Hawayek/Baker

Men:

1. Fernandez
2. Aaron
3. Voronov
4. Brown
5. Gachinski
6. Carriere

Ladies

1. Pogorilaya
2. Hongo
3. Park
4. Helgesson
5. Nagasu
6. Artemieva

Pairs

1. Klimov/Stolbova
2. Denney/Frazier
3. Tarasova/Morozov
4. Astakhova/Rogonov
5. Leng/Shnapir
6. Proelss/Blommaert

Ice Dance

1. Chock/Bates
2. Ilinykh/Zhiganshin
3. Stepanova/Bukin
4. Sinitsina/Katalapov
5. Hawayek/Baker
6. Coomes/Buckland

Alright ...

Men:

1. Fernandez
2. Brown
3. Aaron
4. Voronov
5. Ge
6. Kozuka

Alternate: Brezina

Ladies:

1. Pogorilaya
2. Park
3. Nagasu
4. Helgesson
5. Cain
6. Oba

Alternate: Hongo

Pairs:

1. Stolbova / Klimov
2. Denney / Frazier
3. Tarasova / Morozov
4. Leng / Shnapir
5. Astakhova / Rogonov
6. Calalang / Sidhu

Alternate: Takahashi / Tran

Dance:

1. Chock / Bates
2. Sinitsina / Katsalapov
3. Coombes / Buckland
4. Stepanova / Bukin
5. Ilinykh / Zhigansin
6. Aldridge Eaton

Alternate: Kim / Minov

Men:

1. Fernandez.
2. Brown.
3. Aaron.
4. Carriere.
5. Gachinski.

6. Kozuka.....


Ladies:

1. Pogoriliya.
2. Park.
3. Hongo.
4. Nagasu
5. Chartrand

6. Wang?

Pairs:

1. Stolbova/Klimov
2. Tarasova/Morzov.
3. Denney/Frazier.
4. Calatang/Sidhu
5. Prolss/Blommaert.

6. Takahashi/Kihara

Ice Dance:

1. Chock/Bates.
2. Ilinykh/Zhiganshin.
3. Sinitstina/Kasalapov.
4. Stepanova/Bukin.
5. Hawayek/Baker.

6. Aldridge/Eaton.

Men
Fernandez
Brown
Aaron
Kozuka
Carriere
Voronov

Ladies
Pogorilaya
Park
Nagasu
Artemieva
Chartrand
Wang

Pairs
Stolbova/Klimov
Tarasova/Morozov
Denney/Frazier
Calalang/Sidhu
Leng/Schnapir
Astakova/Rogonov

Ice Dance(This one is a mess)
Chock/Bates
Sinitsina/Katsalapov
Ilinykh/Zhiganshin
Stepanova/Bukin
Hawayek/Baker
Coomes/Buckland

Again I'm not satisfied with my score from COC. I wanna break that 200.

MEN
1. Fernandez
2. Voronov
3. Brown
4. Aaron
5. Carriere
Alt: Brezina

LADIES - really weak field but hard to predict
1. Pogorilaya
2. Park
3. Nagasu
4. Hongo
5. Wang
Alt: Chartrand

PAIRS - maybe the most difficult one to predict so far in pairs
1. Stolbova&Klimov
2. Tarasova&Morozov
3. Denney&Frazier
4. Astakhova&Rogonov
5. Calalang&Sidhu
Alt: Prölss&Blommaert

ICE DANCE
1. Chock&Bates
2. Ilinykh&Zhiganshin
3. Coomes&Buckland
4. Stepanova&Bukin
5. Sinitsina&Katsalapov
Alt: Aldridge&Eaton

Thanks to weak fields it should be an easy event for the skaters and a tough one for us!

MEN
1) Javier Fernandez
2) Jason Brown
3) Sergei Voronov
4) Max Aaron
5) Artur Gachinski (I trust Tarasova's power )
alt. Takahiko Kozuka

LADIES
1) Anna Pogorilaya
2) So-Youn Park
3) Mirai Nagasu
4) Rika Hongo
5) Alaine Chartrand
alt. Angela Wang

PAIRS
1) Stolbova/Klimov
2) Tarasova/Morozov
3) Denney/Frazier
4) Astakhova/Rogonov
5) Leng/Shnapir
alt. Calalang/Sidhu

ICE DANCE
1) Chock/Bates
2) Stepanova/Bukin
3) Hawayek/Baker
4) Coomes/Buckland
5) Ilynikh/Zhiganshin
alt. Sinitsina/Katsalapov

MEN
1) Javier Fernandez
2) Jason Brown
3) Max Aaron
4) Artur Gachinski
5) Carriere
6) Takahiko Kozuka

LADIES
1) Anna Pogorilaya
2) So-Youn Park
3) Rika Hongo
4) Mirai Nagasu
5) Angela Wang
6) Alaine Chartrand

PAIRS
1) Stolbova/Klimov
2) Denney/Frazier
3) Tarasova/Morozov
4) Astakhova/Rogonov
5) Leng/Shnapir
6) Calalang/Sidhu

ICE DANCE
1) Chock/Bates
2) Stepanova/Bukin
3) Coomes&Buckland
4) Ilynikh/Zhiganshin
5) Hawayek/Baker
6) Sinitsina/Katsalapov

MEN

1. Fernandez
2. Brown
3. Aaron
4. Voronov
5. Brezina
6. Carrriere


LADIES

1. Pogorylia
2. Park
3. Nagasu
4. Hongo
5. Chartrand
6. Cain


PAIRS

1. Stolbova/Klimov
2. Denney/Fraiser
3. Tarasova/Mozorov
4. Astakhova/Rogonov
5. Prolss/Blommaert
6. Leng/Shapnir


ICE DANCE

1. Chock/Bates
2. Ilinykh/Zhiganshin
3. Stepanova/Bukin
4. Coomes/Buckland
5. Hawayek/Baker
6. Aldridge/Eaton

I am scared predicting anything after CoC hwell: Too much drama to hold on


Men

1. Javier Fernandez ( oh Javi, Javi.............. forget about SC)
2. Aaron ( i will try once again Max............................................................ )
3. Brown
4. Kozuka (this one is propably too optimistic, but well.....)
5. Carriere
6. Gachinski

Ladies
1. Pogorylia
2. Park
3. Nagasu
4. Hongo
5. Chartrand
6. Cain

Pairs
PAIRS

1. Stolbova/Klimov
2. Tarasova/Mozorov
3. Denney/Fraiser
4. Astakhova/Rogonov
5. Prolss/Blommaert
6. Leng/Shapnir

Dance
1. Chock/Bates
2. Ilinykh/Zhiganshin
3.Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
4. Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND
5. Stepanova/Bukin
6. Hawayek/Baker