Grand Prix Predictions Game 2014-2015 Round 4 Rostelecom Cup

Men:
1 Javier Fernandez
2 Sergei Voronov
3 Jason Brown
4 Max Aaron
5 Michal Brezina
6 Artur Gachinski

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

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 Dee Dee Leng / Simon Shnapir

Ice dance:
1 Madison Chock / Evan Bates
2 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
3 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland
4 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
5 Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin
6 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov

Mens
1. Javier FERNANDEZ
2. Max AARON
3. Artur GACHINSKI
4. Sergei VORONOV
5. Jason BROWN
6. Stephen CARRIERE


Ladies
1. Anna POGORILAYA
2. So Youn PARK
3. Rika HONGO
4. Mirai NAGASU
5. Alaine CHARTRAND
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
6. Jessica CALALANG / Zack SIDHU

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

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

Ladies
1. Anna POGORILAYA
2. Rika HONGO
3. So-Youn PARK
4. Miyabi OBA
5. Alaine CHARTRAND
6. Mirai NAGASU

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. Narumi TAKAHASHI / Ryuichi KIHARA

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

MEN:
1. Javier FERNANDEZ
2. Jason BROWN
3. Max AARON
4. Stephen CARRIERE
5. Sergei VORONOV

6. Misha Ge
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LADIES:
1. Anna POGORILAYA
2. Rika HONGO
3. So Youn PARK
4. Mirai NAGASU
5. Angela WANG

6. Joshi HELGESSON
7. Alaine CHARTRAND
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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. Jessica CALALANG / Zack SIDHU
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ICE DANCE:

1. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
2. Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND
3. Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN
4. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
5. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN

6. Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER

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


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

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

MEN

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

LADIES

1 Anna POGORILAYA
2 So Youn PARK
3 Rika HONGO
4 Mirai NAGASU
5 Maria ARTEMIEVA
6 Alaine CHARTRAND

PAIRS
1 Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
2 Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
3 Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV
4 Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER
5 Narumi TAKAHASHI / Ryuichi KIHARA
6 Annabelle PRÖLSS / Ruben BLOMMAERT

ICE DANCE

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

You know, it wasn’t until I was making out these lists that I realised that the long-anticipated showdown finally happens this weekend:

Ilinykh / Zhiganshin vs. Sinitsina / Katsalapov

I like Elena, Ruslan and Viktoria. But after the way Nikita behaved when they split, I want Lena to give him a good kicking out on the ice! And for Alex and Ivan to put the boot in as well for good measure!

Aside from that, I knew who I wanted to put in the top 3 or 4 of ever category, but after that it was difficult to decide an order.

And it didn’t help that there are 2 Russians (Maria Stavitskaia and Moris Kvitelashvili) that I have never seen before… and 1 of them I had never even heard tell of (Moris)!

Oh well. Even though my placing has improved since Skate America, I know I’m just too far behind now to get a decent result in the overall Game. hwell:

At least last season I had another target to aim for – beating sky_fly20! Now I don’t even have the option do that! :disapp:

Caroliza_fan


CUP OF RUSSIA

Ladies

1. Anna POGORILAYA, RUS
2. So Youn PARK, KOR
3. Rika HONGO, JPN
4. Alaine CHARTRAND, CAN
5. Joshi HELGESSON, SWE
6. Angela WANG, USA

Just for fun
7. Mirai NAGASU, USA
8. Ashley CAIN, USA
9. Miyabi OBA, JPN
10. Maria ARTEMIEVA, RUS
11. Eliska BREZINOVA, CZE
12. Maria STAVITSKAIA, RUS


Men

1. Javier FERNANDEZ, ESP
2. Sergei VORONOV, RUS
3. Michal BREZINA, CZE
4. Takahiko KOZUKA, JPN
5. Max AARON, USA
6. Artur GACHINSKI, RUS

Just for fun
7. Jason BROWN, USA
8. Stephen CARRIERE, USA
9. Misha GE, UZB
10. Ivan RIGHINI, ITA
11. Jeremy TEN, CAN
12. Moris KVITELASHVILI, RUS


Pairs

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

Just for fun
7. Jessica CALALANG / Zack SIDHU, USA
8. Narumi TAKAHASHI / Ryuichi KIHARA, JPN


Ice Dance

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

Just for fun
7. Alexandra ALDRIDGE / Daniel EATON, USA
8. Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV, KOR

Men:

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

Ladies:

1. Pogorilaya
2. Parl
3. Nagasu
4. Chartrand
5. Helgesson
6. Hongo

Pairs:

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

Dance:

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

Usually by this point in the season I feel like I have some idea what I’m doing….. This year, not so much.

After last week, I think too much consensus is a bad thing and a bad omen

MEN

1. Jason BROWN USA
2. Javier FERNANDEZ ESP
3. Misha GE UZB
4. Sergei VORONOV RUS
5. Max AARON USA

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6. Stephen CARRIERE USA
7. Takahiko KOZUKA JPN


WOMEN

1. Mirai NAGASU USA
2. Anna POGORILAYA RUS
3. So Youn PARK KOR
4. Rika HONGO JPN
5. Angela WANG USA
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6. Alaine CHARTRAND CAN
7. Maria STAVITSKAIA RUS


PAIRS

1. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV RUS
2. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV RUS
3. Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER USA
4. Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV RUS
5. Annabelle PRÖLSS / Ruben BLOMMAERT GER

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6. Jessica CALALANG / Zack SIDHU USA
7. Narumi TAKAHASHI / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN


DANCE

1. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN RUS
2. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA
3. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV RUS
4. Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND GBR
5. Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER USA

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6. Alexandra ALDRIDGE / Daniel EATON USA
7. Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN RUS

StitchMonkey said:

After last week, I think too much consensus is a bad thing and a bad omen

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It's your prediction, but I will note that statistically so far this season, there hasn't been too many surprises.

SA: The ones people didn't quite expect is Nam Nguyen getting 3rd or Denney/Frazier getting 2nd.
SC: Stephen Carriere did better than expect in men and Kozuka fared poorly (though it wasn't entirely surprising given his struggles in the last year and his poor performance in Japan open). Javier Fernandez lost, but most people only lost about 5 points, Many people correctly predicted Anna P to win and Ashley Wagner and Satoko Miyahara to get on the podium. Ice dance went as expected, with Weaver and Poje winning -- maybe some swiched G/P and H/D but most had both on the podium. Most had the pairs podium
COC: Papadakis/Cizeron winning in ID was the biggest surprise, but Shibs and Cappellini/Lanotte were still on the podium, so most scored okay. Hanyu losing was obviously a surprise, but nobody could have predicted that major accident. Julia Lip lost, but still got silver.

That said, you may want to hedge your bets to account for some unpredictable trends, but remember that not every week is going to be like Cup of China. (But again it's your prediction ----your gamble might be worth it!)

MEN:

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

LADIES
1. Pogorilaya
2. Hongo
3. Park
4. Chartrand
5. Nagasu
6. Wang

PAIRS
1. S/K
2. T/M
3. D/F
4. C/S
5. A/R
6. P/B

ICE DANCE
1. Chock/Bates
2. S/B
3. I/Z
4. Coomes/Buckland (they will likely deserve 3rd, but it IS Cup of Russia :sarcasm: )
5. S/K
6. H/B

Mrs. P said:

It's your prediction, but I will note that statistically so far this season, there hasn't been too many surprises.

SA: The ones people didn't quite expect is Nam Nguyen getting 3rd or Denney/Frazier getting 2nd.
SC: Stephen Carriere did better than expect in men and Kozuka fared poorly (though it wasn't entirely surprising given his struggles in the last year and his poor performance in Japan open). Javier Fernandez lost, but most people only lost about 5 points, Many people correctly predicted Anna P to win and Ashley Wagner and Satoko Miyahara to get on the podium. Ice dance went as expected, with Weaver and Poje winning -- maybe some swiched G/P and H/D but most had both on the podium. Most had the pairs podium
COC: Papadakis/Cizeron winning in ID was the biggest surprise, but Shibs and Cappellini/Lanotte were still on the podium, so most scored okay. Hanyu losing was obviously a surprise, but nobody could have predicted that major accident. Julia Lip lost, but still got silver.

That said, you may want to hedge your bets to account for some unpredictable trends, but remember that not every week is going to be like Cup of China. (But again it's your prediction ----your gamble might be worth it!)

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I actually called Nam Nguyen getting 3rd and Denney/Frazier getting 2nd accurately.

I also had the Skate Canada men 1, 2 and 3 accurate. (ie I had Javi in second not first)

Papadakis/Cizeron did stump me, but I did get Dornbush for third right.

The funny thing is I was routing for Liza to win but chickened out of actually predicting her.

I find it interesting that half the examples of surprises were the few things I got correct. Now i would just get the other stuff right too.

StitchMonkey said:

I actually called Nam Nguyen getting 3rd and Denney/Frazier getting 2nd accurately.

I also had the Skate Canada men 1, 2 and 3 accurate. (ie I had Javi in second not first)

Papadakis/Cizeron did stump me, but I did get Dornbush for third right.

The funny thing is I was routing for Liza to win but chickened out of actually predicting her.

I find it interesting that half the examples of surprises were the few things I got correct. Now i would just get the other stuff right too.

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Well then maybe your gamble will pay off then!

I'd love Jason to win, but I think Javi will still pull of the win even if he does a poor FS. A poor FS, FWIW, is equal to Jason's PB, which means he would have to be absolutely perfect to win.

But yeah, who knows.

I will have to come back to finish the Ladies not sure at all about this discipline.

MEN:

1. Javier
2. Max
3. Voronov
4. Jason
5. Michal
6. Taka

LADIES:

1. Pogorilaya
2. Nagasu
3. Helgesson
4. Rika Hongo
5. Maria Artemiera
6. So Young Park

PAIRS:

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

ICE DANCE:

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

Mrs. P said:

Well then maybe your gamble will pay off then!

I'd love Jason to win, but I think Javi will still pull of the win even if he does a poor FS. A poor FS, FWIW, is equal to Jason's PB, which means he would have to be absolutely perfect to win.

But yeah, who knows.

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If it were not for his knee, I likely would have still gone with Javi first. But with the injury, well you have to have some fun with it. With no money on the line why not take some risks for fun!

CanadianSkaterGuy said:

ICE DANCE
1. Chock/Bates
2. S/B
3. S/K
4. Coomes/Buckland (they will likely deserve 3rd, but it IS Cup of Russia :sarcasm: )
5. I/Z
6. H/B

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You know, it's really unnecessary and disrespectful to post something like this before the competition, and you haven't even seen S/K's dances or any other couples dances for that matter. Good luck with your predictions.

CanadianSkaterGuy said:

ICE DANCE
1. Chock/Bates
2. S/B
3. S/K
4. Coomes/Buckland (they will likely deserve 3rd, but it IS Cup of Russia :sarcasm: )
5. I/Z
6. H/B

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the same can be said for Skate Canada and other GP on home ice field
with home cooking advantage. Chan and Osmond rings a bell

MEN
1) Fernandez
2) Brown
3) Voronov
4) Kozuka
5) Aaron
6) Brezina


LADIES
1) Pogorilaya
2) Nagasu
3) Hongo
4) Park
5) Chartrand
6) Cain


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


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

Competition didn't started yet and already sparks on forum, lovely

Javier FERNANDEZ ESP 6
Max AARON USA 7
Jeremy TEN CAN 1
Stephen CARRIERE USA 7
Jason BROWN USA 7
Misha GE UZE 8

LADIES
Anna POGORILAYA RUS 5
Rika HONGO JPN 3
So Youn PARK KOR 4
Alaine CHARTRAND CAN 1
Angela WANG USA 7
Maria Artemieva


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

Dance
Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES (USA)
Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN (RUS)
Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND (GBR)
Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV (RUS)
Elena ILINYHK / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN (RUS)
Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER (USA)