Overview
- Mone Chiba opened her Grand Prix season with 72.29 to lead the women's short, with Isabeau Levito at 71.80 and Lara Naki Gutmann at 68.11.
- Ami Nakai, winner of the Grand Prix stop in France, is fourth after the short program with 66.55.
- Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin lead the pairs short with 77.53, followed by Canada's Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps at 73.03 and Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud at 70.66.
- The competition at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon continues with rhythm dance and the men's short in the afternoon, then the pairs and women's free programs in the evening.
- Two-time reigning world champion Ilia Malinin is viewed as a men's favorite after a victory in France.