Reigning world champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps rocked the house and placed first in the pairs short program at Skate Canada International on Friday.
The Canadians posted a score of 73.23 to kick off their second competition of the season while skating to a remix of Beyonce's "Crazy In Love" at Scotiabank Centre.
Live streaming coverage of the event continues on Saturday at 12:15 p.m. ET (CBCSports.ca. CBC Gem). Annika Hocke and Robert Kunkel of Germany finished second (64.82) and Anastasia Golubeva and Hektor Giotopoulos Moore of Australia were third (64.81). WATCH | Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps lead after short program: World champions Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps in 1st place after pairs short program at Skate Canada International Kelly Ann Laurin of Saint-Jerome, Que., and Loucas Ethier of St-Alphonse, Que., ranked last with a score of 52.16.
The rhythm dance and men's short take place Saturday afternoon, followed by the pairs and women's free programs in the evening.