Defending Battle of the Blades champion Jamie Salé has been teamed with former NHL great Theo Fleury for the second season of the CBC-TV reality show.
Salé, who won gold at the 2002 Olympics with partner David Pelletier, skated to victory with former NHLer and fellow Albertan Craig Simpson in the first Battle of the Blades, which asks former hockey players to learn pairs figure skating.
The winning couple earns $100,000 for a favourite charity. The first season, the money went to The Spinal Cord Injury Treatment Centre (Northern Alberta) Society.
Salé and Fleury, a 15-season player and Stanley Cup champion with the Calgary Flames who also won Olympic gold and played for other NHL teams, are skating to support The Men's Project, a counselling service for men and their families.
Born in Oxbow, Sask., Fleury grew up in Russell, Man. His autobiography, Playing with Fire, chronicles his recovery from drug and alcohol addiction following a tumultuous youth when he alleges he was sexually abused by a onetime hockey coach.
The other Battle of the Blades teams released by CBC-TV on Sunday evening are:
- Violetta Afanasieva, who won the first Extreme Ice Skating World Championship, with former NHLer P.J. Stock, skating for One x One.
- Isabelle Brasseur, who won two Olympic bronze medals, with former NHL winger Todd Warriner, skating for The Heart & Stroke Foundation.
- Shae-Lynn Bourne, a 10-time Canadian ice dance champion, with Patrice Brisebois, who played 15 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens before becoming a NASCAR driver. They're skating for Make-A-Wish Foundation and Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation.
- Two-time Olympic gold medallist Ekaterina Gordeeva, of Russia, paired with Valeri Bure, called the Russian Pocket Rocket during his NHL career, skating for Cardiac Kids/Hospital For Sick Children and Compassion Canada.
- Former Canadian pairs Olympic skater Christine Hough-Sweeney with Russ Courtnall, a former Olympian and NHL right winger from Duncan, B.C., skating for The Archie Courtnall Center — Victoria Hospital Foundation.
- Japanese-American pairs skater Kyoko Ina paired with former NHLer Kelly Chase, skating for Children's Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan.
- Anabelle Langlois, who skated at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, paired with former Montreal Canadiens tough guy Georges Laraque, skating for Hockey for Haiti.
Brash American NHLer Jeremy Roenick is to join the judges' panel, CBC announced Monday.
The former player for the Chicago Blackhawks and San Jose Sharks joins Sandra Bezic on the panel.
Battle of the Blades airs live on Sunday and Monday nights. The competition is being staged at Pinewood Studios in Toronto.
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