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Meet the pairs for Season 2

Sep 27, 2010

Let the battle begin.

The second season of Battle of the Blades got off to a roaring start, Sunday, with a behind-the-scenes special showing eight former NHL players making their first foray into the world of figure skating.

In Battle's premiere, "Battle of the Blades: Game On," viewers watched former hockey greats like Theo Fleury, Georges Laraque, Patrice Brisebois, P.J. Stock, Kelly Chase, Russ Courtnall and Russian competitor Valeri Bure slip and trip their way through a figure skating boot camp.

Competing to win a $100,000 prize donation towards their charity of choice, the figure skating rookies have been paired up with veterans ahead of next week's first live competition show.

The pairs:

Ekaterina Gordeeva and Valeri Bure

Skating for: Cardiac Kids/Hospital For Sick Children (Gordeeva) and Compassion Canada (Bure)

Isabelle Brasseur and Todd Warriner

Skating for: The Heart & Stroke Foundation

Jamie Salé and Theo Fleury

Skating for: The Men's Project

Anabelle Langlois and Georges Laraque

Skating for: Hockey for Haiti

Shae-Lynn Bourne and Patrice Brisebois

Skating for: Make-A-Wish Foundation (Bourne) and Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation (Brisebois)

Violetta Afanasieva and P.J. Stock