Hubbell noted the Points Challenge served as a test run before Skate America, which will be held Oct. 23-24 in Las Vegas.

"The feedback will be invaluable going forward, and just to kind of remind ourselves that we know how to do it," she said. "It took us by surprise actually how nervous we were, even though we were just doing another run-through in our own skating rink. But it was the first time in almost eight months that we had something that would count for a score, so it's been a long time."

It also marked the unveiling of their free dance to "Hallelujah" after intentionally keeping the creative process private. Hubbell and Donohue skated to the k.d. lang version of the Leonard Cohen song for their 2015-16 short dance and both felt this is the only song they would ever want to repeat. Eager to perform to the Jeff Buckley version this time, with lang's incorporated, their free dance was choreographed by two-time Olympic ice dance champion Scott Moir and coach Marie-France Dubreuil, and is almost entirely different from their first "Hallelujah" program.

"The song in a weird way is kind of like a home for Zach and I," Hubbell said. "It's been with us throughout the whole partnership and so to come to this familiar place that just feels good to skate, it has been really nice because definitely the days have been a little bit crazy. …

"We don't know what the rest of the season will look like, but skating to something like 'Hallelujah' every day gives us our own little world to be in and it's really comforting."

Эта песня в некотором смысле является домом, отправной точкой для меня и Зака. Она была с нами на протяжении всего нашего пути, и поэтому снова вернуться в это знакомое место и просто получать удовольствие от катания - это действительно здорово, потому что сейчас мы живем в сумасшедшее время ...
Мы не знаем, как будет выглядеть остальная часть сезона, но возможность кататься под Аллилуйю каждый день дарит нам наш собственный маленький мир, и это действительно привносит некоторое утешение и комфорт.