The Stanley Cup is coming to Kelowna this summer.Anaheim GM Brian Burke will be in Kelowna, cup in hand, next Friday at Moxies Restaurant. Burke will be signing autograph's for 2 hours - between 10 am and noon - with all the proceeds going towards a three year old Summerland boy involved in a car accident. In October 2006, Joshua Dyck was traveling with his parents when they were involved in a head-on collision. The accident left Joshua paralyzed from the chest down. If you don't want Burke's autograph, you can still get your picture with the cup!
Don't forget about a fundraiser for a Westbank teenager who is battling cancer is set for August. Several NHL players including Nashville's Shea Weber, are getting together for a fundraising hockey game to off-set the expenses the Westbank family incurred on a trip to New York where the young hockey player underwent cancer treatment.
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Kelowna Rockets forward Cody Almond will take the first step in trying to impress the team that drafted him this summer, when the Minnesota Wild conduct a prospects camp July 24th to the 30th. Almond was a late pick of the Wild in this summers draft, but will join the team's top prospects for workouts down in Minneapolis.
A total of 31 players, Almond included, will attend the 6 day camp.
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The Kelowna Rockets pride themselves on having one of the fittest teams in the WHL, and this season will be no exception.
The team brought in several players for fitness testing this week, including Colin Long, Myles MacRae, Cody Almond and Dylan Hood. This summer testing period gives the hockey club a better idea of what the teams players have been up to over the summer, while keeping the players themselves accountable when it comes to their own conditioning. The process of bringing in these players in July is not an inexpensive venture, but one the Rockets believe is money well spent.
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