After a quiet summer, Prospera Place is going to be buzzing with activity this week.
Around 160 players will begin Kelowna Rockets rookie camp today, looking to make a good impression on the team’s coaches and management.
Who's ready to go camping? Raise your hands! 🙋♂️
Details ➡️ https://t.co/gTWJIFnbjM pic.twitter.com/PxtDQUeqSW— Kelowna Rockets (@Kelowna_Rockets) August 16, 2019
It’s one of the largest rookie camps that the franchise has had in recent years and only a handful of players will get a coveted invite to main camp.
"It's our biggest camp in about six years," said Lorne Frey, assistant GM and director of player personnel.
"Normally we only have 90 to 100 kids at this camp, but we're very excited to have a lot of good young players coming."
Who else is excited for #suitsunday to return on a full time basis soon? pic.twitter.com/Mv15l4EMxk
— Kelowna Rockets (@Kelowna_Rockets) August 18, 2019
Camp starts today, but the on-ice sessions won’t begin until Tuesday before wrapping up on Friday.
While there are more than 150 players in attendance, this week marks the first chance for the Rockets brass to look at their 2019 bantam draft class, which includes Nolan Floamand and Jayden Joly.
Once rookie camp finishes on Friday, the team’s main camp gets going with registration later that day before the on-ice sessions start on Saturday.
If you get value from KelownaNow and believe local independent media is important to our community we ask that you please consider subscribing to our daily newsletter.
If you appreciate what we do, we ask that you consider supporting our local independent news platform.
