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Kelowna Rockets facing off against Victoria Royals in first game of season

March 26 will see the first games of the WHL香蕉视频直播檚 COVID-shortened 2021 season in Kelowna and Kamloops
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Pavel Novak celebrates his first WHL regular season goal against the Tri-City Americans at Prospera Place on October 2, 2019 in Kelowna, Canada. (Photo by Marissa Baecker/Shoot the Breeze)

Come the end of March, the Kelowna Rockets will step onto the ice for their first game in more than a year.

The Rockets begin their shortened 2021 season on March 26, at 7:05 p.m., facing the Victoria Royals in a nearly-empty Prospera Place.

From there, the Rockets will dive into a 24-game season packed into just 48 days. Five B.C. Division WHL teams will take each other on exclusively in Kelowna and Kamloops hubs.

香蕉视频直播淭he WHL has developed an extensive set of protocols and believe the protective Hub environment will provide a high standard of safety, for not only players and staff, but the Kamloops and Kelowna communities at large,香蕉视频直播 stated the Kelowna Rockets in a statement Tuesday morning (March 9), shortly after the WHL confirmed its full schedule.

The league plans to test players for COVID-19 weekly, along with daily screenings and temperature checks for WHL players, billets, team staff and officials. Masks will be worn at all times with the exception of on-ice play.

No spectators will be permitted to watch in-person, but can still take in the game through the newly-launched WHL Live on CHL TV. More details are available by visiting .

The full schedule is now available online at .

READ MORE: B.C. WHL teams to hit the ice with Kelowna, Kamloops hub cities

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About the Author: Phil McLachlan

Phil McLachlan is the editor at the Penticton Western News. He served as the reporter, and eventually editor of The Free Press newspaper in Fernie.
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