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  Kelowna - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Kelowna, city in south central British Columbia, Canada, on Okanagan Lake.
Kelowna is a commercial, manufacturing, and tourist center situated in a...
This is the official website of the City of Kelowna, British Columbia providing information on municipal government, programs and services.
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 Kelowna Rockets: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
The Kelowna Rockets are a junior ice hockey ice hockey quick summary:
Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in canada and the united states, is a team sport played on ice....
The prospera place is a 6,800-seat multi-purpose arena in kelowna, british columbia canada....
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 Hitmen head-to-head vs Kelowna Rockets
Mar 8, 1997: Calgary 3 at Kelowna 5
Dec 14, 1999: Kelowna 3 at Calgary 2
Mar 1, 2002: Kelowna 2 at Calgary 1
members.shaw.ca /caldwela/headtohead/kelowna.html   (204 words)

  
 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Kelowna, British Columbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Kelowna (2001 population 96,288, metropolitan population 147,739) is a city on Okanagan Lake[?] in the interior of British Columbia, Canada.
- Kelowna, B.C. First settled by missionaries in 1859, Kelowna was officially incorporated in 1906.
The service industry employs the most people in Kelowna, the largest city in the tourist-oriented Okanagan Valley[?].
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ke/Kelowna%2C_British_Columbia   (136 words)

  
 islesinfo - Blake Comeau
Kelowna Rockets’ general manager Bruce Hamilton, who was on the flight home with Comeau, said he was proud of the way his player handled himself throughout the event, both on and off the ice.
Kelowna, BC – The Kelowna Rockets are thrilled to announce that forward Blake Comeau has been selected 47th overall by the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League.
The 18-year-old Kelowna Rockets forward is expecting much the same sensation when his name is called this weekend at the NHL Entry Draft in Raleigh, N.C. Comeau is ranked 65th among North American skaters by the NHL’s Central Scouting Service and is projected to be a third round choice on Saturday.
www.islesinfo.com /Comeau.html   (13759 words)

  
 Kelowna, British Columbia - Definition, explanation
Kelowna is well known for producing wines that have a worldwide reputation.
Kelowna was home to the late Premier of British Columbia, W.A.C. Bennett and the birthplace of his son, William R. Bennett, who would also become Premier of the province.
Kelowna has an International Airport north of the city in Winfield, with regular flights to and from Calgary, Edmonton, Las Vegas, Toronto, Seattle, Vancouver, and Victoria.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/k/ke/kelowna__british_columbia.php   (764 words)

  
 HKY-MemCup-Kel-MH, 1st Writethru……………………….. #####..REUSE STORY ID..!!!!...####   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Kelowna Rockets players wait in the dark in one of two power failures that forced game delays during the third period.
Kelowna plays a shorter bench than Medicine Hat so the breaks gave the Rockets some extra legs to hold off the Tigers as Medicine Hat pulled goaltender Kevin Nastiuk during a power-play in the final minute for two extra attackers.
Kelowna has yet to score a goal even-strength in this tournament as all seven of the Rockets' goals have come on a man advantage.
www.cp.org /english/online/full/jr_hky/040521/j052106A.html   (615 words)

  
 Kelowna Rockets are regular season champions
Calgary - The Western Hockey League announced today that the Kelowna Rockets have won the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy as the WHL regular season champions for the first time in the franchise's 12 year history.
The Rockets regular season record was 51-14-6-1 and 109 points.
The Rockets joined the Western Hockey League in 1991-92 as the Tacoma Rockets and moved to Kelowna in 1994.
www.canoe.ca /WHLNews0203/0317b.html   (166 words)

  
 Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Kelowna was incorporated as a city in 1905, and continued to experience moderate growth through both the First and Second World Wars.
Location: Kelowna is located at the junction of Highway 97 and Highway 33 on the eastern shore of Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, 29 miles (46 km) south of Vernon and 43 miles (68 km) north of Penticton.
The Kelowna International Airport is the 3rd busiest in British Columbia and the 11th largest in Canada.
www.britishcolumbia.com /regions/towns/?townID=3413   (1232 words)

  
 Kelowna Rockets - Definition, explanation
The Kelowna Rockets are a junior ice hockey team playing in the Western Hockey League.
The Kelowna Rockets began in 1991 as the Tacoma Rockets and moved to Kelowna in 1995.
Kelowna hosted and won the 2004 Memorial Cup.
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 Giants Knock Off Rockets In Kelowna
In their final meeting of the regular season against the Kelowna Rockets, the Vancouver Giants extended their winning streak to three straight games with a 4-1 win at Prospera Place on Saturday night.
For Almond, who leads all Rockets in scoring, it was his 14th of the season at 13:06.
Kelowna had a great chance to get back into the game as they had a full two minutes to work a 5-on-3 man advantage.
www.vancouvergiants.com /GiantsKnockOffRocketsInKelowna.html   (603 words)

  
 Tourism BC | Kelowna | Things To Do
Kelowna's sunny, semi-arid climate means plans for golfing, skiing, hiking, fishing or paddling excursions rarely have to be changed due to inclement weather.
Kelowna is the epicentre of the Thompson Okanagan cultural scene.
Kelowna sits on the edge of Okanagan Lake, which is suitable for swimming, fishing and a variety of other water sports.
www.hellobc.com /en-CA/SightsActivitiesEvents/Kelowna.htm   (1437 words)

  
 KATU 2 - Portland, Oregon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Kelowna, Everett, who is in the Coliseum Friday at 7:00, and Kootenay, in the Coliseum Saturday at 7:00, are three of the best defensive teams in the league.
The Rockets have strung together four straight winning seasons with a cumulative record of (166-84-27-11) and this year will certainly be the fifth.
The Rockets got a couple of early chances as they got to the net quickly, Butler coming up with a nice save in tight on Brent Howarth and another really good save, moving from his left to his right, to stop a chance in the low slot by Tyler Spurgeon.
www.katu.com /news/story.asp?id=73104   (1438 words)

  
 Kelowna travel guide - Wikitravel
Kelowna is a city in the Okanagan region of British Columbia.
Kelowna is the largest inland city in British Columbia, located in the heart of BC's wine country.
Highway 97 is the major highway through Kelowna, with Vernon and Highway 1 to the north, Penticton and Highway 3 to the south, and (via Highway 97C) Merritt to the west.
www.wikitravel.org /en/Kelowna   (1048 words)

  
 CHL Memorial Cup 2004
Kelowna, BC -- Brett Palin scored the game winner in the third period to give the Kelowna Rockets a 2-1 win over the Medicine Hat Tigers in the final round robin game of the MasterCard Memorial Cup on Thursday.
Kelowna, B.C. -- The Olympiques scored early and often on route to a convincing 7-2 trouncing of the Guelph Storm at the MasterCard Memorial Cup on Wednesday.
Kelowna, BC - Cam Paddock and Shea Weber scored powerplay goals early in the first period to pace the Kelowna Rockets to a 4-1 win over the Gatineau Olympiques Sunday at the 2004 MasterCard Memorial Cup.
travel.canoe.ca /CHLMemorialCup04/pressbox.html   (1681 words)

  
 Kelowna Rockets extend undefeated streak to 24 games
Kelowna's streak started in Portland on January 5 with a 3-2 win over the Winter Hawks and in the streak the Rockets have sandwiched an eleven game winning streak and a twelve game winning streak around a 4-4 tie with the Kamloops Blazers on January 28.
Kelowna is also currently on a 20 game undefeated streak at home which stretches back to November 16 and a 7-0 win over the Tri-City Americans.
The Rockets currently have a won-lost-tied-overtime lost record of 45-12-5-1 and the 45 wins tie the number of wins that the club has recorded in a single season since it moved to Kelowna from Tacoma for the 1995-96 season.
www.chl.ca /WHLNews0203/0224.html   (430 words)

  
 TSN : CHL - Canada's Sports Leader
But Kelowna scored the first and only goal of the game in the second period and shut the Storm down the rest of the way with a defensive effort that has brought the team much of its success this year.
Rockets head coach Marc Habscheid had said a day earlier he wanted his team to get their shot count up.
Kelowna went with its traditional strengths which is goaltender Kelly Guard, a blue-line that protects him well and a team defence that Guelph could not solve.
www.tsn.ca /news_story.asp?ID=84077   (959 words)

  
 HeraldNet: Everett Silvertips 2, Kelowna Rockets 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
This time Kelowna's Shea Weber wristed shot from the right corner off the underside of the crossbar and in, tying the score at 2-2 with 9 minutes, 55 seconds remaining in regulation.
But Kelowna continued to put on the pressure and was rewarded with Weber's third goal of the season.
Kelowna went more than 10 minutes before recording its first shot on goal in the first period, and Everett went more than 10 minutes before registering its first shot on goal in the second period.
heraldnet.com /stories/04/10/14/spo_tips001.cfm   (920 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Sports: Rockets dig in, put Silvertips in 3-1 hole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
EVERETT — An angry Everett coach Kevin Constantine lashed out at the officials after the Kelowna Rockets overcame a two-goal deficit last night to take a 4-3 victory and a 3-1 lead in the Western Hockey League's best-of-seven Western Conference finals.
But no penalties were called in the third period, when the Rockets scored just 1:44 in and then played defense the rest of the game.
After Everett snapped off 29 shots in the first two periods, the Rockets held the Silvertips to only five shots in the third period with a clutch-and-grab defense that at times made play appear to be a waltz.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/sports/2001910520_silvertips23.html   (567 words)

  
 The Spokesman-Review.com
KELOWNA, B.C. – Cam Paddock and Shea Weber had a goal and two assists apiece to lead the Kelowna Rockets to a 4-1 victory over the Gatineau Olympiques in Memorial Cup play Monday.
Kelowna finished 4 of 7 with a man advantage, while the Olympiques connected of 1 of 5 attempts.
Kelowna is 2-0 in the tourney, while Gatineau drops to 1-1.
www.spokesmanreview.com /allstories-news-story.asp?date=051804&ID=s1520745   (293 words)

  
 NHL.com - Juniors Report
The hometown Rockets scored four times on the power play as they ran their record to 2-0 with a 4-1 win over the Gatineau Olympiques before a crowd of 6,250.
The Rockets made it 2-0 54 seconds later as Paddock won a faceoff to the right of the Olympiques goal and fed the puck to Weber at the blue line who beat Tremblay with a shot low to the stick side.
Kelowna and Gatineau have now met three times in the last two years at the Memorial Cup.
www.nhl.com /intheslot/read/juniors/juniors051804.html   (1469 words)

  
 Welcome To Kelowna
Kelowna is the largest city in the Okanagan Valley boasting all the amenities of a major city - fine dining, unique shops and a vibrant cultural life - yet orchards and vineyards thrive within a 10-minute drive of the downtown core.
Kelowna has become the main marketing and distribution centre of the Okanagan Valley, with a flourishing tree fruit industry and a growing light industrial sector that competes on a world scale.
Kelowna's airport is the 11th busiest in Canada with over 30 flights a day, it's also one of the fastest growing in North America.
www.welcometokelowna.com /tourism.php   (589 words)

  
 About Kelowna in BC's Okanagan Valley – Visit TourismKelowna.com
Kelowna has miles of beautiful parkland, and several sandy beaches which provide wonderful opportunities for boating, swimming, water-skiing, windsurfing and fishing.
Kelowna’s growing Cultural District covers a six-block downtown area and features a concentration of galleries, museums, theatres, a casino, artists’ studios, fine dining, unique shops and a vibrant cultural life all year long.
Prospera Place, a 6,000-seat multi-purpose facility that’s home to the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League, attracts major entertainers and events, and is also located in the heart of the city.
www.tourismkelowna.com /visitors/aboutkelowna   (484 words)

  
 Everett Silvertips
Kelolwna, BC - The Everett Silvertips fell to the Kelowna Rockets by a score of 3-2 tonight at Prospera Place in Kelowna, BC.
Kelowna then tied it up after Troy Bodie tipped in a shot 8:32.
The Rockets followed a scoreless second period with two unanswered goals late in the third session.
www.everettsilvertips.com /news/story.cfm?ID=461   (257 words)

  
 Castanet.net - Sports
Kelowna Rockets seem to have the Kootenay Ice's number of late.
The win moves the Rockets to within 2 points of the 2nd place Ice in the BC Division.
The Rockets jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a pair of goals from Justin Keller, a power-play marker midway through the opening period and an even strength goal early in the second.
www.castanet.net /edition/news-story-16492-7-.htm   (245 words)

  
 Kelowna Blog - Kelowna Events, Things to do, Restaurants, Attractions, Shopping
I have a couple of Kelowna maps at home, but none of them really give me exactly what I need: a reference point or directions to get me where I need to be.
Many visitors to Kelowna and the Thompson Okanagan region in general during the winter months are here to visit the ski hills (Big White, Silver Star or Crystal Mountain), or take in the Ice Wine Festival over at the Sun Peaks Resort.
Kelowna, as is the rest of the Okanagan region, is well known for it's wine, wineries, wine tours and wine festivals, being the undisputed oldest wine-growing region in B.C. But did you know about our cideries?
www.hotelsbycity.net /blog/can_british-columbia_kelowna   (652 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Hockey: Kelowna rockets past listless T-birds
Kelowna won 7-0, matching the worst defeat by Seattle this season, to even the best-of-seven series at two games apiece.
This game started bad for Seattle when Kelowna scored just 14 seconds in and got worse when Seattle coach Rob Sumner was ejected shortly before the Rockets built a 6-0 lead in the second period with their second power-play goal of the game.
They watched the Rockets convert on two of their nine power-play chances and score seven goals for only the second time this season.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/hockey/2002242136_birds15.html   (540 words)

  
 Castanet.net - Sports
Kelowna Rockets were rewarded for their hard work Saturday night.
The difference---The Rockets also won the battle on the scoresheet in a dominating 5-1 victory over the Kootenay Ice, evening their best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final series at a game apiece.
The Rockets will need to play the same way when the series resumes with games three and four in Cranbrook Tuesday and Wednesday night.
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 CHL Memorial Cup 2004
The Kelowna Rockets are introduced before the opening game of the 2004 MasterCard Memorial Cup at Prospera Place on Saturday.
 Kelowna, BC - Justin Keller scored the game winning goal late in the third period as the host Kelowna Rockets won their first ever MasterCard Memorial Cup by defeating the QMJHL Champion Gatineau Olympiques 2-1 on Sunday.
 Kelowna, BC -The 2004 Memorial Cup was an award winning tournament for the Kelowna Rockets goaltender Kelly Guard, who was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player after letting in just three goals in four games.
www.chl.ca /CHLMemorialCup04/home.html   (246 words)

  
 Kelowna, British Columbia
Kelowna, British Columbia, is the largest city in the Okanagan Valley and the first pioneer settlement, established in 1859.
Kelowna offers all the amenities and conveniences of a larger destination but has all of the charm and warmth of a smaller town.
Manteo Resort is Kelowna’s finest resort beautifully located on the shores of Okanagan Lake, only minutes from downtown, championship golf and wonderful estate wineries.
www.bcadventure.com /adventure/explore/ok/cities/kelowna.htm   (774 words)

  
 Kelowna & Area: Premium Vacation Accommodations/Rentals
Kelowna boasts all the amenities of a major city - fine dining, unique shops and a vibrant cultural life - yet orchards and vineyards thrive within a 10-minute drive of the downtown core.
Kelowna was incorporated in May 1905 when the population consisted of 600 people and farming was the economic mainstay of the region.
Today over 100,000 people call Kelowna home and it’s considered by many to be one of the most livable cities in Canada.
kelowna.okanaganvacationhomerentals.com   (408 words)

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