The North Okanagan Knights could be on the move.
An Armstrong billet family has told The Morning Star that Knights head coach and GM Liam McOnie, as well as the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, informed them that the Junior A hockey team could potentially be sold and relocated.
McOnie would not confirm or deny that there have been talks about a relocation when The Morning Star reached out to him Thursday morning.
Thursday evening, however, KIJHL commissioner Jeff Dubois told The Morning Star that an attempt at a sale has been made.
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Amanda Watson, a member of the billet family, launched an Thursday in an effort to encourage ownership not to relocate the team.
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The petition urges Knights ownership to cease any plans to relocate the team.
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The Knights香蕉视频直播� season came to an end Monday, March 18, when the team lost to the Princeton Posse in game seven of the second-round KIJHL playoff series between the two teams.
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