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The rookie camp will run until Friday and Frey expects the club will carry about 10 to 12 players over into main training camp which begins on Saturday at Prospera Place.
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Kelowna will open its preseason schedule Friday, Aug. 31 at Prospera Place against the Victoria Royals.
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