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Team Canada hockey star Johnston coming to Kelowna

Will be hosting Just For Girls camp this July
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Team Canada star Rebecca Johnston will be in Kelowna this summer to work a hockey camp. (@rjohnston6/Instagram)

A well-decorated member of Team Canada91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s women91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s hockey team is coming to Kelowna to teach girls her craft.

Three-time Olympic gold medal winner Rebecca Johnston will be in town from July 17-21 for the 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ˜Just For Girls91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™ camp put on by Canadian Hockey Enterprises at the Capital News Centre.

The camp will feature both on-ice and dryland training, as well as a week-long tournament.

Now in its third decade of existence, the camp often brings out national team members to apply their wise words, strong sniping and speedy skating skills.

Johnston91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s storied career comes with quite the resume - The 33-year-old from Sudbury won gold with Team Canada at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, 2014 in Sochi and 2022 in Beijing, adding a silver in 2018 in Pyeongchang.

She made her name known as a member of the Cornell Big Red in college, before professional stints with the Toronto Furies and Calgary Inferno.

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Jake.courtepatte@kelownacapnews.com

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About the Author: Jake Courtepatte

Editor of 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ & West K News since February 2022. I have spent the majority of my career working in the Toronto area as both a sports reporter and a general reporter.
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