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Four Cranbrook gymnasts are off to Penticton to help represent the Kootenay Zone in the BC Winter Games. Clockwise from top left: Jade Stuart, Hayleigh Davidson, Aimee Wood and Danica Shaw. The athletes from the Key City Gymnastics Club head out next week with coach Garry Ricks Good luck, Team! Barry Coulter photo
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Staying put for the time being WHL commissioner says team committed to Cranbrook despite declining attendance TAYLO R ROCC A Sports Editor
It’s no secret the future of the Kootenay Ice has been on unsteady footing in Cranbrook in recent years. With attendance numbers continuing to plummet and the team struggling through its worst season in franchise history on the ice, times are tough in Cranbrook. If there’s one positive takeaway for hockey fans, it’s that the Kootenay Ice will remain in Cranbrook for the 201617 Western Hockey League season. “Absolutely we will be here in 201617,” said Jeff Chynoweth, president and general manager of the Kootenay Ice, whose family owns a 75.5 per cent stake in the club. “Nothing has
changed in that my family wants to get out of ownership of the hockey club and have since 2011. Unfortunately, nothing has come to fruition to make that happen.” While the Chynoweth family remains the majority shareholders of the club, Rob and Scott Niedermayer hold the remaining 24.5 per cent of the franchise ownership. “[Current ownership] despite declining attendance still remain committed to the market,” said Ron Robison, commissioner of the Western Hockey League, over the phone from Calgary Thursday afternoon.
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