The Penticton Memorial Arena is a 2,212-seat multi-purpose

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Penticton Penticton ( ) is a city in the Okanagan Valley of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, situated between Okanagan and Skaha lakes. In the 2016 Canadian Census, its population was 33,761, while its census agglomeration The ce ...

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. It was home to the

Penticton Vees The Penticton Vees are a junior "A" ice hockey team from Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. They are a part of the British Columbia Hockey League. The junior Vees were founded in 1961, sharing the name of the senior hockey team, the Penticton V ...

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team. It was also home of the BC Hockey Hall of Fame (before it moved to the South Okanagan Events Centre), and facilitates Penticton Minor Hockey, the Okanagan Hockey School and the Okanagan Hockey Academy.

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