Feature Story                                                                                         Monday April 4, 2011

Supporters and proponents of the Chilliwack Bruins WHL hockey team stood in solidarity last night at Prospera Centre to send a message to keep hockey team in the city.

Stay Bruins Stay!

Chilliwack rally to keep Bruins at Prospera draws from big fan base

Staff/Voice photos

bout 300 Chilliwack Bruins supporters showed up at a Prospera Centre rally last night. Acting Mayor Sue Attrill and ex-mayor Clint Hames spoke to the crowd in favor of keeping the team.

The latest media reports are that the sale of the Bruins to Victoria interests is all but a done deal. Questions remain about which team could possibly replace the Bruins at Prospera, and whether or not the city will be able to keep the branded name "Bruin" name. At the least it did, the rally showed that hockey is alive and kicking in Chilliwack.

We'll be following this as it develops. See our rally photographs below.

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