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Coach Kris Mallette during Monday afternoon's game vs the visiting Tri-City Americans.
Here is the article from rocketfan.ca,
Mallette is in his fifth season as Head Coach of the Western Hockey League Kelowna Rockets.
The Rockets are 4th in the B.C. Division, 7th in the Western Conference & 15th overall in league standings with a 25-28-3-0 record
Mallette was an Assistant Coach with Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team last season & an Assistant Coach with Hockey Canada's Under 18 team at the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup.
Mallette is a Rockets Alumni (1996-1999) has been with the Rockets for the past ten seasons. Mallette spent six seasons as an Assistant Coach with the Rockets from 2014-2020 before being named Head Coach March 2nd 2020.
Mallette played ten seasons in the ECHL, UHL, CHL & IHL with Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Ashville, Elmira, Colorado, Youngstown, Laredo & Flint from 2000-2009 before retiring from professional hockey in 2009. Mallette spent three seasons in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League as an Assistant Coach & Head Coach of the North Okanagan Knights from 2010-2013.
Mallette spent one season in Vernon as an Associate Coach with the 2013-14 Vernon Vipers. Mallette left the Vipers after the 2013-14 season, returning to Kelowna in 2014. Mallette was named Rockets Assistant Coach July 4th 2014.
Hard not to feel bad for the guy, especially when Hamilton is the boss making all the decisions. When was the last time they had notable alumni that they actually developed? They made a post boasting on players playing in the CIS but after a little research I learned not a single player in the CIS spent their full career with the Rockets. No loyalty, no development. Wow, that is starting to sound like a familiar story!!
ReplyDeleteTheir #1 goal this year should have been dealing Cristall for futures/draft picks so fans would have relinquished their false sense of hope, that this team is anything but a cusp.500 club.