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Vipers Associate Coach Kris Mallette.
Here is the story from castanet.net,
Here is the story from sportsnet.ca,
Mallette is in his first season with the Ontario Hockey League Erie Otters. The Otters named Mallette Head Coach February 11th 2025.
Mallette spent parts of the past eleven seasons as Assistant Coach & Head Coach of the Western Hockey League Kelowna Rockets. Mallette was fired January 10th 2025.
Mallette was also Head Coach of Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team, 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 & Head Coach of Canada Red U17 2021-22 team.
Mallette is a Kelowna Rockets Alumni (1996-1999) has been with the Rockets for the past eleven 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.
5 comments:
He's padding his resume so the Vipers will hire him....
Mallette would be a great coach for our team as comes with a ton of experience compared to what we have now and had worked with mark ferner with the knowledge of how to achieve success. I think with the right dollar fiqure Mallette could be persuaded to join the vipers. I feel the glens would have the respect to be given to this hopeful coach as to not interfere as I feel they would have the confidence in him as to not having to shadow Mallette. Time will tell. GO,VIPERS,GO.
Have the Vipers said they are looking for a new Coach?
Why would Mallette leave the Erie Otters, a team where he just recently was named Head Coach in February to now leave the Otters and go coach the Vipers in a lower independent Jr A league? It doesn't make sense. Coaches want to move up to the next level, not go back down to a lower level/league. If Mallette was looking for a job and couldn't find one, then yes maybe he decides to come coach in the BCHL or another lower level but otherwise what Head Coach of a Major Junior team would leave his current team to come coach in a lower Jr A league? And come to a league with uncertain of what the future holds.
Kris Mallette never worked with Mark Ferner. Mallette was with the Vipers when Jason Williamson was Head Coach/GM.
your right I stand corrected.
Troy Mick went from Major Junior to Junior A.
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