Terry McFaul has been helping scout for the Kelowna Rockets for the past 29 years.

“One of the things about this job is that I've been able to do something that I truly love to do. Not everyone can say that they enjoy coming to work each day.”

Once again, Kris Mallette is being asked to get the Kelowna Rockets going -- not as an enforcer, like he was during his playing days, but as the team's head coach.

'With 14 games remaining in the regular season, I felt a change was necessary at this time,' said Kelowna Rockets GM Bruce Hamilton.

In his first four games as a Kelowna Rocket, Jonas Peterek has scored three goals.

With Kelowna hosting the Memorial Cup in May, big things were expected of Topping and his fourth season with the franchise.

The trade is the latest move following an earlier promise by Rockets president and GM Bruce Hamilton to review his club after the 20-game mark.

Nolan Foote, 18, becomes the 25th captain in team history, following in the footsteps of brother Cal Foote, who was Kelowna’s captain in 2017-18.

"The Rockets failed to make the playoffs last year and now they are expected to be Memorial Cup contender, that's asking a lot." Potenteau said.

"We usually have two or three kids come out of here that we list [and] turn into pretty good players," said Rockets assistant GM Lorne Frey.