
Derrick Martin’s moment begins
Sometimes, timing is everything.
For Derrick Martin, it might just be perfect.
Last season, Martin joined the Kelowna Rockets as an assistant, his first crack at coaching in the WHL. The idea was he’d dip a toe in, maybe ease into the league, learn the ropes. Instead? He cannonballed straight into the head coaching job.
Now, less than a year (329 days to be exact) after joining the staff, the 40-year-old has been handed the keys to a team that already knows it’ll be playing into next May. Most coaches in junior hockey spend years working their way up. Martin? He skipped the line like he had a FastPass at Disneyland.
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