Mike Babcock
Mike Babcock
Michael "Mike" Babcock, Jr.is a Canadian professional ice hockey head coach, currently serving as head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. He previously spent 10 seasons as head coach of the Detroit Red Wings, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2008 and helped to the Stanley Cup Playoffs every year during his tenure. He holds the record as winningest coach in Red Wings history, surpassing that of Jack Adams. He has also served...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth29 April 1963
players pressure putting themselves wrong
Hank's been outstanding for us. There's nothing wrong with players putting some pressure on themselves to perform.
bones cat cut fine guess sent sounds
He's cut around the eye, ... I guess the bones are fine. They sent him for a CAT scan or whatever, but it sounds like he's just fine and everything's precautionary, so that's real positive.
challenge drew night smith
I thought he was fine. He drew (Chris) Pronger and (Jason) Smith most of the night and that's a challenge for him.
goes homer power
Homer goes to the net, and they get him the puck. More power to him.
found guys
He's another one of those guys we've found this season.
defense discipline half puck second
I thought our discipline was good. Our defense really managed the puck. The second half of the game, they didn't have the puck much.
beating heart stopped
His heart had stopped beating and there was no pulse,
absolutely adjusted attack dominant figure period second took
It took us the first period to figure out how to attack it. But we adjusted and I think we were absolutely dominant in the second period.
anybody believe knows red wants
I don't believe that. I believe he'll be a Red Wing. Basically, the way it sounds, I don't think anybody knows the whole story. I think he wants to play here.
brother coached committed good guy hard older puck relative skill younger
He was as good with the puck and as hard on the puck as he is now, relative to the skill level. He was a committed guy then. I coached his older brother and his younger brother as well and they're good people.
lose stud teams
Not many teams can lose a stud like that and keep going.
came great hard ice middle panic people plays puck tons work
It's not like we hadn't had tons of chances, we just weren't finishing. The big thing we wanted to do was not panic and just keep doing what you are doing, get people to the net, work hard at it and let's not be pressing. I thought we managed the puck well and made great plays in the middle of the ice and really came at them with some speed.
guys surprise
I told you guys that was going to be the case. That didn't surprise me much.
gave heck hockey mean opportunity steve talked
I just gave that opportunity to Steve. That doesn't mean (Samuelsson) isn't going to. ... He is a heck of a hockey player. I talked to him about it. I wanted to get Steve going and to give him an opportunity.