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
growing-up team school
You know what happens to guys? There's what I call the individual time of their career, and the team time of their career. This is the team time. You don't care about all the other stuff. You just want to live in one place, and watch your kids grow up and go to the same school. You say, 'Hey, maybe I'd better play well and be a good enough guy that they keep me.'
hockey guy score
Some guys score and some guys don't. We got a lot that don't.
sports dream memories
There is something about Game 7 that there's a memory there for you for sure. You want to be a coach or a manager or a player or a goaltender that gets it done, because to me, that's all part of sports. That's what you dream about when you're a little kid - scoring the winning goal.
capable game minutes
We have to play the game we're capable of playing. We have to look after it during the 60 minutes of the game (in regulation).
guys worked
We just rolled (the lines) one, two, three, four. It didn't matter. We let our guys go, and it kind of worked out well.
good holy howe passing played players
To be passing Gordie Howe - holy mackerel! That's unbelievable. That's how good you've been and that's how long you've played. And that's how good of players you played with.
question soon
We sagged -- no question -- as soon as they scored.
exhibition premier stellar
We think he's a premier defenseman in this league, ... He had a stellar exhibition (season).
exhibition premier stellar
We think he's a premier defenseman in this league. He had a stellar exhibition (season).
charge coming days olympic skated start
(Thursday) we're going to compete. We've skated for two days and now we'll start to compete. We were on a charge going in (to the Olympic break), now we'd like to charge coming out.
heck turn
We get on streaks in a heck of a hurry. So you got to turn it around quick. That's good.
best evaluate gets joe player trade
When I evaluate a trade as a coach, I evaluate who gets the best player. That's all, it's just about the best player because the best player makes everyone else better. That's what Joe has done.
evaluate team
We're going to have to evaluate our team this summer. And if we have to make changes, we will make changes.
discipline job
We can do a better job with our discipline.