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
What they've said is they need things tightened up. They need some accountability. And that's my job.
courageous lead perceives played team
He's been a courageous competitor. He probably shouldn't have played tonight, but he perceives this as his team and he wanted to lead them.
determination determined good great hard played practiced
Good for him. He's played hard, he's practiced hard and when he's on the ice, he's determined out there. That's great for him. It's fantastic. He should feel good.
bear came dallas exception good looked mini philly played playoff rangers winning
I looked at this as a five-game mini playoff series. We played Nashville, Dallas, Carolina, Philly and the Rangers and came out of it winning 3-2. With the exception of the Dallas game, we played real well. When we bear down and have a good focus, we're a good team.
expect good hard playoffs prepare shocked team
Just like everyone here, I'm shocked at our situation. It's hard to look at our team and think we didn't do a lot of good things to prepare for the playoffs and you would expect to have success.
composure lost puck settled turned
I don't know what happened. We lost our composure and turned the puck over and just couldn't get settled down again.
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.
columbus nice people
Obviously, Columbus wanted him and it's nice to be where people want you.
ducks hunting league
The league won't be hunting Ducks in camouflage anymore.
capable defensive game good gotten nice offensive plays team tonight
He's good defensively, but tonight he made plays with the puck, which was nice to see. Sometimes as a defensive defenseman on an offensive team they always want you to do more than you're capable of doing. His game has gotten much better with the puck.
legs quicker suddenly
He's got his legs back and suddenly we're a lot quicker team.
tried
He tried and he couldn't get going. I think he'll be fine.
cleared holland ken worried
That's nice, ... but you know, (general manager) Ken Holland told me he's not worried about the start, he's worried about the finish, so that was cleared right up for me.