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
less liked neutral played plays zone
I liked to see less plays through the neutral zone and more plays around the net, but he (Hudler) played well tonight.
ask believe guys hearts seen teams
The idea you've seen this movie before, I don't know anything about it. This team's much different than the teams in the past. If you ask my guys they believe in their hearts they're going to have success.
hung kept last lost night proud
You've got to give them credit. They hung in there. They kept coming. They're in their building. They lost last night and they're proud guys.
ducks hunting league
The league won't be hunting Ducks in camouflage anymore.
bag both puck situations team time
You can try to bag the puck out of the zone, but we wouldn't be the team we are if we did. Those were both situations where we had time to make plays.
ask discussion fly obviously safe
I'm very concerned. I can only ask so many times. I don't fly the plane. But I am really concerned. There's been lot of discussion about what's going on, are we safe -- obviously that's the first priority.
guys
These guys are professional. They know how to win, even when they don't have it.
guys
These guys are professional. They know how to win, even when they don't have it.
gets
But now he's in shape, he gets up and down the ice, and he's a player.
We had ample opportunities to score, but we didn't have the stick-to-it-ness.
obviously offensive
We obviously have to make some adjustments. With Lang not here, we need two offensive lines.
continue goes series
We feel we're getting better as this series goes on. And we think we'll continue to get better.
hurt hinder
Failure will hurt but not hinder us.
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.