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
found hard optimistic played team ways
We've played hard as a team and found ways to win. We've done that a lot, and you're optimistic those things can continue.
battle everybody excited foundation great hard huge hung last locker nice opportunity people pictures playoffs quickly saying trying work year
I think everybody realizes that we had a great opportunity. But you find out quickly that last year was last year. There are now nice pictures of the playoffs hung up around the locker room, and people were saying nice things about us and patting us on the back all summer. But now we are trying to reestablish work habits, foundation and identity. I think it makes you more hungry, because we all know how hard it is to get there. It will be a huge battle for us and we are excited about the opportunity to try to get back there.
beat found guys hard hung imagine team three
I don't know if you can imagine how hard it is to beat a team three times in a row. But you've got to give our guys credit. We hung in there and it wasn't pretty, but we found a way.
found guys
He's another one of those guys we've found this season.
found picked win
We picked it up, got going a little bit, and found a way to win the game.
against finding found four good overtime points score track ways win
They're a good team, and they're finding ways to win a lot. They found a way to get four points out of here, and we only got one (an overtime loss). We have to get back on track and find a way to score against them.
found net shoot
It's disappointing. They found a way to shoot it into the net and we weren't as good.
good points
When you have 55 points at this point, you've done some good things.
question soon
We sagged -- no question -- as soon as they scored.
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.
looked nice
We weren't thinking, we were just kind of going, and that was nice to see. We looked like we could move.
angles create net puck wide
You have to put the puck on net from wide angles to create opportunities.
start
At the start of the game, we weren't used to that level. They were really quick.
consistent
We've been consistent all season. We've always bounced back and we've been a professional team.