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
advice group guys jimmy leadership league national played possibly team training tried
I wanted to have a competitive training camp. So we went through and put the lineup together. We used Jimmy Nill's advice on all the young guys because I don't know the young guys, and then we tried to get the guys who played in the national league and played on our team to be as competitive a group as we possibly could be, with leadership in all groups.
defense discipline feels good happens league lose next overtime time tonight win won
One of the things that happens when you win all the time is, when you lose in overtime and lose the next night, it feels like you haven't won in months. But it's unreasonable; you can't go through this league without losing. Our discipline was good tonight and our defense really managed the puck.
dead league looking means pat tonight
It means I've been in the league a little bit. But I was looking tonight and (Toronto's) Pat Quinn has 640, Scotty Bowman has 1,200-and something. I'll be dead before then.
ducks hunting league
The league won't be hunting Ducks in camouflage anymore.
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.
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.
carry good knows momentum somewhere
Everyone knows that they're going somewhere and everyone's going to do their own thing, but they're poised, they're going to play. They play good teams. We want to carry momentum into the break.
believe biggest difference knows quicker team
The biggest difference to me was we're a little deeper. We think we have a real intelligent team that knows how to play without the puck. We really believe that the better we play without the puck, the quicker we are on offense.
lose stud teams
Not many teams can lose a stud like that and keep going.
among great guy leader phenomenal rallying
It'll be a rallying cry. This guy hasn't done anything wrong. He'll do a great job. He has a phenomenal reputation, and he's a leader among men.
found net shoot
It's disappointing. They found a way to shoot it into the net and we weren't as good.
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.
adds dimension good hank obviously speed
It was good to have Hank back. He adds a dimension of speed and he hounds the puck. He's obviously going to make us a better team.
angles block net played puck
They did block a lot, but that's no different than the way they played all year. You've just got to find a way to get the puck to the net from a lot of different angles to get opportunities.