Mike Babcock
Date of birth | April 29, 1963 |
place of birth | Manitouwadge , Ontario , Canada |
size | 185 cm |
Weight | 79 kg |
position | defender |
Shot hand | Left |
Career stations | |
1980-1981 | Saskatoon Blades |
1982-1983 | Kelowna Wings |
1983-1987 | McGill University |
1987-1988 | Whitley Warriors |
Mike Babcock (born April 29, 1963 in Manitouwadge , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and current coach . From 2005 to 2015 he was the head coach of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League before he was in charge of the Toronto Maple Leafs from May 2015 to November 2019 . As world champion in 2004, Stanley Cup winner in 2008 and winner of the Olympic gold medal in 2010 and 2014 , Babcock is currently the only trainer to be a member of the Triple Gold Club .
Career
Mike Babcock played in the Canadian Junior League WHL in his youth but was never spotted by an NHL team. From 1983 he went to McGill University for whose ice hockey team he also played. At times he also led the team as team captain on the ice. In 1987 he completed his studies with a bachelor's degree as a sports teacher and then took courses in sports psychology.
He then went to England , where he worked for a year as a player-coach in the British Hockey League and scored 34 goals and 98 assists in 36 games. In 1988 he returned to North America and coached the ice hockey team at Red Deer College in the Canadian province of Alberta for three years . In 1989 he won the provincial college championship with the team and was named Coach of the Year.
In 1991, Babcock took the job as head coach of the Moose Jaw Warriors in the WHL, but did not have much success. From 1993 he worked for a year as a trainer at the University of Lethbridge and won the Canadian college championship before he received a contract with the WHL team Spokane Chiefs . In 1996 and 2000 he led the Chiefs to the finals of the WHL playoffs .
In 2000 he received a contract as the coach of the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks in the AHL . The team was serving as the farm team of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL at the time. He practiced the job in Cincinnati for two years.
Between 2002 and 2005 he was the head coach of the NHL team Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, with whom he had reached the final of the Stanley Cup in the first season, but lost to the New Jersey Devils after seven games . In July 2005, he turned down a contract extension with the Ducks. On July 15, Babcock became the new head coach of the traditional Detroit Red Wings franchise , replacing former coach Dave Lewis .
In its first year in Detroit, the team finished first in the NHL after the regular season and won the Presidents' Trophy . In the playoffs, the Red Wings failed in the first round. 2006/07 the playoffs were more successful and the Red Wings moved into the final Western Conference , where they failed, however, Babcock's former team from Anaheim, which eventually won the Stanley Cup. In the 2007/08 season he reached the mark of 50 victories for the third time in a row and won the President's Trophy as the best team of the regular season for the second time with the Red Wings after 2005/06 and the Stanley Cup in the subsequent playoffs .
With the Canadian national team he won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in Geneva in 1997, the gold medal at the Men's World Championships in Prague in 2004 and the Olympic gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver . In 2014 he was able to repeat winning the gold medal with the national team at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi .
After a total of 10 years in Detroit, he did not renew his contract, which expired in June 2015, and so moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs in May 2015 .
In September 2016 he acted again as Canadian head coach at the World Cup of Hockey 2016 and won another gold medal with the team.
In November 2019 he was fired after a poor start to the 2019/20 season and replaced by Sheldon Keefe .
Private
Mike Babcock is married and has three children. The former ski racer Kendra Kobelka is his cousin.
Achievements and Awards
As a trainer
- 1997 gold medal at the U20 Junior World Championship
- 2004 gold medal at the world championship
- 2008 head coach at the NHL All-Star Game
- 2008 Stanley Cup winner with the Detroit Red Wings
- 2009 assistant coach at the NHL All-Star Game
- 2010 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 2014 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 2016 gold medal at the World Cup of Hockey
Coach statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
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season | team | league | GC | W. | L. | T | OTL | Pts | Win% | GC | W. | L. | result | ||
1991-1992 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 72 | 33 | 36 | 3 | - | 69 | 0.479 | 4th | 0 | 4th | 1 round | ||
1992-1993 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 72 | 27 | 42 | 3 | - | 57 | 0.396 | - | - | - | - | ||
1993-1994 | University of Lethbridge | CIAU | |||||||||||||
1994-1995 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 72 | 32 | 36 | 4th | - | 68 | 0.472 | 11 | 6th | 5 | Division semifinals | ||
1995-1996 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 72 | 50 | 18th | 4th | - | 104 | 0.722 | 18th | 9 | 9 | final | ||
1996-1997 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 72 | 35 | 33 | 4th | - | 74 | 0.514 | 9 | 4th | 5 | Division semifinals | ||
1997-1998 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 72 | 45 | 23 | 4th | - | 94 | 0.653 | 18th | 10 | 8th | Division finals | ||
Spokane Chiefs | MCup | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0.333 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Semifinals | |||
1998-1999 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 72 | 19th | 44 | 9 | - | 47 | 0.326 | - | - | - | - | ||
1999-00 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 72 | 47 | 19th | 4th | 2 | 100 | 0.694 | 15th | 10 | 5 | final | ||
2000-2001 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 80 | 41 | 26th | 9 | 4th | 95 | 0.594 | 4th | 1 | 3 | 1 round | ||
2001-2002 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 80 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 80 | 0.500 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Qualifying round | ||
2002-2003 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 82 | 40 | 27 | 9 | 6th | 95 | 0.579 | 21st | 15th | 6th | Stanley Cup Final | ||
2003-2004 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 82 | 29 | 35 | 10 | 8th | 76 | 0.463 | - | - | - | - | ||
2004-2005 | without a team due to lockout | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
2005-2006 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 82 | 58 | 16 | - | 8th | 124 | 0.756 | 6th | 2 | 4th | Conference quarterfinals | ||
2006-2007 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 82 | 50 | 19th | - | 13 | 113 | 0.689 | 18th | 10 | 8th | Conference finals | ||
2007-2008 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 82 | 54 | 21st | - | 7th | 115 | 0.701 | 22nd | 16 | 6th | Stanley Cup winner | ||
2008-2009 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 82 | 51 | 21st | - | 10 | 112 | 0.683 | 23 | 15th | 8th | Stanley Cup Final | ||
2009-2010 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 82 | 44 | 24 | - | 14th | 102 | 0.622 | 12 | 5 | 7th | Conference semifinals | ||
2010-2011 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 82 | 47 | 25th | - | 10 | 104 | 0.634 | 11 | 7th | 4th | Conference semifinals | ||
2011–2012 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 82 | 48 | 28 | - | 6th | 102 | 0.622 | 5 | 1 | 4th | Conference quarterfinals | ||
2012-2013 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 48 | 24 | 16 | - | 8th | 56 | 0.583 | 14th | 7th | 7th | Conference semifinals | ||
2013-2014 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 82 | 39 | 28 | - | 15th | 93 | 0.567 | 5 | 1 | 4th | Conference quarterfinals | ||
2014-2015 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 82 | 43 | 25th | - | 14th | 100 | 0.610 | 7th | 3 | 4th | Conference quarterfinals | ||
2015-2016 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 82 | 29 | 42 | - | 11 | 69 | 0.421 | - | - | - | - | ||
2016-2017 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 82 | 40 | 27 | - | 15th | 95 | 0.579 | 6th | 2 | 4th | Conference quarterfinals | ||
2017-2018 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 82 | 49 | 26th | - | 7th | 105 | 0.640 | 7th | 3 | 4th | Conference quarterfinals | ||
2018-2019 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 82 | 46 | 28 | - | 8th | 100 | 0.610 | 7th | 3 | 4th | Conference quarterfinals | ||
2019-2020 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 23 | 9 | 10 | - | 4th | 22nd | 0.478 | - | - | - | - | ||
WHL overall | 576 | 288 | 251 | 35 | 2 | 613 | 0.532 | 75 | 39 | 36 | 6 participations | ||||
AHL total | 160 | 74 | 59 | 20th | 7th | 175 | 0.547 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 2 participations | ||||
NHL overall | 1301 | 700 | 418 | 19th | 164 | 1583 | 0.608 | 164 | 90 | 74 | 13 participations |
Web links
- Mike Babcock at hockeydb.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Babcock, Mike |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Manitouwadge , Ontario |