Mike Babcock

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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

Coach statistics

Regular season Playoffs
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

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personal data
SURNAME Babcock, Mike
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Manitouwadge , Ontario