Babcock coaching a playoff game

Mike Babcock (born April 29, 1963 in Manitouwadge, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian hockey head coach and former player. From 2002 to 2005 he was the head coach of the NHL's Anaheim Mighty Ducks, leading the Ducks to their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals in 2003, where they lost to the New Jersey Devils in seven games. In July 2005, he rejected a one-year extension offer to stay with the Ducks. On July 15, Babcock became the head coach for the Detroit Red Wings, replacing Dave Lewis. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixels Full resolution (888 × 1184 pixel, file size: 263 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mike Babcock Metadata This file... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixels Full resolution (888 × 1184 pixel, file size: 263 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mike Babcock Metadata This file... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Manitouwadge is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The head coach in sports coaching is the coach who is in charge of the other coaches. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... “NHL” redirects here. ... The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, commonly referred to as the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California. ... The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional hockey league in Canada and the United States. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ... Ongoing events • 2005 Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes • 2005 Maharashtra floods • 2005 Gujarat Flood • Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan • Fuel prices • Gomery Comm. ... July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. ... David Dave Lewis (born July 3, 1953, in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a former National Hockey League defenseman and current head coach of the Boston Bruins. ...

Coaching career

Babcock, a former captain with the McGill University Redmen, is the third McGill player to coach an NHL team (Lester Patrick guided the N.Y. Rangers; George Burnett served in Edmonton). He was a two-time all-star rearguard at McGill from 1983-84 to 1986-87, where he also won the Bobby Bell trophy as team MVP. McGill University is a publicly funded, co-educational research university located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, U.S.A. Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the oldest teams in the National Hockey League, and are part of the group of teams referred to... George Burnett is a hockey coach who was coach of the Edmonton Oilers for part of the 1994–1995 National Hockey League season before being fired by General Manager Glen Sather and replaced by Assistant Coach Ron Low. ... The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ...

He has had a distinguished coaching career and will enter the 2007-08 season with a lifetime 602-449-107 regular season coaching record, including a 177-111-40 NHL mark in four seasons (two with Anaheim and two with Detroit). He also guided Team Canada to gold medals at the 1997 world junior championships in Geneva and the 2004 IIHF world hockey championships in Prague.

Detroit marks the seventh coaching stint for the nomadic Babcock, a native of Saskatoon and has lived in six Canadian provinces and four US states (including his residence in Michigan). Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ...

In 1988, Babcock was appointed head coach at Red Deer College in Alberta. He spent three seasons at the school, winning the provincial collegiate championship and earning coach-of-the-year honours in 1989. Established in 1964, Red Deer College is a college of approximately 10,000 located students in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. ...

Babcock moved to the Western Hockey League in 1991 where he guided the Moose Jaw Warriors for a two-year term. He then served one season as bench boss of the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns, earning Canada West coach-of-the-year honours in 1993-94 after guiding Lethbridge to their first-ever appearance in post-season play and an entirely unexpected Canadian university national title with a 34-11-3 over-all mark. The Moose Jaw Warriors are a major junior hockey team of the Western Hockey League which are based out of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. ... The Lethbridge Pronghorns, formerly known as the Chinooks are the athletic teams that represent the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. ...

In 1994, he was appointed coach of the WHL’s Spokane Chiefs, where he posted a regular-season record of 224-172-29 over six seasons for a .564 winning percentage. He was named twice as the West Division coach of the year (1999-20 and 1995-96). The Spokane Chiefs are a major junior hockey team that plays in the Western Hockey League based out of Spokane, Washington. ...

From 2000-01 to 2001-02, Babcock guided the American Hockey League's Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, to a 74-59-20-7 record, including a franchise-high 41 wins and 95 points. The team qualified for the playoffs both years. ...

He was named head coach of the NHL's Anaheim Mighty Ducks on May 22, 2002 and guided them to a 40-33-9 regular season record (including six overtime losses). In the Stanley Cup playoffs with the Ducks, he posted a 15-6 record. The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim are a National Hockey League team based in Anaheim, California. ...

Playing career

Before his time playing days at McGill University, Babcock played for the Saskatoon Blades of the WHL in 1980-81 and spent a season with the Kelowna Wings in 1982-83. In between, he played a year under Dave King at the University of Saskatchewan and transferred to McGill in 1983 under coach Ken Tyler. Babcock also had a brief try-out with the Vancouver Canucks.

Babcock graduated from McGill in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and also did some post-graduate work in sports psychology. In 146 career games with the Redmen, he tallied 22 goals and 85 assists for a total of 107 points and 301 penalty minutes, graduating as the second-highest scoring rearguard in McGill history. He moved to England in 1987 as a player-coach for Whitley Warriors (near Newcastle upon Tyne), who missed out on the league title by two points. In 49 games, he contributed 45 goals and 127 assists, accumulating 123 penalty minutes.

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References

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See also

• List of NHL head coaches
• List of McGill University people