
Mike Babcock enjoying unique return to coaching alongside his son
In hockey, especially at a high level, there is only one of two fates certain for a coach: retirement or being fired.
In hockey, especially at a high level, there is only one of two fates certain for a coach: retirement or being fired.
Mike Babcock has settled into life as the head coach of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies men’s hockey team.
He was once the best-paid coach in hockey, with a Stanley Cup and a pair of Olympic golds. So what is Mike Babcock doing behind the bench at the University of Saskatchewan? And has he learned anything from his fall from grace?
Mike Babcock continued to break his silence this week in an appearance on the Cam and Strick Podcast with Cam Janssen and Andy Strickland, in what might be considered his most candid interview since being fired by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The University of Saskatchewan (USask) athletics department announced on Saturday afternoon that former NHL coach Mike Babcock will be the new head coach of the men’s hockey team.
Mike Babcock is stepping back into the hockey spotlight on Sunday, though not in the way he was accustomed to for 30-plus years.
Inspired by the Saskatoon Blades’ recent hiring of former Hockey Canada video coach Ryan Dietrich to head coach Mitch Love’s staff for the 2020-21 season, we are going to look back at five former Blades’ players who later coached in the NHL.
Those who attended the annual NHL Coaches’ Association Global Coaches Clinic in Dallas last year were given quite a treat. A trio of established bench bosses with a combined 35 years of NHL head coaching experience, Mike Babcock, Todd McLellan, and Bill Peters shared their wisdom with coaches on hand.
Mike Babcock’s office is just as you’d imagine it. It’s organized. There doesn’t appear to be a single item out of place. His desk at the team’s practice facility in Toronto’s west end is dotted with notebooks, loose sheets of paper covered in plastic, a book, and pictures of his family. It’s what you’d expect for the uber-prepared, hard-charging head coach of the Maple Leafs.
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