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4 unusual facts about Mike Babcock


Drew Miller

This would alter game to game depending on injuries, and or the matchups coach Mike Babcock saw fit in that particular game.

Jeff Blashill

In July 2011, after only one season at Western Michigan, Blashill accepted an assistant coach position for the NHL's Detroit Red Wings under head coach Mike Babcock.

Mike Babcock

Babcock is one of four McGill University players to coach an NHL team (Lester Patrick guided the New York Rangers; George Burnett served in Edmonton; and Guy Boucher served in Tampa Bay).

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.



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