Mike Babcock
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"Michael "Mike" Babcock, Jr." is a Canada/Canadian professional ice hockey head coach of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Taking over as coach of the Red Wings in 2005, Babcock is currently the longest-tenured head coach in the NHL. Babcock was born in Manitouwadge, Ontario in 1963. As of , he is the only coach to gain entry to the Triple Gold Club, guiding his Red Wings to the Stanley Cup in 2008 Stanley Cup Finals/2008, as well as leading Team Canada to gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the International Ice Hockey Federation/IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships in 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships/2004. Babcock is the only coach to win five national or international titles, guiding Canada to gold at the IIHF IIHF World U20 Championship/World Junior Championships in 1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships/1997 and the University of Lethbridge to the CIS University Cup in 1994. Babcock also led Team Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics, successfully defending their gold medal.

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I thought Manny did a good job and our guys did a real great job on the kill. Our specialty teams did a phenomenal job.

The league won't be hunting Ducks in camouflage anymore.

We weren't thinking, we were just kind of going, and that was nice to see. We looked like we could move.

He has the ability to score, the question is if he can do enough of the other things to get playing time. You score when your coach is confident enough to put you out there enough to let you score. The bottom line is all he has to do is be a little responsible. I'm not asking him to check the No. 1 center in the league. If he sits in his end even a little bit, he'll be OK.

There are a whole bunch of teams right now that think they have an opportunity. Everybody looks at us and says, 'If they did it, we can do it.' The measure of a great coach, player and organization is the test of time. Being recognized as good isn't a one-time thing, so you have to hang around to earn that. That's what Detroit and New Jersey have done by each winning three Cups in a 10-year span.

That's why we wanted him back. He showed why a lot of people think he's one of the top young players in the NHL.

It was unbelievable. Making the finals is one thing, but getting to a Game 7 and being tied in that game after the first period is another. A lot of people think they have a chance to win the Cup, but the only chance to win the Cup is when you have three wins in the final. It's something that I'll always remember, but in the end, we came up empty.