Tålamodet är över: Toronto sparkar Mike Babcock
Toronto Maple Leafs sparkar tränaren Mike Babcock, skriver NHL-klubben på Twitter. Sheldon Keefe tar över huvudtränaruppdraget.
”Under de senaste fem säsongerna har Mike spelat en nyckelroll i att vända riktningen för vår klubb. Mikes hängivna och outtröttliga arbete har gjort vår organisation bättre”, säger klubbpresidenten Brendan Shanahan i ett uttalande.
Det stjärnspäckade laget har fått en dålig start på säsongen och har sex raka förluster, vilket har lett till att Toronto bara är på femte plats i Atlantic Division.
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Mike Babcock
Wikipedia (en)
Michael Babcock Jr. (born April 29, 1963) is a Canadian professional ice hockey head coach, who most recently had served as head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously spent 10 seasons as head coach of the Detroit Red Wings, winning the Stanley Cup with them in 2008 and helping them to the Stanley Cup Playoffs every year during his tenure. He holds the record as the coach with the most wins in Red Wings history, surpassing that of Jack Adams. He has also served as head coach of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, whom he helped to the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals.
Babcock was born in Manitouwadge, Ontario and grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. As of November 2019, he is the only coach to gain entry to the Triple Gold Club, having guided the Red Wings to the Stanley Cup in 2008, as well as leading Team Canada to gold at the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships in 2004, the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Babcock is the only coach to win six distinct national or international titles, guiding Canada to gold at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey and the IIHF World Junior Championships in 1997 and the University of Lethbridge to the CIS University Cup in 1994.
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