Once hockey's most sought-after coach, has Mike Babcock learned anything after his fall from grace? BIG READ 📚 | ✍️: ByDavidSingh
. Huskies players are spread out around the boards smacking their sticks on the ice. As the taps gather speed, Babcock’s son, Michael Babcock III, skates around half the rink, with a puck in each hand. He waves his arms slowly as if he’s conducting a symphony. When he arrives at centre ice, the players close in on him.
“The other night my wife and daughter were in town,” says Babcock. “Next thing you know, I got two sisters, their husbands, their daughter, her husband, two grandchildren [coming over]. We’re having a barbecue. I went to my nephew’s football game the other day. Watching Babcock with his players, you see a different side than the hard-driving, almost militaristic, leader he’s viewed as in some corners of the hockey world. Here, when they’re not on the ice, he jokes around with his players, laughing about the differences between Toronto and Saskatoon and getting their opinions on restaurants in the downtown core. The vibe seems like a happy medium between loose and workmanlike.
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