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Calling himself a “transfer coach,” Babcock knows he’s leading the program until it can find a more permanent replacement. His verbal agreement with the Huskies is for two years.
Babcock said he met with the Huskies’ veteran players earlier this week and was going to follow that up by meeting with former head coach Dave Adolph about recruitment.
After that, Babcock said he would meet with every member of the team to try and get up to speed on the program.
He’s ready for the challenge nearly 27 years after leading the University of Lethbridge to a University Cup.
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They say relationships are everything in business. It was a strong relationship that led Stanley Cup champion Mike Babcock back home to the Saskatchewan Huskies.
On the weekend the Huskies announced that Babcock would be taking over as coach of the men’s hockey team. A move that wouldn’t have happened without Chief Athletics Officer Dave Hardy.
“I taught Mike,” says Hardy. “I’ve known him since he was 13 or 14, knew the family pretty well.
“We managed to stay in contact through the years. Haven’t seen him much since he joined (the) Toronto (Maple Leafs). So I just took a chance. I phoned him–might have been Boxing Day–and we got caught up.
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University of Saskatchewan (U of S) Huskies Chief Athletics Officer Dave Hardy is a firm believer in one of Wayne Gretzky’s most famous lines: “You miss 100 per cent of the shots you don’t take.”
Hardy applied those words of wisdom when searching for a successor to lead the men’s hockey program. Long-time head coach Dave Adolph departs as the winningest coach in the history of Canadian men’s university hockey after 27 years.
Leading the search for a new hire, Hardy reached out to Mike Babcock. Babcock was one of the most decorated coaches still active in the sport, and Hardy said he was not expecting much — but you gotta shoot your shot, right?
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