The 2014 head coach of which Hockey team is Mike Babcock?

Mike Babcock was the 2014 head coach of the Detroit Red Wings. He had held the position since 2005, making the 2013–14 season his ninth year behind Detroit’s bench. The Red Wings finished that season with a 39–28–15 record and reached the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Babcock became one of hockey’s most prominent coaches during his Detroit tenure. He guided the Red Wings to the 2008 Stanley Cup, defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins in six games. That championship made him the first coach born in Saskatchewan to win the Stanley Cup, and it reinforced Detroit’s status as one of the NHL’s most successful franchises.

The 2013–14 Red Wings qualified for the playoffs despite an unusually heavy injury burden and were eliminated by the Boston Bruins in the first round. A common mix-up is associating Babcock with the Toronto Maple Leafs, whom he coached later, beginning in 2015. In 2014, however, his NHL team was Detroit.