RELEASE: Oilers name Mike Babcock as Head Coach

EDMONTON, AB – The Edmonton Oilers introduced on Tuesday that Mike Babcock has been named as the membership’s nineteenth head coach in workforce historical past.

Babcock, 63, brings to Edmonton a 700-418-183 regular-season teaching document over components of 17 NHL seasons and 1,301 video games. Through one other 164 video games in 14 postseason appearances, he ranks tenth all-time in wins with a 90-74 document.

Born in Manitouwadge, Ontario, and raised in Saskatoon, he’s the one coach in hockey historical past to have guided groups to a Stanley Cup win (2008), an Olympic gold medal (2010, 2014), an IIHF World Championship (2004), and a World Cup of Hockey title (2016).

Beginning his NHL teaching profession with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in 2002 after a pair of seasons main the membership’s AHL affiliate in Cincinnati, he led the Ducks to a 40-27-15 common season document and loved a 15-6 postseason run to assert a Western Conference banner and a berth within the Stanley Cup Final.

After two seasons in Anaheim, Babcock moved to the Detroit Red Wings in 2005 and started his decade-long keep within the Motor City with 4 straight Central Division titles, together with a Stanley Cup win in 2008. Over the course of 10 seasons, he led the group to a document of 458-223-105, together with 5 first-place finishes within the Central Division, two Stanley Cup Final appearances and eight 100-point seasons.

The McGill University grad and three-time Jack Adams Award nominee departed Detroit for Toronto in 2015, the place he served as bench boss for the Maple Leafs for components of 5 seasons, tallying a 173-133-45 document over 351 video games.