Mike Babcock to be named team Canada 2010 head coach

Mike Babcock will be sworn in as the coach of the 2010 Canadian Olympic men’s hockey team in Montreal this week.

There has been speculation the 46-year-old Detroit Red Wings bench boss deserved to be chosen by Steve Yzerman, executive director of the Olympic team, because Babcock steered the Wings to their second Stanley Cup final in a row this season.

In 2002-03, his rookie season as an NHL head coach, Babcock led the Anaheim Ducks to the seventh game of the Stanley Cup final, which they lost to the New Jersey Devils.

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