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Babcock's barn dance
Published 7/25/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
The Hockey Hall of Fame's Kevin Shea relates several great stories about Red Wings coach Mike Babcock's day with the Stanley Cup, from some seriously punctual fund-raisers to a boat party with a bagpiper's serenade, but Babcock's Saskatchewan roots shone through and through during his two days with the Stanley Cup, including taking part in a little "barn dance" "a little bit sout hof Saskatoon": July 25, NHL.com : It was time to party, and in Saskatoon, that means a good, old-fashioned barn dance. Just outside the city limits sits the chicken farm of Reggie and Tracy Sloboshan, ...

Babcock’s Day with the Cup
Published 7/25/2008 by Alanah McGinley at KK Hockey
... at NHL.com, Just after 9 a.m. that morning, Mike and Maureen Babcock met the plane at the Saskatoon airport and received the Stanley Cup. There are two things indigenous to Canada – hockey and Tim Hortons coffee, and the Babcock’s merged the two by taking the Stanley Cup to a local Tim Hortons. The only things that could make the morning more Canadian would be if a Mountie carrying a beaver had held the door open for them! and lots more about Babcock and his face-time with Stanley. ...

Chronicles of Stanley: Baptisms and bagpipes for Red Wings
Published 7/25/2008 by Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy
... Three years ago, Babcock heard the faint sound of bagpipes on Emma Lake and, according to Kevin Shea of NHL.com, "vowed that, should he ever win the Stanley Cup, he'd find that piper and have him/her perform at the cottage during a Stanley Cup celebration." So earlier this summer, he heard the pipes again: ...

MYFO’s (P)friday Perfunctory Photo Pop Probatory
Published 8/1/2008 by Weed Against Speed at Melt Your Face Off
Welcome to another edition of MYFO’s (P)friday Perfunctory Photo Pop Probatory. Every Friday Whenever the hell I feel like it, I will put up a photo or two and ask a few multiple choice questions. This time we take a look at some photos from July 17th and 18th, when Mike Babcock took Lord Stanley’s Cup on an all-expenses paid trip to Saskatoon . The quiz…begins…now. [image] Question #1 : What was Mike Babcock thinking at the moment this photo was taken? a) “Boy, this thing is heavy.” b) “This is what it’s all about. It sure is nice bringing some light into this poor child’s ...