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How many Stanley cups did Mike Babcock win?

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Canadian ice hockey coach Mike Babcock has won one Stanley Cup during his coaching career.

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He won the Stanley Cup as the head coach of the Detroit Red Wings in 2008. The Red Wings defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in six games to claim the championship. It was the fourth Stanley Cup in the history of the Red Wings franchise.

Aside from winning he Stanley cup in 2008,he helped the Detroit Red Wings to the Stanley Cup playoffs every year during his tenure, becoming the winningest coach in Red Wings history.

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Babcock in the communal coaches office at U. of S. (Carey Shaw/Sportsnet)

As of July 2023, Mike Babcock is the only coach to have won the Stanley Cup, the IIHF World Championship, and an Olympic gold medal in men’s ice hockey.

He guided Team Canada to gold at the 2004 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships, as well as gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Babcock is the only coach to have won six different national or international championships.

In addition to the three titles mentioned above, he led Canada to gold at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, gold at the IIHF World Junior Championships in 1997, and gold at the CIS University Cup in 1994.


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