Mike Babcock took out his frustrations on the Toronto Maple Leafs following the club’s embarrassing 7-0 defeat at home against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday.
The second-year Maple Leafs head coach put his players through a tough practice on Wednesday. After power went out at the arena, Babcock didn’t relent, getting the Leafs to bag skate in the dark.
Skating in the dark #Leafs pic.twitter.com/Jr5cbOmqrV
— David Alter (@dalter) November 9, 2016
Defenseman Jake Gardiner thought the outage would stop the practice – he was wrong.
Gardiner on power outage in midst of intense practice: "I was thinking, thank goodness we're getting off the ice. Babs had different ideas"
— Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) November 9, 2016
It’s safe to assume Babcock sent his young team a message.
