Godscrasher 8 Report post Posted October 4, 2013 Hi, From the UK here, came across this video clip on Youtube and thought it might serve well here. Babcock played for my local team the Whitley Warriors who are based in Whitley Bay on the coast of Newcastle Upon Tyne in the North East of England. There is a small article on his Wiki page about his short playing/coaching career in the UK. Babcock was a trio of signing for the Warrriors along with Scott Morrison and Luc Chabot. This was at a time when Ice Hockey in the UK was gaining vast popularity. Sadly it is nowhere near as exciting as it used to be these days. The following video shows Babcock in action against Fife Flyers (scottish team) in the play off finals held at Wembley Arena. Some history of the Warriros: http://www.whitleywarriors.net/history 8 evilmrt, Nev, hooon and 5 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trastion 22 Report post Posted October 4, 2013 (edited) Video wont play for me. it plays if i copy paste in into browser though so not sure what the problem is. Edited October 4, 2013 by Trastion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FifeHockeyNut 57 Report post Posted October 4, 2013 Hi, From the UK here, came across this video clip on Youtube and thought it might serve well here. Babcock played for my local team the Whitley Warriors who are based in Whitley Bay on the coast of Newcastle Upon Tyne in the North East of England. There is a small article on his Wiki page about his short playing/coaching career in the UK. Babcock was a trio of signing for the Warrriors along with Scott Morrison and Luc Chabot. This was at a time when Ice Hockey in the UK was gaining vast popularity. Sadly it is nowhere near as exciting as it used to be these days. The following video shows Babcock in action against Fife Flyers (scottish team) in the play off finals held at Wembley Arena. Some history of the Warriros: http://www.whitleywarriors.net/history Love it mate, I'm a fife flyers fan so great to see some old footage! I've heard a story of Babcock (must have been on NHL.com) that he and the other imports used to come to Edinburgh buy cars at the auctions and then sell them the way back for extra cash. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BottleOfSmoke 5,965 Report post Posted October 4, 2013 Some history of the Warriros: http://www.whitleywarriors.net/history Young Not Floating Mike Babcock (YNFMB)! May he bring us good luck for the upcoming season. Only one more youthful picture and we will have the Holy Trinity of Young Babcocks. Young Floating Mike Babcock (the Father), Young Not Floating Mike Babcock (the Son), and Young TBD Mike Babcock (the Holy Spirit). On second thought, maybe YFMB should be the Holy Spirit? What with the floating and all... 1 Franzine reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nev 1,085 Report post Posted October 4, 2013 Ahhh, Saturday afternoons watching Grandstand with Barry Davies doing the commentary, the Durham Wasps, and of course the legend that was Hilton Ruggles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FifeHockeyNut 57 Report post Posted October 5, 2013 Ahhh, Saturday afternoons watching Grandstand with Barry Davies doing the commentary, the Durham Wasps, and of course the legend that was Hilton Ruggles Haha you know I had totally forgotten about Hilton Ruggles, always entertaining when he played for Milton Keynes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
