Mitch Babin
Mitch Babin | |||
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Born |
Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada | December 1, 1954||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | St. Louis Blues | ||
NHL draft |
180th overall, 1974 St. Louis Blues | ||
WHA draft |
218th overall, 1974 Indianapolis Racers | ||
Playing career | 1974–1979 |
Michel J. Babin (born December 1, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player.
Babin spent his junior years in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for the Kenora Muskies and in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey Association for the North Bay Trappers. He was drafted 180th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1974 NHL amateur draft and 218th overall by the Indianapolis Racers in the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft. Babin chose to report to the Blues and was sent to the Denver Spurs of the Central Hockey League for development. He eventually played eight games for St. Louis during the 1975-76 NHL season but did not manage to score a point and spent the remainder of the season in the American Hockey League for the Providence Reds. He returned to the CHL for spells with the Kansas City Blues and the Salt Lake Golden Eagles before finishing his career in Austria for VEU Feldkirch.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Denver Spurs players
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Indianapolis Racers draft picks
- Kansas City Blues players
- Kenora Muskies players
- People from Kapuskasing
- Providence Reds players
- St. Louis Blues draft picks
- St. Louis Blues players
- Salt Lake Golden Eagles (CHL) players
- VEU Feldkirch players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Austria
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Canadian ice hockey centre, 1950s births stubs