THESE DUCKS `GOOD ENOUGH' ANAHEIM SEEKS ANOTHER MIGHTY UPSET AGAINST TOP-SEEDED DALLAS.Byline: Brice Nixon Staff Writer DALLAS - Mike Babcock Mike Babcock (born April 29, 1963 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada [1]) is a Canadian hockey head coach and former player. From 2002 to 2005 he was the head coach of the NHL's Anaheim Mighty Ducks, leading the Ducks to their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals has learned a few things from his first Stanley Cup Stanley Cup: see hockey, ice. Stanley Cup Trophy awarded annually to the winning team of the National Hockey League championship. Named for its donor, the Canadian governor-general Frederick Arthur Stanley, Lord Stanley of Preston playoff series in his first year as coach of the Mighty Ducks
Mighty Ducks is a half-hour Disney animated series aired on ABC and The Disney Afternoon in the fall of 1996. Twenty-six episodes total were produced. . He already believed he had a good team, but after the Ducks swept the defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. , Babcock was given even more reason to expect big things from his club. ``I know that we have more depth than I anticipated,'' he said. ``I know that the younger players are not going to be in awe. I know the guys are going to compete and have another level in their game. ``In order for us to continue to play, we have to find new levels. And we have to find a way to control our emotions and stick to our plan.'' That plan will be tested by the top-seeded Dallas Stars The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Prior to 1993, the team was known as the Minnesota North Stars. , the Ducks' second-round opponent, beginning today in Dallas. The Stars are just as talented as the Red Wings red wings see combretum platypetalum. and could put the Ducks in a position the Red Wings never did if they can win Game 1. That is the biggest question remaining for Babcock. ``In the last series, we got ahead,'' he said. ``So that's one thing. When you get behind, that's another thing. So you have to handle that. ``All we've had is a four-game opportunity. We did a real good job with that. Now we get another one. Let's see what we can do with that. We're a confident team. We think we have a good team. I think we have a good team. So now, me thinking it doesn't mean anything. We have to show it.'' More than anything, Babcock and the Ducks are eager to try to do that after a seven-day layoff. The Stars closed out their first-round series against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 Saturday. Babcock knows the Ducks will be tested early in Game 1 and will have to be extra sharp in their first game action in a week. He also knows the Stars are a formidable opponent and were 3-1-1 against the Ducks this season. The Ducks have never gone beyond the second round, but Babcock continues to be a source of unlimited optimism. ``I'm a big believer in this: What you can believe, you can make happen,'' he said. ``Don't cap your potential. ``Normally the battle is with yourself. Most people stifle their development and what they could be. I believe we have way more. I believe we're all tougher mentally than we think we are. I think we have more physically. Let's push it, let's push it. Let's find out how good we can be.'' Babcock has pushed the Ducks all season, but he no longer needs to try to convince his team, which exudes muffled muf·fle 1 tr.v. muf·fled, muf·fling, muf·fles 1. To wrap up, as in a blanket or shawl, for warmth, protection, or secrecy. 2. a. confidence despite again being the underdog in most observers' eyes. Babcock will continue to remind them of one thing. ``What we are is good enough,'' he said. ``But we have to get the most out of what we are. The reality is there's always someone that gives you just a little bit, a mind vitamin, that allows you to grow.'' The Ducks have done that under Babcock, and the Stars are well aware. ``They're a disciplined team (with) good team speed,'' Dallas coach Dave Tippett said. ``They play a structure very well. You don't get to play in the second round unless you're a good team.'' The Stars should get a boost from the return of forwards Jason Arnott and Pierre Turgeon, who will play in Game 1. Right wing Bill Guerin, however, is not likely to be ready by tonight but should return at some point in the series. Starting the series on the road allows the Ducks to work out their jitters jitters 'Butterflies' Psychology An episode of nervousness or anxiety that often precedes a public event; jitters is a type of performance anxiety which may affect actors in a stage production–stage fright or soloist musicians; it may respond to anxiolytics before returning home and being able to really benefit from the home-ice advantage, Babcock said. ``We don't have to come out and be all wound into the ground about anything,'' he said. ``(Then) when you come back to your own building, it's pretty nice. That's what I thought happened in the last series, and I'm looking forward to that again.'' MIGHTY DUCKS vs. DALLAS Today 4:30 p.m. TV/Radio: ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network ; 830-AM CAPTION(S): photo, 2 boxes Photo: Samuel Pahlsson, left, Kurt Sauer, right, and the Mighty Ducks will have to get more physical to knock off to cease, as from work; to desist. - De Quincey. To force off by a blow or by beating. To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the counter. To leave off (work, etc.). See also: Knock Knock Knock Knock the Dallas Stars in the second round of the playoffs. Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press Box: Capsule looks at second-round NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there playoff series (1) WESTERN CONFERENCE (2) EASTERN CONFERENCE |
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