Red Wings coach will lead team canada

Posted: 06.23.2009 at 3:48 PM

    DETROIT (AP) - A person familiar with the decision says Mike
(AP) -- Babcock will coach the Canadian men's hockey team at the 2010
Olympics in Vancouver.
      Babcock, who coaches the Detroit Red Wings, will have Columbus
Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock on his staff. The person spoke to
The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because Team
Canada plans to announce its coaching staff on Thursday in
Montreal.
      Canada won the gold medal in Salt Lake City in 2002, but
struggled in Turin four years later.
      Babcock's team will likely be led by Pittsburgh Penguins
superstar Sidney Crosby, who played a part in preventing him from
winning consecutive Stanley Cups earlier this month.