Michel J. Babin (born December 1, 1954) is a Canadian retired
ice hockey player. He played 8 games in the
National Hockey League with the
St. Louis Blues during the
1975–76 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1974 to 1979, was mainly spent in the minor leagues.
Playing career
Babin spent his junior years in the
Manitoba Junior Hockey League
The Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) is a Junior 'A' ice hockey league operating in the Canadian province of Manitoba and one of nine member leagues of the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL).
The MJHL consists of thirteen teams all based ...
for the
Kenora Muskies
The Kenora Muskies, known as the Kenora Thistles from 1975 to 1982, are a defunct Manitoba Junior Hockey League team that played in Kenora, Ontario between 1968 and 1982.
History
The Kenora Muskies were granted expansion into the Memorial Cup ...
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
The 1974 WHA Amateur Draft was the second amateur draft held by the World Hockey Association. The first two rounds of the draft were conducted in secret in February and only graduating junior players (born in 1954) were eligible for selection. The ...
. 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.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
External links
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1954 births
Living people
Canadian ice hockey centres
Denver Spurs players
Ice hockey people from Ontario
Indianapolis Racers draft picks
Kansas City Blues (ice hockey) 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
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