After losing their sixth game in a row on Tuesday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock was fired Wednesday. This ends his tenure with the team 23 games into his fifth season.
He bows out with a 173-133-45 regular season record behind the bench and an 8-12 mark in three postseason appearances, all of which ended in the first round.
In 2019, Babcock helmed Toronto, thought to be serious Stanley Cup contenders during the preseason, to a 9-10-4 start with 22 points in 23 games. The Leafs are riding a six-game losing streak, with five of those coming in regulation, and have just two regulation wins in their last 16 contests.