Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir say they won’t miss Canada’s NHL players in Pyeongchang as much as head coach Mike Babcock. The NHL opted not to interrupt next season to accommodate the Pyeongchang Games, and Moir, who won Olympic gold and silver in ice dancing with Virtue, said Babcock’s absence leaves a big hole — not just among the hockey team. Mike would come into the gym and talk with us, and I know he did the same with the curlers. I know he did the same with Kaillie and Heather (Olympic bobsled champions Humphries and Moyse).”Virtue and Moir have been friends with Babcock since his days coaching the Detroit Red Wings. The ice dancers skated out of a rink in nearby Canton, Mich.Babcock coached Canada’s men’s hockey team to gold at both the 2010 and 2014 Olympics.

Source: thestar August 31, 2017 00:00 UTC