Shawn Babcock

DRESDEN JR KINGS HOCKEY CLUB

THE BABCOCK EDITION

Welcome to the Special Alumni Night edition of the Dresden Jr Kings Newsletter highlighting the father and son duo of Shawn and Keith Babcock.

Alumni Shawn Babcock , #5 is honoured tonight by having a banner dedicated to him hang in the arena along side past honoured alumni Joe Park.

As a secret surprise to all outside the DJK executive, we have also hung a banner dedicated to Keith Babcock for his dedication to the hockey club in the many roles he has played and offices he has filled.

We are thrilled to have the Babcock family with us tonight as we recognize with pride the accomplishments and contributions these two magnificent men have brought to our Dresden community and share in the warm memories of the Dresden Jr King Hockey Club.

#5 SHAWN BABCOCK

Shawn Babcock is another Dresden athlete who pursued the game of hockey for as far as it would take him. Shawn played his minor hockey in his home town of Dresden and, as a 15 year old in 1977-78, made it all the way to the Dresden Jr Kings. The following year, he played for Newmarket in the O.H.A. Jr A, and later that season he was called up to play for the Oshawa Generals. In the 1979 season, he became Windsor’s first round draft pick and played for the club until 1981, the year he was traded to the Kingston Canadians, for whom he played until 1982.

  Shawn was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980 NHL entry draft, in the third round, 48^th pick overall. Beginning in 1981 Shawn played three seasons in the Central Hockey League and the American Hockey League, with stops in Wichita and Moncton. Shawn returned to Kingston as an Assistant Coach for

 two seasons through 1986. That was the year he joined a different team, the Kingston Fire Department, for which he is Captain. His love for hockey never left him. Shawn would help coach the Kingston Frontenacs in the 1996 season and play one more year of hockey in 2005 with the Senior A Tamworth Braves.

Above taken from the 2007 Dresden Hall of Fame program.

Shawn was inducted in to the Dresden Hall of Fame – Male Athlete in 2007. He remains a source of pride for his home community and to its hockey fans.

MR. KEITH BABCOCK

Even today Keith Babcock looks like a hockey player. Looks aren’t deceiving. Keith a.k.a. “Logger”, alias “The Dresden Flash” was a tremendous hockey player known for his speed, strength and ability as a playmaker. There was no arena for Keith to start his hockey career in the mid-forties. He and his buddies

learned the game and practiced until dark on a frozen Molly’s Creek. It was a long way from the Olympia Stadium in Detroit, a place Keith got to know well as a hopeful for the NHL Wings in 1953. His hockey travels also included stops in Moose Jaw of the WHL, Senior League action on Vancouver Island, Junior hockey in Wallaceburg and Chatham and of course, with his many seasons in Dresden’s new arena as a member of the Intermediate “A” Dresden Lumberkings. Keith Babcock was also a tireless volunteer for minor hockey, coaching , managing , administrating and sharpening skates for just about every youngster in Dresden. His other contribution to Dresden hockey was with his genetics and tutoring to his youngest son Shawn who became an OHL star and pro hockey player, including 10 games with the Edmonton Oilers back in the Gretsky era.

Above taken from the 2000 Dresden Hall of Fame program.

Today, Keith should be known as Mr Hockey.