Today at the Leafs practice, Mike Babcock was sporting a University of New Hampshire hat because he'd lost another bet. This time to James van Riemsdyk.
Babcock's son, Michael, who is 22, is in his second year as a winger for Merrimack College, where he has nine points in 36 games. He was facing off against UNH in the playoffs, and that team has a 21-year-old centre named Brendan van Riemsdyk. He has 16 points in 37 games.
UNH won the day, and Babcock paid up with the hat on his head nice and promptly.
Back in January, he made a patriotic bet over the outcome of the World Junior Championships with a few Americans of his acquaintance.