Career
Babin spent his junior years in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for the Kenora Muskies and in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey Association for the North Bay Trappers. He was drafted 180th overall by the Saint Louis Blues in the 1974 National Hockey League Amateur Draft and 218th overall by the Indianapolis Racers in the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft. 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 Saint Louis during the 1975-1976 National Hockey League 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.
