Habscheid is the former head coach of the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League.

[1] Habscheid played three seasons with the Western Hockey League's Saskatoon Blades before turning pro.

He also played in the 1982 World Junior Hockey Championship, leading Canada to its first ever gold medal at the tournament.

He played 4 more seasons with the Oilers, before he was suspended by the team for refusing to report to the AHL's Nova Scotia Voyageurs and subsequently dealt to Minnesota in December 1985.

On June 3, 2009, Habschied was named as head coach and general manager of the Chilliwack Bruins, a major junior team in the Western Hockey League which has since moved to Victoria, British Columbia to become the Royals.