Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe opened up about his return to Toronto for the first time since being fired by the Maple Leafs.

The Toronto Maple Leafs wasted no time honoring their former head coach Sheldon Keefe as they hosted the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. During the first TV timeout, a video tribute played on the Scotiabank Arena jumbotron,

Editor’s note: This interview was originally published on Dec. 10. On Thursday, Sheldon Keefe will coach in Toronto for the first time since joining the New Jersey Devils. NEWARK, N.J. — The slogan that lines the dressing room wall of Sheldon Keefe’s New Jersey Devils team reads: Compete. Commit. Connect.

Keefe was coaching an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena for the first time since being fired by the Maple Leafs on May 9. Having been hired by the Devils 14 days later, he’d faced his former team twice this season, both at Prudential Center.

As the former Maple Leafs coach returns to Scotiabank Arena for the first time with the New Jersey Devils, he is more excited about renewing old acquaintances with his former team than worried about f

The New Jersey Devils lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs last night, and head coach Sheldon Keefe was cracking jokes following his team's loss. The Toronto Maple Leafs pulled off an exciting comeback on Thursday night,

When William Nylander scored in overtime on Thursday night at Scotiabank Arena, giving Toronto a 4-3 win, it gave the Leafs a regular-season, three-game sweep of the New Jersey Devils in 2024-25, including a pair of earlier wins in Newark.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will welcome back Sheldon Keefe to Scotiabank Arena on Thursday, marking his first visit since being fired by the team in May. While the Leafs and Devils have already faced off twice this season in New Jersey,

TORONTO -- Sheldon Keefe coached 172 regular-season games at Scotiabank Arena when he was with the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2019-24. So to say his trip to the arena on Thursday was familiar, right down to the traffic, is fair.

Keefe spent parts of two seasons coaching McCabe and McMann, leading them to career-high point totals last year.

The Toronto Maple Leafs honored former head coach Sheldon Keefe during their game against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday.

Keefe was fired in May 2024 after the Toronto Maple Leafs were knocked out in the first round of the playoffs. McCabe also discussed the lessons he had learned from the former. "H