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,

At the start of the 2024-25 NHL season, the Toronto Maple Leafs already appeared poised to factor into the Jack Adams Award race – one way or another. Not only did they have their own incoming head coach in Craig Berube,

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.

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,

The Toronto Maple Leafs are slightly more than halfway done with the 2024-25 regular season and find themselves with the best record in the Atlantic Division (30-16-2 for a .646 point percentage).

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

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.

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.

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.

Sheldon Keefe had not been to Scotiabank Arena since he was dismissed as head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Greeted to a large media contingent, he was all smiles, even noting the fresh coat of red paint in the visiting locker room area. "They painted the walls red for me," he joked.