Sheldon Keefe fired as Toronto Maple Leafs coach

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe leaves after speaking to the media in Toronto on Monday May 6, 2024, after his team's season ending loss to Boston Bruins in the first round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired head coach Sheldon Keefe, the team announced Thursday.After being eliminated in seven games in the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Toronto Maple Leafs have fired head coach Sheldon Keefe. The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired head coach Sheldon Keefe, the team announced Thursday.

The team recorded three consecutive 100-point seasons with Keefe behind the bench, including a team-record 115-point season in 2021-22. That dismissal following a roller-coaster stretch leading to questions about Keefe's future, but new GM Brad Treliving elected to keep the Dubas loyalist after taking the reins, and then inked the coach from Brampton, Ont., to a contract extension through 2025-26.

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