Devils tab Sheldon Keefe as head coach

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The New Jersey Devils made the hiring of Sheldon Keefe as their next head coach official on Thursday.

Keefe landed on the radar of the Devils once he was fired by the Toronto Maple Leafs on May 9, five days after an overtime loss to the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of a first-round Stanley Cup playoff series.

"This was an invigorating process for me, having met with many qu