Leafs fire head coach Mike Babcock

By The Canadian Press

Posted November 20, 2019 4:36 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired head coach Mike Babcock.

The Leafs have hired Sheldon Keefe, head coach of their American Hockey League affiliate in Toronto, as their new head coach.

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