The New Jersey Devils have fired head coach Peter DeBoer.

New Jersey currently sits seventh in the Metropolitan Division with a 12-17-7 record.

DeBoer had been with the team the past three seasons. After taking the Devils to the Stanley Cup Final in 2012, his first year with the team, DeBoer and the Devils missed the playoffs the next two seasons.

A successful junior coach, DeBoer broke into the NHL with the Florida Panthers, where he spent three years.

Four years ago the Devils fired then-head coach John MacLean two days before Christmas.