The New Jersey Devils on Tuesday named a sistant coach Alain Nasreddine interim head Jabrill Peppers Jersey coach shortly after John Hynes was .

Hynes, who had served as the 17th head coach in Devils franchise history, cedes control on the bench to the a sistant who has been with him . Otherwise, the Devils' coaching staff remains the same with the sole exception of pro scout Peter Horachek's move to a bench job as an a sistant to Nasreddine.

Everyone in that room has been underachieving," in his first media availability as interim head coach. "There are going to Saquon Barkley Jersey be opportunities you have to get and deserve your opportunity. Thats not going to change. I think its like that for every team in every sport. Thats the bottom line the type of coach I am, its the same way. Ive earned everything I have in life and I expect players to do the same thing with their job and how they play.

Were not going to reinvent the game," he added. "I think we gotta get that pa sion back, that enthusiasm for playing."

Here is what you need to know about the Devils'interim Sterling Shepard Jersey coach:

Nasreddine, 44, grew up in Montreal and played for the QMJHL's Drummondville Voltigeurs and Chicoutimi Sagueneens in junior hockey.

Nasreddine played 74 career NHL games as a defenseman between 1998-2008. He was part of the first-ever Florida Panthers draft cla s in 1993 (sixth round, pick No. 135) but did not find his way into a big-league game with his firstfranchise. He would get his shot with the Chicago Blackhawkson Oct. 10, 1998, against you gue sed it Janoris Jenkins Jersey the New Jersey Devils, but he wound up with the Montreal Canadiens by the end of that season and played just 15 games altogether his rookie year.

The blueliner bounced from team to team throughout much of his NHL playing career but found a consistent home within the Pittsburgh Penguins organization between 2003-08. He bounced between AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Will Hernandez Jersey and the Penguins' roster,playing44 NHL games in 2006-07 the most in his NHL career.

Nasreddine's connection with Pittsburgh's organization didn't end when his playing days did. Then-Pittsburgh general manager Ray Shero who now manages the Devils with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in August 2010. The head coach of that team at the time? None other than John Hynes.

Nasreddine, Hynes and Shero all remained with that organization until the trio moved to New Jersey in a succe sion of moves in Harry Carson Jersey the 2015 offseason.

Nasreddine spent five seasons as Hynes' a sistant coach with the AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Here are some of the notable NHLers he worked with on those teams:

Robert Bortuzzo, Bryan Gibbons, Simon Depres, Beau Bennett, Joe Morrow, Jayson Megna, Bobby Farnham, Tom Kuhnhackl, Jeff Zatkoff, Scott Harrington, Brian Dumoulin, Matt Murray, Conor Sheary and Derrick Pouliot.