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Marlies sign Arizona State forward Ryan Kirwan to two-year deal
The Toronto Maple Leafs are doing their due diligence combing the NCAA ranks.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are doing their due diligence combing the NCAA ranks.
Toronto has signed Arizona State forward Ryan Kirwan to a two-year deal as they continue to make moves signing undrafted NCAA free agents.
The Marlies finalized the signing on Saturday night. He’ll join the American Hockey League squad for the remainder of the 2024-25 season on a professional tryout. His two-year contract will begin in the 2025-26 season.
Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman first reported that the Maple Leafs were nearing the deal earlier on Saturday night.
“It’s free-agent season and Toronto has signed a couple guys already who made their AHL debuts tonight,” Friedman said on the latest edition of Saturday Headlines on Hockey Night in Canada.“There’s another guy on Toronto’s radar, I’m hearing and we’ll see where it goes, his name is Ryan Kerwin.
“I heard they’re looking hard at him.”
Kerwin, 23, has had a productive first year playing with the Sun Devils, tallying 26 goals and 13 assists in 37 games.
The six-foot-two, 195-pound forward spent his previous three collegiate seasons playing for Penn. State in the Big Ten, picking up 34 goals and 35 assists over 100 career games.
The Maple Leafs have already added two NCAA free agents to their AHL ranks, bringing in former Dartmouth forward Luke Haymes and Union College defenceman John Prokop. Both debuted for the Marlies on Saturday night against the Belleville Senators.
