The Toronto Maple Leafs dipped into the United States college free-agent pool to sign 23-year-old forward Brady Irwin on Saturday.

The Leafs haven't announced the signing yet because Irwin and his University of Vermont team were only eliminated in the NCAA West regional by Wisconsin on Friday. The 6-foot-5, 205-pound Irwin was raised in Toronto and played junior B for the St. Michael's Buzzers.

He was a teammate of current Maple Leafs forward Viktor Stalberg at Vermont the previous three seasons. Irwin completed his fourth season at Vermont with 15 goals and 34 points in 39 games.