The Toronto Maple Leafs have recalled forward Brendan Brisson from the AHL’s Toronto Marlies and placed Colton Sissons on injured reserve, adding another roster change as the club deals with injuries.

The team announced the moves Thursday, according to Sportsnet Staff. Sissons’ injured-reserve designation is retroactive to Nov. 8, when he suffered a lower-body injury during a loss to the New Jersey Devils. He missed the third period of that game and had already been listed as week-to-week before Thursday’s transaction.

Sissons, 33, joined Toronto as a free agent this summer. He has appeared in 19 games for the Maple Leafs, scoring two goals and recording six points. The move to injured reserve follows the earlier assessment of his injury; Sportsnet’s report did not provide a more specific diagnosis or a revised return timeline.

Brisson, meanwhile, gets the call after producing eight goals and nine assists in 14 appearances with the Marlies this season. The 24-year-old has spent the season in the AHL and has yet to make his Maple Leafs debut.

His recall follows a season in the New York Rangers organization. Brisson recorded one assist in three NHL games with the Rangers last season and finished with 37 points for their AHL affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack. That minor-league total included 19 goals and 18 assists across 66 games.

Brisson also has NHL experience with the Vegas Golden Knights, recording two goals and seven assists in 27 games for that club. Vegas selected the Los Angeles native 29th overall in the 2020 NHL draft, and he represented the United States at the 2022 Olympics.

He is the son of NHL agent Pat Brisson, whose Maple Leafs clients include John Tavares and Gavin McKenna.

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