2003-born forwards Jacob Frasca and Marko Sikic have inked pro deals with the Toronto Maple Leafs farm club.
Earlier this year, the Toronto Marlies signed overage defenseman and Mississauga Steelheads captain Chas Sharpe. The Maple Leafs farm team has dipped their toes back into the OHL, signing Soo Greyhounds forward Jacob Frasca, and Sarnia Sting centerman Marko Sikic to one-year AHL contracts for the 2024-25 season.
Jacob Frasca, 21, attended Toronto’s 2023 Development Camp and participated in their Prospect Tournament the same summer. Frasca played his first three seasons in the OHL as a member of the Barrie Colts. His career-best season came in 2022-23, tallying up 27 goals and 69 points in 68 games.
Barrie traded the 6-foot-4, 215-pound Frasca to the Soo Greyhounds as the calendars flipped into 2024. He scored nine goals and 21 points in 28 games and added 11 points in 11 playoff games to wrap up his major junior hockey career.
Marko Sikic, 21, led a young, rebuilding Sarnia Sting team in points this season with a career-high 57 in 66 games. Sikic was drafted ten spots after Frasca in the 2019 OHL Priority Selection (55th overall) by the Guelph Storm. The Kitchener, Ontario native was traded to Sarnia during the 2021-22 season.
Sikic played 273 games and recorded 153 points in his OHL tenure (regular season and playoffs combined). When his OHL season ended, he played three games with the Newfoundland Growlers and one with the Norfolk Admirals in the ECHL.
If both players want to extend their professional playing careers beyond this season, they will have to impress the Marlies organization and fight for playing time in the AHL.