After a tumultuous season, Brad Ross is trying his luck overseas.
Ross, the Toronto Maple Leafs farmhand slapped with a 20-game suspension this year for using performance-enhancing substances, has signed with Iserlohn of Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the club announced on Friday.
Picked 43rd overall by the Toronto at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft (four spots ahead of Tyler Toffoli, if that sort of thing interests you), Ross never played a game for the Maple Leafs and has spent all of his professional career shuttling between the Marlies and the ECHL.
The 23-year-old was hit with his suspension in January. The development was noteworthy as Ross was the second player in the Leafs organization to be busted for PEDs last season; in November, it was forward Carter Ashton who was suspended 20 games by the NHL.
Following his suspension, Ross returned to the Marlies lineup and appeared in 11 games, scoring one point.