COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The Columbia Inferno announced that the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League have reassigned former Quinnipiac defenseman Reid Cashman from Columbia to the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League.

The Inferno are the ECHL affiliate of the Maple Leafs of the NHL and the Marlies of the AHL.

In his first full professional season, the 24-year-old Cashman has 16 points (2g-14a) and 20 penalty minutes in 29 games with Columbia and two assists and two penalty minutes in five games with the Marlies.