Blake Speers

Blake Speers
Born	(1997-01-02) January 2, 1997 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Ice hockey centre
Known for	Playing for New Jersey Devils and Arizona Coyotes in the NHL

Blake Speers (born January 2, 1997) is a Canadian ice hockey centre currently without a team. His most recent engagement was with Västerås IK competing in the HockeyAllsvenskan, and he has prior NHL experience playing for both the New Jersey Devils and Arizona Coyotes.

Playing career

Speers launched his major junior hockey journey with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the Ontario Hockey League. He was selected 67th overall by the New Jersey Devils during the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. On September 21, 2016, he agreed to a three-year entry-level contract with New Jersey and earned a spot on their roster for the opening night of the 2016–17 NHL season. He made his NHL debut on October 13, 2016, but after participating in three games without registering a point, he was reassigned back to junior hockey.

On December 16, 2019, Speers was included in a trade that sent Taylor Hall to New Jersey and moved Speers to the Arizona Coyotes. Prior to the trade, he had contributed one assist in ten AHL contests, and following the move, he tallied four goals and nine points over 32 games with Arizona’s AHL affiliate, the Tucson Roadrunners. In August 2020, he secured a one-year two-way contract extension with the Coyotes.

After completing the 2021 campaign and entering free agency, Speers opted to continue his career in Europe by signing a one-year contract with Västerås IK of Sweden’s second-tier league on August 1, 2022. In February 2024, he transitioned to the Elite Ice Hockey League by joining the Belfast Giants for the remainder of that season.

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2013–14	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL		62	19	21	40	12		9	0	3	3	0
2014–15	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL		57	24	43	67	12		14	3	6	9	4
2015–16	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL		68	26	48	74	42		12	6	4	10	8
2016–17	New Jersey Devils	NHL		3	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL		30	15	19	34	16		11	1	7	8	12
2016–17	Albany Devils	AHL		—	—	—	—	—		2	0	0	0	2
2017–18	Binghamton Devils	AHL		62	12	7	19	26		—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	Binghamton Devils	AHL		43	3	5	8	24		—	—	—	—	—
2019–20	Binghamton Devils	AHL		10	0	1	1	4
2019–20	Tucson Roadrunners	AHL		32	4	5	9	20
2020–21 AHL season	Tucson Roadrunners	AHL		4	0	0	0	2
2021–22 AHL season	Tucson Roadrunners	AHL		52	2	3	5	23
2021–22 NHL season	Arizona Coyotes	NHL		2	0	0	0	2
2022–23 HockeyAllsvenskan season	Västerås IK	HockeyAllsvenskan		38	4	10	14	19		7	0	2	2	6
2023–24 EIHL season	Belfast Giants	Elite Ice Hockey League		15	4	7	11	6		4	2	0	2	0
NHL totals				5	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—

International

Year	Team	Tournament	Outcome		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2014	Canada Ontario	World U-17 Hockey Challenge	5th place		5	1	3	4	6
2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships	Canada men's national junior ice hockey team	IIHF World U20 Championship	Template:Silver2 medal		7	1	2	3	2
Aggregate Junior Statistics					12	2	5	7	8