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Greyhounds get boost with return of Speers

Blake Speers is returning to the Soo Greyhounds
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The Soo Greyhounds received a boost ahead of a three-game road trip later this week.

The New Jersey Devils announced on Monday morning that Blake Speers has been returned to the team after starting the season in the National Hockey League.

The Greyhounds captain last season, Speers impressed enough in training camp to earn a spot on the Devils 23-man roster to start the season. The 19-year-old played in three games with the Devils, including on Saturday night in the Devils 2-1 overtime win against the Minnesota Wild.

In three games, Speers was held pointless.

Speers was one of two 19-year-olds to make the Devils roster out of training camp. Former Sarnia Sting forward Pavel Zacha was the other.

With Speers being sent back to junior, the Devils recalled Steve Santini from the American Hockey League’s Albany Devils, a team coached by former Greyhounds captain Rick Kowalsky.

In 68 games last season with the Greyhounds, Speers posted career highs in goals (26), assists (48) and points (74). In 187 career Ontario Hockey League games, Speers has 69 goals and 181 points.


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Brad Coccimiglio

About the Author: Brad Coccimiglio

A graduate of Loyalist College’s Sports Journalism program, Brad Coccimiglio’s work has appeared in The Hockey News as well as online at FoxSports.com in addition to regular freelance work with SooToday before joining the team full time.
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