Chicago Blackhawks announce significant signing of 2024 NHL draft selection AJ Spellacy
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GM Kyle Davidson of the Chicago Blackhawks signed forward A.J. Spellacy to a three-year entry-level contract today.
The Chicago Blackhawks have new blood trickling in, as GM Kyle Davidson has signed power-forward AJ Spellacy to a three-year entry-level contract.
The deal pays the power forward $975K AAV and has been a fixture in the OHL's Windsor Spitfires lineup for the past few seasons.
Spellacy has played 40 games this season and scored 25 points ( 11 G, 14 A) with 42 PIMs in 2024-2025.
Spellacy has worn the Alternate Captain's patch with the Windsor Spitfires this season and is three assists shy of a career-high of 17 this year.
The power forward's favorite player Tom Wilson ( who he has a similar play style to) was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the third round 72nd overall in the 2024 NHL draft.
At the draft, Spellacy said his favorite player was Tom Wilson.,
He won a Bronze Medal with Team USA in the 2024 Hlinka-Gretzky Cup.
Spellacy began his career in sports as a football player and decided to stick with hockey.
While answering a question from a media member on whether he thinks his time playing football has helped him with the physical aspects of hockey and in taking a hit, he let out a big smile, laughed, and said, «Yeah, I definitely think so.»
He left offers from schools in the NCAA to join the OHL instead and pursue a career in professional hockey, and today he has made another step towards reaching his goal, signing with GM Kyle Davidson and the Blackhawks.
A native of Cleveland, OH, Spellacy has compiled 80 points (39G, 41A) in 154 OHL regular-season games with the Spitfires from 2022-25. He tallied OHL career highs in games played (67), goals (21), assists (17) and points (38) with Windsor during the 2023-24 season.
The Blackhawks grow stronger with every new signing this year, and Spellacy could be a game-changer on the team's bottom six.
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