The 5-11, 185lb. forward most recently skated for the Devils at the 2016 Prospects Challenge in Buffalo, NY where he had three goals and one assist over two games. The Sault Ste. Marie native has OHL career totals of 69 goals, 112 assists for 181 points and 66 penalty minutes in 187 games. Speers also played in the CHL Top Prospects Game (2015) and was named to the OHL First All-Rookie Team (2014). He and current Devils' prospect, Colton White, are teammates on the Greyhounds. Speers previously played for the Soo Thunder (NOBHL) where he led the league in goals (86), assists (81) and points (167) and was honored as the league's Most Valuable Player. Speers was drafted by New Jersey in the third round, 67th overall, at the 2015 NHL Draft.
White, 19, spent the last three seasons with Sault Ste. Marie (OHL), where he led the Greyhounds' defensemen with a career high nine goals and had career highs with 26 assists and 35 points while dressing in all of the club's 68 games. He was named as an alternate captain last season and scored one goal and two assists in 12 OHL Playoff games.