Prospect Info: 2024 72nd Overall - Anthony AJ Spellacy

[Kurtosis]

Oh, he's a hitter and he'll drop the gloves, too. He definitely brings that football toughness.

I love it.

 

[Darkstar]

I love it.

If he can work on few things, he'll be a guy that our fans love and other fans absolutely hate. He's pretty raw since he's only focused on hockey the past two years.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

Perfect pick for the Blackhawks in the 3rd round. Elite speed, offensive threat on the PK, physical, football mentality. Spellacy is basically a Michael Grabner/Josh Anderson hybrid. He is good for a clean cut breakaway or two per game. If he continues to progress, he will be a big part of winning a Game 4 or 5 in a playoff series when you are contending again with Bedard, Levshunov, & the rest.

 

[kmwtrucks]

was top 25 in Hits Lead the league in SH goals and when he switched to center at the end of the year had 10pts in 10 games.

 

[Larmer83]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5702833/2024/08/22/college-football-recruiting-chicago-blackhawks-aj-spellacy/

AJ didn’t meet his agent and skills and development coach, Kenny Ryan, a 2009 second-round NHL Draft pick and skills coach at the University of Michigan, until he was 15. The first time he ever spent an offseason skating was just two summers ago before his 16-year-old rookie season in the OHL with the Windsor Spitfires. When the Spitfires drafted him in the spring of 2022, he was on an unofficial visit to Ohio State’s football program and receiving scholarship offers from Iowa State, Illinois State, Central Michigan, and Toledo.

 

[giza]

Can't wait to see his progress this year......Mustard and Spellacy could be better than Boisvert and Venacker when it's all said and done......could be another franchise changing haul by KD.

 

[pvr]

Can't wait to see his progress this year......Mustard and Spellacy could be better than Boisvert and Venacker when it's all said and done......could be another franchise changing haul by KD.

Yeah I’m excited about Spellacy given the relative infancy of his complete immersion into hockey. He has a lot of room to grow.

Vanacker also is exciting…played hurt and still was impressive.

Boisvert I didn’t want, but willing to see what develops.

Mustard to me looks like an energy bottom sixer, but those guys can surprise, particularly with his speed.

 

[Northernhawk]

Pretty impressive stockpiling of talent!

*Connor Bedard
*Frank Nazar
Sacha Boisvert
Oliver Moore
*Marek Vanacker
*Paul Ludwinski
Roman Kantserov
*Martin Misiak
Ryan Greene
*Gavin Hayes
*Nick Lardis
John Mustard
AJ Spellacy
*Samuel Savoie
Aidan Thompson
Jack Pridham
Jiri Felcman
Alex Pharand
Marcel Marcel
Joel Svensson
Milton Oscarson
Dominic James
Nils Juntorp
Riku Tohila

*Artyom Levshunov
*Kevin Korchinski
Sam Rinzel
Ty Henry
Janne Peltonen

Adam Gajan

 

[pvr]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5702833/2024/08/22/college-football-recruiting-chicago-blackhawks-aj-spellacy/

AJ didn’t meet his agent and skills and development coach, Kenny Ryan, a 2009 second-round NHL Draft pick and skills coach at the University of Michigan, until he was 15. The first time he ever spent an offseason skating was just two summers ago before his 16-year-old rookie season in the OHL with the Windsor Spitfires. When the Spitfires drafted him in the spring of 2022, he was on an unofficial visit to Ohio State’s football program and receiving scholarship offers from Iowa State, Illinois State, Central Michigan, and Toledo.

Great article.

 

[giza]

Pretty impressive stockpiling of talent!

*Connor Bedard
*Frank Nazar
Sacha Boisvert
Oliver Moore
*Marek Vanacker
*Paul Ludwinski
Roman Kantserov
*Martin Misiak
Ryan Greene
*Gavin Hayes
*Nick Lardis
John Mustard
AJ Spellacy
*Samuel Savoie
Aidan Thompson
Jack Pridham
Jiri Felcman
Alex Pharand
Marcel Marcel
Joel Svensson
Milton Oscarson
Dominic James
Nils Juntorp
Riku Tohila

*Artyom Levshunov
*Kevin Korchinski
Sam Rinzel
Ty Henry
Janne Peltonen

Adam Gajan

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