The Henderson Silver Knights have a new general manager. Tim Speltz will take the reins of the AHL team after spending the last three seasons as head of amateur scouting for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
“I am very excited about joining the Henderson Silver Knights and the entire organization,” Speltz said. “I look forward to being ingrained in the community of Henderson and I can’t wait to get started. Everything with the Silver Knights is set up for success, from the players and staff to the fan support to the facilities. Hockey in Nevada is thriving and I’m enthusiastic to have a role with it.”
Prior to his time in Toronto, Speltz spent 26 years as the general manager of the Western Hockey League’s Spokane Chiefs, an organization he joined in the summer of 1990. Under his leadership, the Chiefs won two WHL Championships and Memorial Cups in 1991 and 2008.
He also served as general manager with the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers from 1988 to 1990.