NHL club for their first 18 games scoring one goal and two assists. Finishing in the WHA and the minors The Canucks reassigned Speck to the minor leagues, and he split the season between the Cleveland Barons of the AHL and the Seattle Totems of the WHL. The following season saw Speck sign with the Minnesota Fighting Saints of the World Hockey Association, where he played 47 games before being traded for Bill Young in February to the Los Angeles Sharks. He played with the Sharks for 18 games of the 1973–74 season. Speck finished the season with the Greensboro Generals of the Southern Hockey League. The Sharks moved to Detroit for the 1974–75 season and became the Michigan Stags, midway through the season the Stags relocated to Baltimore becoming the Baltimore Blades. Speck split the 74–75 season between Michigan/Baltimore and with the Syracuse Blazers of the North American Hockey League. Speck scored 34 points in 17 games and led the Blazers to a first-place finish during the season. After Syracuse, Speck re-joined the Baltimore Clippers, leading the team in scoring with 75 points in 76 games for the 1975–76 season. After one season in Baltimore Speck joined the Brantford Alexanders of the upstart OHA Senior A Hockey League and played two seasons before retiring in 1977. Personal Speck met his wife while playing junior hockey with the Hamilton Red Wings. Fred and Linda had two children, son Wade and daughter Paige. After retiring from hockey in 1978, Speck became a sales manager, a career he continued until he became ill in November 2010. He started to lose weight and died of an unknown illness on February 10, 2011. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Awards and achievements AHL First All-Star Team': 1970–71 Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award, (AHL Rookie of the Year): 1970–71 John B. Sollenberger Trophy, (AHL Leading Scorer): 1970–71 Les Cunningham Award, (AHL MVP): 1970–71 References External links 1947 births 2011 deaths Baltimore Blades players Baltimore Clippers players Canadian ice hockey centres Cleveland Barons (1937–1973) players Detroit Red Wings players Fort Worth Wings players Greensboro Generals (SHL) players Hamilton Red Wings (OHA) players Ice hockey people from Ontario Los Angeles Sharks players Michigan Stags players Minnesota Fighting Saints players People from Thorold San Diego Gulls (WHL) players Seattle Totems (WHL) players Syracuse Blazers players Vancouver Canucks players