INDIANAPOLIS – The Indy Fuel, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Chicago Blackhawks and the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs announced that they have signed forward Spencer Watson for the 2019-20 season.
Watson, 23, returns to Indy after playing the final three games of the 2018-19 season in a Fuel uniform. The native of London, Ontario tallied 50 points (23g-27a) in 62 games split between the Fuel, Manchester Monarchs and the AHL's IceHogs and Ontario Reign last season. Watson started the 2018-19 season as a member of the Los Angeles Kings organization and splitting time with Ontario and Manchester before he was to the Chicago Blackhawks in late February.
A seventh-round selection (2019th overall) of the Kings in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, Watson has played 98 career ECHL games with Indy and Manchester, earning 92 points (47g-45a). In 23 AHL contests with Ontario and Rockford, he has tallied five points (2g-3a).
Prior to turning pro, Watson played his junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League splitting time with the Kingston Frontenacs and the Mississauga Steelheads.
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