• Spence was named QMJHL rookie of the year in 2018-19 after ranking first among rookie defensemen and fourth among all first-year skaters with 6-43—49 in 68 games. His debut campaign also saw him named to the QMJHL All-Rookie Team and awarded Defensive Rookie of the Year honors.

• Spence has taken an unconventional path to the NHL Draft. He was born in Sydney, Australia and then his family moved to Osaka, Japan soon after where he learned the game of hockey from his Canadian father. When Spence was 13, the family moved to Cornwall, P.E.I. where he flourished in the minor hockey system despite not being able to speak any English when he first arrived.

• Spence, who has dual citizenship in Canada and Japan, represented Team Canada for the first time at the 2019 Under-18 World Championship (1-2—3 in 7 GP).

• Models his style of play after Bruins defenseman Torey Krug.

STATISTICS

SEASON	TEAM	LEAGUE	GP	G	A	P	PIM
2023-2024	LOS ANGELES	NHL	71	2	22	24	12
2023-2024	ONTARIO	AHL	1	0	0	0	2
2022-2023	ONTARIO	AHL	56	4	41	45	34
2022-2023	LOS ANGELES	NHL	6	0	1	1	0
2021-2022	ONTARIO	AHL	46	4	38	42	28
2021-2022	LOS ANGELES	NHL	24	2	6	8	2
2020-2021	VAL-D'OR	QMJHL	19	5	19	24	0
2020-2021	MONCTON	QMJHL	13	5	11	16	14
2020-2021	CANADA (2021 WJC Championships)	ITLTOUR	2	1	0	1	0
2019-2020	MONCTON	QMJHL	60	9	43	52	28
2018-2019	MONCTON	QMJHL	68	6	43	49	18
2018-2019	CAN (2019 IIHF U18 World Championship)	ITLTOUR	7	1	2	3	0
2017-2018	SUMMERSIDE	MHL	50	13	39	52	16