Position: | Forward |
Shoots: | Right |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 2 |
Weight Lb: | 200 |
Team: | Free agent |
League: | GET |
Former Teams: | Lillehammer Trondheim Black Panthers Storhamar Dragons Arboga Nyköping Vålerenga Lørenskog |
Birth Date: | 7 November 1982 |
Birth Place: | Trondheim, Norway |
Ntl Team: | Norway |
Career Start: | 2000 |
Knut Henrik Spets (born 7 November 1982 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player, who is currently a free agent. He is the older brother of fellow Norwegian international Lars Erik Spets
He started his career with Lillehammer in the 2000–01 GET-ligaen season, and Trondheim Black Panthers in the 2001–02 season, before moving to Storhamar Dragons before the 2002–03 season.
In 2006, he signed with the Swedish team Arboga in HockeyAllsvenskan, where he played 40 matches before moving to Nyköping.
23 May 2008, Spets decided to move back to Norway and play for Vålerenga Ishockey.[1] Four months later he got united with his younger brother, Lars Erik Spets, when he signed for the same club. In the 2009–10 GET-ligaen season, he finished fourth in the point statistics.
Spets played for the Norwegian national team during the 2007 and 2010 IIHF World Championships. He has also played in national youth teams from the age of 17.