Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I muri i te tiimata i tana umanga rangatahi nui i te 15 tau i te Ontario Hockey League (OHL), i tohua a Spezza hei tuarua i te 2001 NHL Entry Draft
i nga Ottawa Senators, i te mutunga ka mahi hei rangatira o te roopu whai muri i te wehenga o Daniel Alfredsson. I te takaro i te American Hockey League (AHL) i te 2004<unk>05 na te raka o te NHL, i wini ia i te Tohu Les Cunningham hei MVP o te riiki me nga Binghamton Senators. I te tau 2005-06, i whakaturia e Spezza he rekoata raihana Ottawa Senators me te 71 awhina, i te wa e pa ana ki te tohu 90-tohu mo te tuatahi o nga wa e rua i roto i tana mahi NHL.