 In 1983, he signed with the Toronto Blizzard and spent two seasons in Canada.In both 1983 and 1984, Spalding and his teammates went to the NASL championship, only to lose to the Tulsa Roughnecks in 1983 and the Sting in 1984.Both the Blizzard and the NASL folded at the end of the 1984 season.