Trevor Letowski

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size =
team= Barys Astana
former_teams = Carolina Hurricanes
Columbus Blue Jackets
Vancouver Canucks
Phoenix Coyotes
league = KHL
position = Right Wing
shoots = Right
height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 180
nickname =
nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date and age|1977|4|5|mf=y
birth_place = Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
draft = 174th overall
draft_year = 1996
draft_team = Phoenix Coyotes
career_start = 1998

Trevor Letowski (born April 5, 1977 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays right wing for the Kontinental Hockey League's Barys Astana.

Letowski played junior hockey for the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League. The Sting named him Rookie of the Year for the 1994–95 season.

He was drafted in the 7th round, 174th overall by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. After his third and final season with the Sting, he spent the 1997–98 season with the Springfield Falcons, Phoenix's American Hockey League affiliate. Letowski made his NHL debut in 1998–99 and became a regular in the Coyotes lineup, playing two full seasons before he was traded to the Vancouver Canucks midway through the 2001–02 season. He was signed by the Columbus Blue Jackets as a free agent on July 3, 2003, and played two seasons there split by a term in Switzerland with Fribourg-Gottéron of the Swiss Nationalliga A during the 2004–05 NHL lockout. Letowski joined the Carolina Hurricanes as a free agent on July 6, 2006 and played there for two seasons. He joined Barys Astana as a free agent on August 3, 2008.

During a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on October 14, 2006, Letowski was hit by the Penguins' Colby Armstrong following a pass in the Penguins' zone. Letowski was knocked unconscious and removed from the ice on a stretcher. There was no penalty on the play. [http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=Aop6dFDmoxAiYM6TjUXuScB7vLYF?slug=ap-hurricanes-letowskihurt&prov=ap&type=lgns]

Trivia

*Letowski won a gold medal with Team Canada at the World Junior Championships in Switzerland in 1997. A banner depicting his number 10 in Canadian national team colours hangs at the Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre in Sarnia, Ontario, where the Sting play.
*He has a dog named Billie Joe, named after Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead singer of his favourite band, Green Day.

External links

*hockeydb|24125

ee also

* List of NHL players