Trevor Letowski

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Trevor Letowski
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Born (1977-04-05) April 5, 1977 (age 47)
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Phoenix Coyotes
Vancouver Canucks
Columbus Blue Jackets
Carolina Hurricanes
Barys Astana
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
NHL draft 174th overall, 1996
Phoenix Coyotes
Playing career 1997–2010

Trevor Letowski (born April 5, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger and current assistant coach for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the seventh round, 174th overall, by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. Letowski also previously played for the Vancouver Canucks, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Carolina Hurricanes. Following retirement from active play, he has served as head coach of the OHL's Sarnia Sting and Windsor Spitfires.

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Playing career

Letowski began his career playing junior hockey for the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). He was selected in the seventh round, 174th overall, by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. The Sting named him Rookie of the Year for the 1994–95 season. Letowski won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships held in Geneva, Switzerland. A banner depicting his number 17 in Canadian national team colours hangs at the Progressive Auto Sales Arena in Sarnia, Ontario, where the Sting play.

After his third and final season with the Sting, Letowski spent the 1997–98 season with the Springfield Falcons, Phoenix's American Hockey League affiliate. He made his NHL debut during the 1998–99 season and became a regular in the Coyotes lineup, playing two full seasons thereafter. Midway through the 2001–02 season on December 28, 2001, Letowski was traded by the Coyotes, along with Todd Warriner and Tyler Bouck, to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Drake Berehowsky and Denis Pederson.

Letowski was signed by the Columbus Blue Jackets as a unrestricted free agent on July 3, 2003, [1] and played two seasons for the Jackets split by a term in Switzerland with HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the Swiss Nationalliga A during the 2004–05 NHL lockout. He then joined the Carolina Hurricanes as a free agent on July 6, 2006 and played there for two seasons. [2]

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 and was knocked unconscious and removed from the ice on a stretcher; there was no penalty assessed on the play. [3] [4]

Letowski joined Barys Astana as a free agent on August 3, 2008. [5] Following the conclusion of the 2009–10 season, his second year with Astana, Letowski announced his retirement from active play.

Letwoski returned to where he began his career with the Sting, taking up an assistant coaching role on April 17, 2010, for the 2010–11 season, [6] however, on February 6, 2011, Dave MacQueen was fired as head coach and GM and Letowski took over serving as interim head coach. [7] In 18 games as the head coach, the Sting went 7–10–1, as they missed the playoffs for the second straight season. He returned to his assistant position under the Sting's next head coach, Jacques Beaulieu in 2011–12. He was promoted to head coach on June 14, 2013.

On July 9, 2015, Letowski was hired by the Windsor Spitfires as their assistant coach, after previous assistant coach Bob Jones was hired by the Oshawa Generals. After two seasons, he was promoted to head coach of the Spitfires in 2017 when Rocky Thompson left to become the head coach of the Chicago Wolves in the American Hockey League (AHL). In 2021, he was hired by the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League as an assistant coach. [8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1993–94Thunder Bay Kings AAA Bantam 64416010148—————
1994–95 Sarnia Sting OHL 662219413340119
1995–96 Sarnia StingOHL663663996610951410
1996–97 Sarnia StingOHL55357310851129122120
1997–98 Springfield Falcons AHL 751120312641012
1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 142242—————
1998–99 Springfield FalconsAHL673235674631012
1999–2000 Phoenix CoyotesNHL821920392051124
2000–01 Phoenix CoyotesNHL777152232—————
2001–02 Phoenix CoyotesNHL332684—————
2001–02 Vancouver Canucks NHL42710171560118
2002–03 Vancouver CanucksNHL781114253660110
2003–04 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL7315173216—————
2004–05 HC Fribourg-Gottéron NLA 95496—————
2005–06 Columbus Blue JacketsNHL8110182836—————
2006–07 Carolina Hurricanes NHL6126818—————
2007–08 Carolina HurricanesNHL75991830—————
2008–09 Barys Astana KHL 3777143031012
2009–10 Barys AstanaKHL54310132430000
NHL totals616841172012091713412
KHL totals911017275461012

International

Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Geneva
YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1997 Canada WJC 72134
2000 Canada WC 90226
Junior totals72134
Senior totals90226

Coaching record

TeamYear Regular season Post season
GWLOTLPtsFinishResult
SAR 2010–11 187101(57)4th in WestMissed playoffs
SAR 2013–14 6817447415th in WestMissed playoffs
SAR 2014–15 6829327652nd in WestLost in First Round
WSR 2017–18 6832306703rd in WestLost in First Round
WSR 2018–19 68253310604th in WestLost in First Round
WSR 2019–20 6234208763rd in WestNo playoffs

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References

  1. ↑ "Jackets sign Marchant, Letowski". ESPN.com. 2003-07-03. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  2. ↑ "Hurricanes sign Blue Jacket's Letowski". ESPN.com. 2006-07-06. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  3. ↑ "Hurricanes' Letowski hurt". sports.yahoo.com. 2006-10-14. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  4. ↑ "Canes forward Letowski knocked out, carried off ice". ESPN.com. 2006-10-14. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  5. ↑ "Letowski signs with Astana" (in Russian). allhockey.ru. 2008-08-03. Retrieved 2009-02-12.[ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Sting welcome Letowski home". The Observer . 2010-04-17. Archived from the original on 2010-04-18. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  7. ↑ "Sting relieve Dave MacQueen of duties". Sarnia Sting web site. 2011-02-06. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
  8. ↑ "Spitfires' Trevor Letowski Named Assistant Coach of Montreal Canadiens". OurSports Central. 2021-07-21.
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