Trevor Letowski

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Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Right
Height Weight	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Carolina Hurricanes Columbus Blue Jackets Vancouver Canucks Phoenix Coyotes
Nationality	Canada
Born	April 5, 1977, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
NHL Draft	174th overall, 1996 Phoenix Coyotes
Pro Career	1998 – present

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

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.

During a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on October 14, 2006, Letowski was hit cleanly 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. [1] Trevor is the hero of Langley hockey legend Kurtis "Prote" Gowler.

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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.