Trevor Halverson (born April 6, 1971) is a

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forward who played in the

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(NHL) for the

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Playing career

Selected by the

in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft, Halverson failed to make the parent team. He was claimed by the

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in the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft, but spent his time mainly in the minors. Halverson returned to the Capitals organization when he signed with them as a free agent in 1998, and finally had the chance to play for the parent team when he played seventeen games during the

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. He suffered a career-ending concussion during a September 25, 1999 preseason game against the

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. Halverson was born in White River,

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