Trevor Letowski (born April 5, 1977) is a

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coach and former professional player. Letowski played in the

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(NHL) with the

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, and the

Carolina Hurricanes The Carolina Hurricanes (colloquially known as the Canes) are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference ...

. Letowski was the head coach of the OHL's

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and the

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. Letowski is currently an assistant coach for the NHL's

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Playing career

Letowski began his career playing junior hockey for the

of the

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. Letowski was drafted in the seventh round, 174th overall by the

in the

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. The Sting named him Rookie of the Year for the 1994–95 season. Letowski won a gold medal with Team Canada at the World Junior Championships in Switzerland in 1997. A banner depicting his number 17 in Canadian national team colours hangs at the

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, where the Sting play. After his third and final season with the Sting, Letowski spent the 1997–98 season with the

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, Phoenix's

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affiliate. Letowski made his NHL debut in 1998–99 and became a regular in the Coyotes lineup, playing two full seasons. 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

for

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and Denis Pederson. Letowski was signed by the

as a free agent on July 3, 2003, and played two seasons there split by a term in Switzerland with

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of the Swiss Nationalliga A during the

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. Letowski joined the

as a free agent on July 6, 2006 and played there for two seasons. During a game against the

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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. Letowski joined Barys Astana as a free agent on August 3, 2008. Following the conclusion of the 2009–10 season, his second year with Astana, Letowski announced his retirement. 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, however, on February 6, 2011,

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was fired as head coach and GM and Letowski took over serving as interim head coach. 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,

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in 2011–12. He was promoted to head coach on June 14, 2013. On July 9, 2015, Letowski was hired by the

as their assistant coach, after previous assistant coach Bob Jones was hired by the

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. After two seasons, he was promoted to head coach of the Spitfires in 2017 when

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left to become the head coach of the

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in the

. In 2021, he was hired by the

of the

as an assistant coach.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Coaching record

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Letowski, Trevor 1977 births Living people Barys Nur-Sultan players Canadian ice hockey right wingers Carolina Hurricanes players Columbus Blue Jackets players HC Fribourg-Gottéron players Ice hockey people from Ontario Sportspeople from Thunder Bay Arizona Coyotes draft picks Phoenix Coyotes players Sarnia Sting coaches Sarnia Sting players Springfield Falcons players Vancouver Canucks players Windsor Spitfires coaches Canadian ice hockey coaches Montreal Canadiens coaches