Trevor Letowski

Trevor Letowski (born April 5, 1977 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and the Kontinental Hockey League.

Playing career
Letowski was drafted in the 7th round, 174th overall by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. 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. 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.

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. 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 for Drake Berehowsky and Denis Pederson.

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.

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.

He joined Barys Astana as a free agent on August 3, 2008. After two seasons in the Kazakh capital, Letowski retired in 2010.