Jeff Halpern

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Jeff Halpern
Born May 3, 1976 (1976-05-03) (age 35)
Potomac, MD, USA
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position Center
Shoots Right
NHL team
Former teams
Washington Capitals
Dallas Stars
Tampa Bay Lightning
Los Angeles Kings
Montreal Canadiens
National team  United States
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1999–present

Jeffrey C. Halpern (born May 3, 1976) is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Washington Capitals.

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[edit] Playing career

After graduating from Princeton University, Halpern began his NHL career in the 1999–2000 NHL season for the Washington Capitals. He played in 79 games, scoring 18 goals with 11 assists, and was +21. He was the first member of the Capitals to come from the Washington, D.C. area. Halpern first attended Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, which did not have a hockey team. In order to pursue his dreams as a hockey player, Halpern transferred to and later graduated from St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire) where he was roommates with future Bachelorette winner Ian McKee.

The 2003–04 NHL season was his highest-scoring season to date as he finished with 19 goals and 27 assists in 79 games.

During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Halpern played for the Kloten Flyers and for HC Ajoie in Switzerland, and returned to the Capitals when the lockout ended. On September 23, 2005, the Washington Capitals named Halpern the twelfth team captain in franchise history.[1] In the 2005–06 NHL season, he scored 11 goals, and added a career-high 33 assists.

Tragedy struck on February 11, 2005 when Jeff’s mother, Gloria, along with his aunt, Debbie, and uncle, Alan, were killed in an automobile accident. On July 5, 2006, Halpern left the Capitals as a free agent and signed a 4-year deal with the Dallas Stars.

On February 26, 2008, Halpern was dealt to the Tampa Bay Lightning along with Mike Smith, Jussi Jokinen, and a 2009 4th-round draft pick in exchange for Brad Richards and Johan Holmqvist. Halpern scored a goal in his Lightning debut, and added an assist. After being acquired by the Lightning, Halpern went on a huge hot streak, scoring 10 goals and 18 points in 19 games. He also led the league during the 2007–08 NHL season in games played as one of only two players to appear in 83 games, or one more than a team's full schedule, as a result of his trade to Tampa Bay. The other was Brian Campbell. Playing in 52 games during the 2008-09 NHL Season, Halpern scored seven goals to go with nine assists.

Halpern was named the captain of the United States national team for the 2008 World Championships in Canada. Playing in a 5–4 loss in the opening round against the Canadian team on May 6, 2008, he suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and was expected to be out of action for 6–8 months.[2] This occurred in the same game where USA goaltender Tim Thomas was injured and had to leave the team.[3]

Halpern was traded from the Lightning to the Los Angeles Kings March 3, 2010, in exchange for Teddy Purcell and a 3rd round draft pick in 2010.

On September 7, 2010, Halpern signed a one-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens.

He signed a one-year contract worth $825,000 to return to the Washington Capitals on July 1, 2011.

[edit] Awards

  • Halpern, who is Jewish,[4][5] is a member of the Greater Washington (D.C.) Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[6] Halpern sat out a game in 2005 to observe Yom Kippur.[7]

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1995–96 Princeton University ECAC 29 3 11 14 30
1996–97 Princeton University ECAC 33 7 24 31 35
1997–98 Princeton University ECAC 36 28 25 53 46
1998–99 Princeton University ECAC 33 22 22 44 32
1998–99 Portland Pirates AHL 6 2 1 3 4
1999–00 Washington Capitals NHL 79 18 11 29 39 5 2 1 3 0
2000–01 Washington Capitals NHL 80 21 21 42 60 6 2 3 5 17
2001–02 Washington Capitals NHL 48 5 14 19 29
2002–03 Washington Capitals NHL 82 13 21 34 88 6 0 1 1 2
2003–04 Washington Capitals NHL 79 19 27 46 56
2004–05 HC Ajoie NLB 15 5 12 17 52
2004–05 Kloten Flyers NLA 9 7 4 11 6
2005–06 Washington Capitals NHL 70 11 33 44 79
2006–07 Dallas Stars NHL 76 8 17 25 78 7 2 1 3 4
2007–08 Dallas Stars NHL 64 10 14 24 40
2007–08 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 19 10 8 18 14
2008–09 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 52 7 9 16 32
2009–10 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 55 9 8 17 27
2009–10 Los Angeles Kings NHL 16 0 2 2 12 6 0 0 0 4
2010–11 Montreal Canadiens NHL 72 11 15 26 29 4 1 0 1 0
NHL totals 792 142 200 342 583 34 7 6 13 27

[edit] International

Medal record
Competitor for  United States
Ice hockey
World Championships
Bronze 2004 Prague
Year Team Comp GP G A Pts PIM
2000 United States WC 7 1 1 2 4
2001 United States WC 9 1 1 2 8
2004 United States WC 9 2 2 4 4
2004 United States WCH 4 0 0 0 7
2005 United States WC 7 1 0 1 6
2008 United States WC 3 0 1 1 4
Senior Int'l totals 39 5 5 10 33

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mike Vogel. "Hometown Hero". Archived from the original on June 20, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060620002342/http://washingtoncaps.com/display_cont.asp?cont_id=293035. Retrieved September 21, 2006. 
  2. ^ TSN. "Lightning's Halpern expected to miss 6–8 months". http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=237066&lid=sublink01&lpos=headlines_nhl. Retrieved May 8, 2008. 
  3. ^ USA Hockey
  4. ^ "Jews (and Mel) on the big screen, Winter sports roundup". Jweekly. January 21, 2010. http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/41080/jews-and-mel-on-the-big-screen-winter-sports-roundup/. Retrieved June 1, 2010. 
  5. ^ "Professional Hockey Review: 2010–11; National Hockey League". Jewish Sports Review 8 (87): 7. September/October 2011, accessed September 15, 2011. 
  6. ^ Rodricks, Dan (April 10, 2001). "200,000 miles (320,000 km) not too far to chase an NHL dream". Baltimore Sun. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-hockey10,0,6049872.story. Retrieved October 29, 2008. [dead link]
  7. ^ "Capitals' Halpern Acts on Faith". washingtonpost.com. October 12, 2005. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101101664.html. Retrieved July 2, 2011. 

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Preceded by
Steve Konowalchuk
Washington Capitals captain
2005–06
Succeeded by
Chris Clark
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