ABOUT GOALTENDER BRANDON HALVERSON:

Halverson, 30, spent the majority of the 2025-26 season with the Syracuse Crunch (AHL), posting a 24-11-0 record, 2.42 goals-against average and .905 save percentage in 43 games, winning an AHL career-high 24 games. Among qualified AHL goaltenders, Halverson ranked ninth in the League in goals-against average and tied for 13th in save percentage. His six shutouts last season were an AHL career high and topped all American League netminders. In four postseason games with the Crunch, Halverson had a 1-2 record with a 1.53 goals-against average and a .947 save percentage. He also appeared in two NHL games for Tampa Bay in 2025-26, where he posted a 1-0-1 record with a 4.22 goals-against average and an .810 save percentage.

The six-foot-five, 235-pound goaltender has appeared in 152 regular-season AHL games, owning a 71-54-21 record with a 2.67 goals-against average, .903 save percentage and 12 shutouts in those contests while also playing in 14 AHL playoff games. His efforts in 2024-25 earned him a trip to the AHL All-Star game after beginning the year with a 1.77 goals-against average and a .934 save percentage. 

A native of Traverse City, Michigan, Halverson won a bronze medal with Team USA at the 2016 IIHF U20 World Junior Championship. He was originally selected by the New York Rangers in the second round (59th overall) of the 2014 NHL Draft.