Washington Capitals: Top 10 centers of all-time
#10 Jeff Halpern
Jeff Halpern is a player who got to live his dream of representing the hometown team. The Potomac, Maryland native signed on with the Caps in March of 1999 as a free agent. He scored 18 goals and added 11 assists for 29 points in his first season as a 23 year old.
His next season he scored 21 goals and added 21 assists for 42 points. The next year his numbers took a dip with five goals and 14 assists for 19 points. In 2002-03, Halpern recorded 13 goals and 21 assists for 34 points. He was even better in that down season of 2003-04 with 19 goals and 27 assists for 46 points. In 2005-06 he scored 11 goals and added 33 assists for 44 points. In the summer of 2006 he signed on as a free agent with the Dallas Stars.
He came back to the Caps in 2011, signing with them as a free agent. In his second tour with Washington he scored four goals and added 12 assists for 16 points. Overall, Halpern spent seven seasons with the Caps and played in 507 games. He recorded 91 goals and 139 assists for 230 points.
Halpern currently is an assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Bolts are currently in the Eastern Conference Finals taking on the New York Islanders and Trotz.