Brandon Halverson's Perfect February Nets AHL Goaltender of Month

Brandon Halverson went a perfect 6-0-0 in February, allowing 10 goals on 151 shots for a 1.67 goals-against average and a .934 save percentage in six starts, the American Hockey League announced in Springfield, Mass. The Syracuse Crunch netminder’s run produced the AHL Goaltender of the Month award after a month that included two shutouts and a six-game winning streak described as a career best by The Hockey News.

Halverson’s two February shutouts were exacting. On Feb. 14 against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton he stopped all 16 shots; on Feb. 20 against Charlotte he made 25 saves on 25 shots, both games logged in The Hockey News game accounts. Those blankings bookended a stretch that left Halverson with just 10 goals allowed across 151 opportunities and positioned him as one of the league’s hottest goaltenders entering March.

Season and career totals differ across league and club materials, so both figures are reported as released. AHL materials list Halverson at 19-6-3 in 29 appearances this season, ranking sixth in the AHL with a 2.25 GAA, tenth with a .910 save percentage and tied for first with five shutouts, while also noting he is a co-recipient of the 2024-25 Harry “Hap” Holmes Memorial Award. By contrast, a Tampa Bay Lightning recall release lists Halverson as having appeared in 20 games for the Crunch this season with a 12-6-2 record, a 2.42 GAA, an .899 save percentage and three shutouts, and it records career AHL totals differently as well.

The Lightning release supplied additional organizational context: Halverson signed a two-year AHL contract with Syracuse on November 28, 2023 and later inked a two-year, two-way contract with Tampa Bay on February 3, 2025. Tampa Bay also noted Halverson’s first NHL start was a 6-4 loss March 22 at Utah and described him as a 6-foot-5, 235-pound goaltender. TheAHL summary adds that Halverson was a second-round pick of the New York Rangers in the 2014 NHL Draft and has played three NHL games, including one this season with Tampa Bay.

Halverson’s hot month and the two-way contract carry business implications for both Syracuse and Tampa Bay. A 6-0-0 February and the Hap Holmes co-recipient credit for 2024-25 underline Syracuse’s defensive structure and goaltending depth that NHL clubs value; Tampa Bay’s recall language and Feb. 3, 2025 contract move convert that hot streak into short-term NHL insurance and longer-term depth cost control. At 29 and described in AHL copy as a 10th-year pro from Traverse City, Mich., Halverson’s February run bolsters his tradeable value and emergency-callup profile as the AHL regular season moves toward playoffs.

A final editorial correction: the assignment headline used the name Hugo Halverson, but all league and club materials identify the goaltender as Brandon Halverson. The AHL’s February award announcement, The Hockey News game recaps and the Tampa Bay recall release consistently use Brandon Halverson.