Chris Joseph (ice hockey)
| Chris Joseph | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
September 10, 1969 Burnaby, BC, CAN | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 213 lb (97 kg; 15 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Pittsburgh Penguins Edmonton Oilers Tampa Bay Lightning Philadelphia Flyers Vancouver Canucks Phoenix Coyotes Atlanta Thrashers | ||
| NHL Draft |
5th overall, 1987 Pittsburgh Penguins | ||
| Playing career | 1987–2006 | ||
Robin Christopher Joseph (born September 10, 1969) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oilers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks, Phoenix Coyotes and Atlanta Thrashers.
Playing career
Joseph was drafted 5th overall by the Penguins in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft. He made his NHL debut for the Penguins during the 1987–88 NHL season but was quickly traded to the Edmonton Oilers in the same season. The deal saw Joseph, Dave Hannan, Moe Mantha and Craig Simpson move to the Oilers with Paul Coffey, Dave Hunter and Wayne Van Dorp moving to Pittsburgh. After seven seasons as an Oiler, he was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Bob Beers.
He then began a second spell at Pittsburgh who signed him as a free agent. After two seasons though he was claimed off waivers by Vancouver. He then signed with Philadelphia for two seasons before moving to the Ottawa Senators. He would never play for the Senators though and was claimed off waivers just a month later by Vancouver. He was claimed off waiver for a third time in the season, this time by the Phoenix Coyotes. The next season he was claimed off waivers one more time by Atlanta before leaving the NHL
In total, Joseph played 510 regular season games, scoring 39 goals with 112 assists for 151 points and collecting 567 penalty minutes. Joseph also played 31 playoff games, scoring 3 goals with 4 assists for 7 points, collecting 24 penalty minutes. In 2001, he moved to Europe to play in Finland's SM-liiga for TPS, before spending 3 seasons in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany for the Mannheim Eagles. He then played in Italy for HC Milano Vipers in Serie A before retiring.
Since retiring Joseph became a City of Edmonton Fire Fighter in early 2007.
Coaching career
Chris was an assistant coach with his son's Pee Wee rep. team (St Albert Mission) in 2011-2012.. And is helping coach with the St. Albert Sports Academy
In 2012/2013 Chris was head coach of the St.Albert Raiders 15 AA Royals.
Career Statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1985–86 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 72 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 1986–87 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 67 | 13 | 45 | 58 | 155 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Nova Scotia Oilers | AHL | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 1987–88 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 23 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 44 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Cape Breton Oilers | AHL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Cape Breton Oilers | AHL | 61 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 69 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1989–90 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 49 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Cape Breton Oilers | AHL | 63 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1991–92 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1992–93 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 33 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 66 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 108 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 33 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 1995–96 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 70 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 71 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1996–97 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 63 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | Philadelphia Phantoms | AHL | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Cincinnati Cyclones | IHL | 27 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Philadelphia Phantoms | AHL | 51 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | ||
| 1999–00 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 38 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | TPS Turku | SM-liiga | 32 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 105 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 31 | ||
| 2002–03 | Mannheim Eagles | DEL | 47 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 124 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | Mannheim Eagles | DEL | 47 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | ||
| 2004–05 | Mannheim Eagles | DEL | 50 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | Milan | Italy-A | 35 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 58 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | ||
| NHL Totals | 510 | 39 | 112 | 151 | 567 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 24 | ||||
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NHL.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or Legends of Hockey, or The Internet Hockey Database
| Preceded by Zarley Zalapski |
Pittsburgh Penguins first round draft pick 1987 |
Succeeded by Darrin Shannon |