| Birth Date: | January 12, 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 195 |
| Position: | Centre |
| Played For: | Minnesota North Stars Detroit Red Wings |
| Draft: | 41st overall |
| Draft Year: | 1975 |
| Draft Team: | Minnesota North Stars |
| Wha Draft: | 37th overall |
| Wha Draft Year: | 1975 |
| Wha Draft Team: | Calgary Cowboys |
| Career Start: | 1976 |
| Career End: | 1981 |
Joseph Alexander Pirus (born January 12, 1955) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre who played 159 NHL games for the Minnesota North Stars and Detroit Red Wings. He was drafted 41st overall in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft from the University of Notre Dame by the North Stars. Pirus was also drafted 37th overall in the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft by the Calgary Cowboys but never played in the WHA.
Pirus was born in Toronto, Ontario. He is currently a member of Hockey Ministries International
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1972–73 | Richmond Hill Rams | OPJAHL | 44 | 40 | 44 | 84 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | University of Notre Dame | WCHA | 28 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | University of Notre Dame | WCHA | 37 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | University of Notre Dame | WCHA | 30 | 26 | 18 | 44 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 79 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1977–78 | Fort Worth Texans | CHL | 18 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 11 | ||
| 1977–78 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 61 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Oklahoma City Stars | CHL | 51 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Oklahoma City Stars | CHL | 62 | 23 | 23 | 46 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Indianapolis Checkers | CHL | 79 | 25 | 46 | 71 | 78 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| NHL totals | 159 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||