Chris Joseph (ice hockey) explained

Chris Joseph
Played For:Pittsburgh Penguins
Edmonton Oilers
Tampa Bay Lightning
Philadelphia Flyers
Vancouver Canucks
Phoenix Coyotes
Atlanta Thrashers
Position:Defence
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:213
Shoots:Right
Birth Date:September 10, 1969
Birth Place:Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Draft:5th overall
Draft Year:1987
Draft Team:Pittsburgh Penguins
Career Start:1987
Career End:2006

Robin Christopher Joseph (born September 10, 1969) is a Canadian former 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 with the Oilers he was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Bob Beers.

He then began a second spell at Pittsburgh who claimed him in the NHL Waiver Draft, although after two seasons he was claimed in the 1996 NHL Waiver Draft by Vancouver.

He then signed with Philadelphia for two seasons before moving on to the Ottawa Senators. He would never play for the Senators though and was claimed two months later in the waiver draft for the third time in four years, once again by Vancouver. He was claimed off waivers 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 Adler Mannheim. He then played in Italy for HC Milano Vipers in Serie A before retiring.

Personal life

Since retiring Joseph became a City of Edmonton firefighter in early 2007.

His son, Jaxon, was killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash on April 6, 2018.[1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

  Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeaguePIMGP G A Pts PIM
1985–86Seattle ThunderbirdsWHL72 4 8 12 505 0 3 3 12
1986–87Seattle ThunderbirdsWHL67 13 45 58 155
1987–88Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL17 0 4 4 12
1987–88Edmonton OilersNHL7 0 4 4 6
1987–88Seattle ThunderbirdsWHL23 5 14 19 49
1987–88Nova Scotia OilersAHL8 0 2 2 84 0 0 0 9
1988–89Edmonton OilersNHL44 4 5 9 54
1988–89Cape Breton OilersAHL5 1 1 2 18
1989–90Cape Breton OilersAHL61 10 20 30 696 2 1 3 4
1989–90Edmonton OilersNHL4 0 2 2 2
1990–91Edmonton OilersNHL49 5 17 22 59
1991–92Cape Breton OilersAHL63 14 29 43 725 0 2 2 8
1991–92Edmonton OilersNHL7 0 0 0 85 1 3 4 2
1992–93Edmonton OilersNHL33 2 10 12 48
1993–94Edmonton OilersNHL10 1 1 2 28
1993–94Tampa Bay LightningNHL66 10 19 29 108
1994–95Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL33 5 10 15 4610 1 1 2 12
1995–96Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL70 5 14 19 7115 1 0 1 8
1996–97Vancouver CanucksNHL63 3 13 16 62
1997–98Philadelphia FlyersNHL15 1 0 1 191 0 0 0 2
1997–98Philadelphia PhantomsAHL6 2 3 5 2
1998–99Philadelphia FlyersNHL2 0 0 0 2
1998–99Cincinnati CyclonesIHL27 11 19 30 38
1998–99Philadelphia PhantomsAHL51 9 29 38 2616 3 10 13 8
1999–2000Vancouver CanucksNHL38 2 9 11 6
1999–2000Phoenix CoyotesNHL9 0 0 0 0
2000–01Phoenix CoyotesNHL24 1 1 2 16
2000–01Atlanta ThrashersNHL19 0 3 3 20
2001–02TPSSM-l32 6 9 15 1058 1 1 2 31
2002–03Adler MannheimDEL47 7 23 30 1248 0 6 6 2
2003–04Adler MannheimDEL47 5 13 18 676 0 2 2 16
2004–05Adler MannheimDEL50 1 12 13 5210 0 0 0 2
2005–06Milano VipersITA35 2 15 17 5813 0 3 3 22
NHL totals510 39 112 151 56731 3 4 7 24
AHL totals194 36 84 120 19531 5 13 18 29
DEL totals144 13 48 61 24324 0 8 8 20

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
611212
CanadaWJC71236
Junior totals 1323518

Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: Lott. Thomas. At least 14 killed in crash involving Canadian junior hockey team bus. Sporting News. April 7, 2017.