Fabian Joseph Explained

Fabian Joseph
Birth Date:December 5, 1965
Birth Place:Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Height Ft:5
Height In:9
Weight Lb:165
Position:Centre
Shoots:Left
Played For:AHL
Nova Scotia Oilers
Cape Breton Oilers
ITA
Bruneck-Brunico
NLA
EHC Chur
IHL
Milwaukee Admirals
Ntl Team:Canada
Draft:109th overall
Draft Year:1984
Draft Team:Toronto Maple Leafs
Career Start:1985
Career End:1996

Fabian Gerard Joseph (born December 5, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He is most prominent for his role with the Canadian national ice hockey team in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is a winner of two Winter Olympic Silver medals.[1] He was Captain of Team Canada at the Lillehammer Olympic games in 1994.[2] After playing hockey, Joseph continued his career, notably coaching the men's ice hockey team at Dalhousie University.

Ice hockey career

Joseph had moderate success in the amateur leagues by scoring 127 points for the Victoria Cougars of the WHL in 1984. Subsequently, Joseph was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs 109th overall in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.[3] In 1985, he joined the Canadian national team. Joseph never actually played in the NHL. After his time on the national team, Joseph joined the Nova Scotia/Cape Breton Oilers (an affiliate with the Edmonton Oilers) in 1988. Joseph was captain of the team for the 1989 and 1990 AHL seasons. He also scored 30 goals or more in each of his three seasons with the team (31 in 1988, 32 in 1989 and 33 in 1990). Subsequently, in 1991-92, he returned to the Canadian National Team and won two Winter Olympic Silver medals (1992 and 1994) as well as being team captain.[2] In all, Joseph had 163 points in 282 games while playing with the Canadian National team.[4] Joseph also spent time playing in the Swiss and Italian Hockey leagues before ending his playing career with the Milwaukee Admirals of the International Hockey League in 1996.

Post playing career and coaching

Joseph's coaching career began with the Milwaukee Admirals of the IHL (Now part of the AHL) between 1996 and 1998.[5] He then worked as an assistant coach for the Halifax Mooseheads (2000 Memorial Cup participants) and was head coach and director of hockey operations for the Dalhousie Tigers, a Canadian university Men's Hockey team for 7 seasons.[5] He became assistant coach of the Moncton Wildcats in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in the 2008-2009 season until 2011-12. He became head coach in the 2012-2013 season until 2014-2015. He then became the head coach of the Woodstock Slammers of the MJAHL in the 2015-2016 season

In 2002, Joseph was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Cape Breton Sport Hall of Fame.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

  Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1982–83Victoria CougarsWHL69424890501247119
1983–84Victoria CougarsWHL72527512727
1984–85Toronto MarlborosOHL6032437516524614
1985–86CanadaIntl7126184451
1986–87CanadaIntl7415304526
1987–88Nova Scotia OilersAHL773139702050338
1988–89Cape Breton OilersAHL7032346630
1989–90Cape Breton OilersAHL773353864660334
1990–91EV MAK BruneckITA3630548410
1991–92EHC ChurNDA34154
1991–92CanadaIntl6217254225
1992–93EHC ChurNDA2010132310
1992–93CanadaIntl1246104
1993–94CanadaIntl635172233
1993–94Milwaukee AdmiralsIHL18369440000
1994–95Milwaukee AdmiralsIHL787273432143476
1995–96Milwaukee AdmiralsIHL651010203650110
AHL totals22496126222961106612
Intl totals2826796163139
IHL totals16120436372233586

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1992CanadaOG82132
1994CanadaOG80222
Senior totals162354

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historic Hockey Legacy. The Beaver. 2010-03-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20100330031654/http://www.historysociety.ca/bea.asp?subsection=ext. 2010-03-30. dead.
  2. Web site: Interview with Fabian Joseph. CBC Information Morning. September 28, 2009. 2010-03-01.
  3. Web site: Fabian Joseph. Hockey Draft Central. 2010-03-01.
  4. Web site: Neil Hodge. Wildcats coach has special Olympic memories. Times and Transcript. February 13, 2010. 2010-03-01. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120223061908/http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/search/article/953605. February 23, 2012.
  5. Web site: Fabian Joseph. Moncton Wildcats. 2010-03-01. dead. https://archive.today/20070805002023/http://www.moncton-wildcats.com/en-ca/team/coach.php?PLAYER_ID=22. 2007-08-05.