Chris Joseph (ice hockey)

Chris Joseph
Born	September 10, 1969 (1969-09-10) (age 42) Burnaby, BC, CAN
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
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 is currently coaching his son's Pee Wee rep. team (St Albert Mission). And is helping coach with the St. Albert Sports Academy

External links

• Chris Joseph's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Chris Joseph's biography at Legends of Hockey

Preceded by Zarley Zalapski

Pittsburgh Penguins first round draft pick 1987

Succeeded by Darrin Shannon

Persondata
Name	Joseph, Chris
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian ice hockey defenceman
Date of birth	September 10, 1969
Place of birth	Burnaby, BC, CAN
Date of death
Place of death