Chris Joseph (ice hockey)

Christopher Joseph ( born September 10, 1969 in Burnaby, British Columbia ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who is active in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oilers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes and Atlanta Thrashers had. In the German Ice Hockey League he played for the Adler Mannheim.

Career

The 1.83 m tall defender started his career with the Seattle Thunderbirds in the Canadian junior Western Hockey League before being selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1987 as a fifth in the first round by the Pittsburgh Penguins ( drafted ) was.

Even during his first NHL season the links gunman was transferred together with Craig Simpson for Paul Coffey on the Edmonton Oilers, for the next six years he was on the ice and with whom he could win the Stanley Cup in 1988 and 1990. Again and again Joseph, however, was also used in the Cape Breton Oilers, the Edmonton - farm team in the AHL. During the 1993/94 season the Canadians moved to the Tampa Bay Lightning, which he reached in the next season back to the Pittsburgh Penguins. 1996 Joseph was transferred to the Vancouver Canucks, which he left in the direction of Phoenix Coyotes after a two -year stint with the Philadelphia Flyers during the 1999/00 season. Chris Joseph's last NHL station were the Atlanta Thrashers, from where to Turun Palloseura he joined the Finnish SM- liiga 2001.

Between 2002 and 2005, played the defensive man for the DEL - record champion Adler Mannheim, ended his career Joseph after the 2005/06 season at the Italian first division club HC Milano Vipers.

Awards and achievements

Career Stats

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )