Chris Joseph (ice hockey)

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Position	Defence
Shoots	Right
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 213 lb (97 kg/15 st 3 lb)
Pro clubs	Pittsburgh Penguins Edmonton Oilers Tampa Bay Lightning Philadelphia Flyers Vancouver Canucks Phoenix Coyotes Atlanta Thrashers
Nationality	Canada
Born	September 10, 1969 (1969-09-10) (age 38), Burnaby, BC, CAN
NHL Draft	5th overall, 1987 Pittsburgh Penguins
Pro career	1987 – 2006

Chris Joseph (born September 10, 1969 in Burnaby, British Columbia) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the NHL for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oilers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks, Phoenix Coyotes and Atlanta Thrashers. 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 Lighting 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.