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Curtis Joseph
Early life
Joseph was born to unmarried teenage parents. Five days after his birth, his mother, Wendy Munro, placed him for adoption with Jeanne Joseph, a nurse who had befriended her during her hospital stay, and her husband Harold Joseph. Jeanne and her husband decided to name the baby Curtis after his birth father Curtis Nickle. Curtis grew up with an older stepbrother Grant and a stepbrother Victor; he also has three older stepsisters and a step brother from a previous marriage. The family was of mixed race with Harold and Victor being black. It was not until he signed with the St. Louis Blues that Joseph legally changed his name from Curtis Shayne Munro to Curtis Shayne Joseph.
Joseph initially attended Whitchurch Highlands Public School until the family relocated to the Keswick area. Although Joseph led his high school team, Notre Dame College (Wilcox, Saskatchewan) to the Centennial Cup and then played for the University of Wisconsinadison of the NCAA, he went undrafted. He signed as a free agent with the Blues in 1989. In 198990 season he played 23 games with the Peoria Rivermen in the IHL.
Playing career
Joseph is nicknamed “Cujo” and has worn the number 31 for the St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, Phoenix Coyotes and the Calgary Flames. Joseph is a three time NHL All-Star (1994, 1999, 2000), and he was awarded the 199900 King Clancy Memorial Trophy for exemplifying leadership qualities on and off the ice and making noteworthy humanitarian contributions to his community. Perhaps his greatest achievement came in Salt Lake City 2002, where he was a member of the Olympic Gold Medal winning Canadian men’s hockey team.
University of Wisconsin
Curtis Joseph began his college play at the University of Wisconsin. While playing for the Badgers, Joseph won 21 games and was voted to the WCHA All Conference Team. Shortly after his first season, Joseph left for the NHL.
NHL beginnings
Joseph broke into the NHL in 1989, he played for the St. Louis Blues. In the off-season following the 199091 NHL season, the Blues signed Brendan Shanahan from the New Jersey Devils. Shanahan was a restricted free agent, and thus the Devils were entitled to compensation. The teams could not agree on what the compensation was; the Blues offered Curtis Joseph, Rod Brind’Amour, and two draft picks, while the Devils wanted Scott Stevens. Joseph seemed to be the answer the Devils were looking for in goal, however the case went to arbitration, and a judge ruled that Stevens was to be awarded to the Devils in September 1991. Joseph would remain with the Blues until 1995. The 199293 NHL season was his most successful season as he played a key role in the upset of the Chicago Blackhawks, the reigning Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions, sweeping them in four games in the first round of the playoffs. The Blues then faced the Toronto Maple Leafs in a second-round series that went seven games, thanks in large part to Joseph. The Leafs eventually prevailed. Because of his efforts, he was nominated as a finalist for the Vezina Trophy that season. He finished third in voting behind winner Ed Belfour and Tom Barrasso.
In 1995, he was traded (with Mike Grier) to the Edmonton Oilers for a first-round pick in the 1996 entry draft (eventually Marty Reasoner) and a first-round pick in the 1997 entry draft. With Edmonton, Joseph won two Zane Feldman Trophies (team MVP) and one Most Popular Player award. He backstopped the Oilers to first round playoff upsets of the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche in 1997 and 1998, respectively, their first playoff series wins since 1992.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Following the 97′-98′ season, Joseph signed as a free agent with the Toronto Maple Leafs, a move which made him unpopular in Edmonton. In his first road game against Edmonton as a member of the Leafs, Joseph posted a shutout and was named the first star of the game. Throughout the game, he was greeted with boos, however, he was cheered by the fans in Edmonton upon being announced the first star of the game due to being a fan favourite. It was with the Leafs that Joseph became a superstar and he was consistently one of the most popular players of both his team (since Wendel Clark and Doug Gilmour) and in the league. While with the Leafs, he had three consecutive seasons of 30+ wins, he was twice runner-up for the Vezina Trophy in 1999 and 2000, a finalist for the Lester B. Pearson Award in 1999, and won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy in 2000. The NHL Awards presentation was held in Toronto in both 1999 and 2000, both years that Joseph was runner-up for the Vezina. When Dominik Hasek was announced the winner in 1999 and again when Olaf Kolzig was announced the winner in 2000, the audience in Toronto booed loudly, and also broke out into chants of “Cujo, Cujo!”. Joseph played a key role in the Leafs’ run to the Eastern Conference Finals in 1999 and 2002. In 2000, during Game One of the series against the New Jersey Devils, he was considered the deciding factor in the 2-1 win where the Leafs were outshot 33-21.
After Leafs General Manager Pat Quinn was unwilling to give Joseph a four year contract (he offered three years), he left after the 20012002 season to sign with the Detroit Red Wings. Some also speculated that the relationship between Quinn and Joseph was frosty because Quinn had benched Joseph in the Salt Lake City Olympics after the first game, although Joseph himself denied the rumours, saying that he played a bad first game against Sweden (losing 5-2) and that Martin Brodeur played very well for the rest of the tournament, earning his spot as the starter. Joseph had also hinted at wanting to play for a team that could win it all, implying the Leafs were not such a team. Joseph’s move to Detroit was highly publicized and unpopular in Toronto.
Detroit Red Wings
Joseph moved to the Detroit Red Wings, who had just won the Stanley Cup. Joseph initially was not popular with Red Wings fans but eventually found his form in the latter half of the 200203 season to backstop his team to the division title. Detroit was upset in the first round of the playoffs in 2003 by the eventual conference champions, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. In the 20032004 season he was originally Detroit’s backup goalie when Dominik Haek came out of retirement, and Detroit management tried to trade Joseph, since the team also had a capable backup in Manny Legac. However, Joseph’s $8 million USD per year contract made him hard to move. After a stint in the minors, he returned to the Red Wings lineup while Haek was nursing a groin injury. The Red Wings plan was to attract him to other teams until Haek returned to the lineup. But in February, Haek decided to call it quits for the season, which once again solidified Joseph’s position as the Red Wings starting goaltender. The Wings finished first overall in the league. The Wings were defeated in the second round of the playoffs in six games by the eventual Stanley Cup finalists from the Western Conference, the Calgary Flames.
Recent years
Joseph moved to the Phoenix Coyotes via free agency in 2005 and signed a one year deal. On October 28, 2005, he won his 400th NHL game. On March 28, 2006, he posted his 424th career win, thereby moving into sixth place on the NHL all-time list, passing Tony Esposito. Joseph had shown interest in re-joining the Toronto Maple Leafs, indicating that he would be fine with a back-up role and a reduced salary. In September 2007 the Ottawa Senators quietly expressed interest in acquiring Joseph if they could unload Martin Gerber and his large contract. Joseph was a member of Team Canada in the 2007 Spengler Cup, leading them to the championship on December 31, 2007.
On January 14, 2008, Joseph signed a one-year, US$1.5 Million contract with the Calgary Flames . On March 1 of 2008, Joseph moved past Terry Sawchuk for fourth place in all-time NHL wins with 448 in a 3-1 win over his former team, the Phoenix Coyotes. On April 13, 2008, Joseph replaced Mikka Kiprusoff less than four minutes into the first period of Game #3 of the Flames’ first round series of the 2008 playoffs with the San Jose Sharks. Joseph backstopped the Flames to a come from behind 4-3 win after initially falling behind 3-0. This win made him the first goaltender to win a post-season game as a member of five different teams: St.Louis, Edmonton, Toronto, Detroit and Calgary.
On July 1, 2008, Joseph rejoined the Toronto Maple Leafs by signing a 1 year, $700,000 contract.
On December 30, 2008, Joseph recorded his 450th career win in a 4-3 overtime victory against the Atlanta Thrashers.
On April 8, 2009, Joseph recorded his 352 NHL loss which ties Gump Worsley for the NHL record for most losses by a goaltender.
Joseph announced his retirement on January 12th, 2010 in Toronto.
Career statistics
Regular season
Season
Team
League
GP
W
L
T*
MIN
GA
SO
GAA
SV%
198889
Wisconsin Badgers
WCHA
38
21
11
5
2267
94
1
2.49
198990
Peoria Rivermen
IHL
23
10
8
2
1241
80
0
3.87
198990
St. Louis Blues
NHL
15
9
5
1
852
48
0
3.38
.890
199091
St. Louis Blues
NHL
30
16
10
2
1710
89
0
3.12
.898
199192
St. Louis Blues
NHL
60
27
20
10
3494
175
2
3.01
.910
199293
St. Louis Blues
NHL
68
29
28
9
3890
196
1
3.02
.911
199394
St. Louis Blues
NHL
71
36
23
11
4127
213
1
3.10
.911
199495
St. Louis Blues
NHL
36
20
10
1
1914
89
1
2.79
.902
199596
Las Vegas Thunder
IHL
15
12
2
1
873
29
1
1.99
.929
199596
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
34
15
16
2
1935
111
0
3.44
.886
199697
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
72
32
29
9
4089
200
6
2.93
.907
199798
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
71
29
31
9
4132
181
8
2.63
.905
199899
Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL
67
35
24
7
4001
171
3
2.56
.910
199900
Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL
63
36
20
7
3801
158
4
2.49
.915
200001
Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL
68
33
27
8
4100
163
6
2.39
.915
200102
Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL
51
29
17
5
3065
114
4
2.23
.906
200203
Detroit Red Wings
NHL
61
34
19
6
3566
148
5
2.49
.912
200304
Grand Rapids Griffins
AHL
1
1
0
0
60
1
0
1.00
.952
200304
Detroit Red Wings
NHL
31
16
10
3
1708
68
2
2.39
.909
200506
Phoenix Coyotes
NHL
60
32
21
3
3424
166
4
2.91
.902
200607
Phoenix Coyotes
NHL
55
18
31
2
2993
159
4
3.19
.893
200708
Calgary Flames
NHL
9
3
2
0
399
17
0
2.55
.906
200809
Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL
21
5
9
1
383
50
0
3.57
.869
NHL totals
943
454
352
90
54055
2516
51
2.79
.906
*Note: As of the 200506 season, ties have been replaced by an overtime or shootout loss
Post-season
Season
Team
League
GP
W
L
MIN
GA
SA
SO
GAA
SV%
198990
St. Louis Blues
NHL
6
4
1
327
18
166
0
3.30
.892
199192
St. Louis Blues
NHL
6
2
4
379
23
217
0
3.64
.894
199293
St. Louis Blues
NHL
11
7
4
715
27
438
2
2.27
.938
199394
St. Louis Blues
NHL
4
0
4
246
15
158
0
3.66
.905
199495
St. Louis Blues
NHL
7
3
3
392
24
178
0
3.67
.865
199697
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
12
5
7
767
36
405
2
2.82
.911
199798
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
12
5
7
715
23
319
3
1.93
.928
199899
Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL
17
9
8
1011
41
440
1
2.43
.907
199900
Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL
12
6
6
729
25
369
1
2.06
.932
200001
Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL
11
7
4
685
24
329
3
2.10
.927
200102
Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL
20
10
10
1253
48
557
3
2.30
.934
200203
Detroit Red Wings
NHL
4
0
4
289
10
120
0
2.08
.917
200304
Detroit Red Wings
NHL
9
4
4
518
12
197
1
1.39
.939
200708
Calgary Flames
NHL
2
1
0
79
1
33
0
0.76
.970
NHL totals
132
63
66
8,106
327
3,904
16
2.45
.917
International play
Olympic medal record
Men’s ice hockey
Gold
2002 Salt Lake City
Canada
Joseph represented Canada at:
1996 IIHF World Championships (Silver Medal)
1996 World Cup of Hockey (Lost Final)
1997 IIHF World Championships (Gold Medal)
1998 Winter Olympics (4th place)
2002 Winter Olympics (Gold Medal)
2007 Spengler Cup (Gold Medal)
Awards
1993-94 NHL All-Star Game
1998-99 NHL All-Star Game
1999-00 NHL All-Star Game
2000 King Clancy Memorial Trophy
2002 Olympic Gold Medal (Team Canada)
2007 Spengler Cup (Team Canada)
See also
List of National Hockey League statistical leaders
References
General
“Curtis Josephiography”. Hockey Hall of Fame. http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18303. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
Curtis Joseph’s career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
Specific
^ “Curtis Joseph’s profile at hockeydb.com”. Hockey db.com the Internet Hockey database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=2595. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
^ Sportsnet signings
^ Larry Wigge (2006-04-03). “Once again, ‘Cujo’ is in command”. NHL. http://www.nhl.com/columns/wigge/joseph040306.html. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
^ a b Wigge, Larry (2000-01-31). “The Man Called Cujo”. The Sporting News. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-59624249.html. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
^ “Curtis Joseph”. NHL players. TSN. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=1380&name;=&hubname=nhl.
^ “Curtis Josephiography”. Hockey Hall of Fame. http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18303. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
^ “Curtis Joseph”. hockeygoalies.org. http://www.hockeygoalies.org/bio/joseph.html. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
^ http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18303
^ a b “Canada wins 2007 Spengler Cup”. TSN. 2007-12-31. http://tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/news_story/?ID=226188&hubname=canadian_hockey. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
^ http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=281368
Preceded by
Rob Ray
Winner of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy
2000
Succeeded by
Shjon Podein
Persondata
NAME
Joseph, Curtis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Cujo
SHORT DESCRIPTION
ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH
April 29, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH
Keswick, Ontario
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
Categories: 1967 births | Calgary Flames players | Adoptees | Canadian ice hockey goaltenders | Canadians of British descent | Detroit Red Wings players | Edmonton Oilers players | Grand Rapids Griffins players | Ice hockey personnel from Ontario | Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics | Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics | King Clancy Memorial Trophy winners | Las Vegas Thunder players | Living people | National Hockey League All-Stars | Olympic gold medalists for Canada | Olympic ice hockey players of Canada | People from York Region | Peoria Rivermen (IHL) players | Phoenix Coyotes players | St. Louis Blues players | Toronto Maple Leafs players | Undrafted National Hockey League players | Winter Olympics medalists | Wisconsin Badgers ice hockey players | Canadian racehorse owners and breeders
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