Curtis Joseph

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Curtis Joseph
Date of birth April 29, 1967
place of birth Keswick , Ontario , Canada
Nickname Cujo
size 180 cm
Weight 86 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 31
Catch hand Left
Career stations
1984-1985 Newmarket Flyers
1985-1987 Richmond Hill Dynes
1987-1988 Notre Dame Hounds
1988-1989 University of Wisconsin – Madison
1989-1995 St. Louis Blues
1995-1998 Edmonton Oilers
1998-2002 Toronto Maple Leafs
2002-2005 Detroit Red Wings
2005-2007 Phoenix Coyotes
2007-2008 Calgary Flames
2008-2009 Toronto Maple Leafs

Curtis Shayne "Cujo" Joseph , b. Munro , (* 29. April 1967 in Keswick , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player , who during his career for the St. Louis Blues , Edmonton Oilers , Toronto Maple Leafs , Detroit Red Wings , Phoenix Coyotes and Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League played.

childhood

Curtis Joseph was born to two teenagers. His mother, Wendy Munro, gave him up for adoption a few days after he was born. Jeanne Joseph, a nurse Wendy Munro met during her hospital stay, adopted him with her husband and gave him the first name of their biological father, Curtis Nickle.

He took the surname "Joseph" only after a few years; until then his name was Curtis Shayne Munro.

Career

In his youth he played for the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame and a little later for the University of Wisconsin . Unlike most NHL players, he was not drafted , but signed his first NHL contract with the St. Louis Blues in 1989 as a free agent and within two years he made it to the goalkeeper. In 1994, "Cujo", his nickname, played for the first time in the NHL All-Star Game . In the summer of 1995 he was transferred to the Edmonton Oilers and made it to fifth place in the 1997 Vezina Trophy for the season's outstanding goalkeeper.

After his contract expired, Joseph moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1998 . In 1999 and 2000 he was selected for the second and third time for the All-Star Game , but was absent in 1999 due to an injury. After the 1998/99 season he was nominated by the NHLPA players' union for the Lester B. Pearson Award for Outstanding Player of the Season. In 2000 he was awarded the King Clancy Memorial Trophy , which is given to the player with outstanding leadership skills on and off ice and the greatest social commitment. In 2002 he was a member of the Canadian national team, which won the Olympic gold medal in Salt Lake City. But he only played one game.

For the 2002/03 season he was committed by the Detroit Red Wings , for which he played two years. After the lockout and the failure of the 2004/05 season , Curtis Joseph signed a contract with the Phoenix Coyotes in the summer of 2005, with whom he missed the playoffs .

During the 2006/07 season he could no longer build on the good performance of previous years and received with Mikael Tellqvist a young competitor for the place in goal, but remained the goalkeeper of the Coyotes, who again could not qualify for the playoffs.

In the summer of 2007, his contract with the Coyotes was not renewed and Joseph could not find a new team, whereupon he paused for half a year before returning to the ice in December 2007 when he was in the squad of Team Canada for the Spengler Cup . With this team he won the tournament in the final against the Russian team Salawat Julajew Ufa . Joseph finally returned to the NHL on January 14, 2008 when he signed a contract with the Calgary Flames .

After the 2008/09 season, which he spent with the Toronto Maple Leafs, he was initially a so-called unrestricted free agent before he decided in January 2010 to end his career.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
season team league GP W. L. T MIN GA SO ATM GP W. L. T MIN GA SO ATM
1984-85 Newmarket Flyers OPJHL 2 1 1 0 120 16 0 8.00 - - - - - - - -
1985-86 Richmond Hill Rams OPJHL 33 12 18th 0 1716 156 1 5.45 - - - - - - - -
1986-87 Richmond Hill Rams OPJHL 30th 14th 7th 6th 1764 128 1 4.35 - - - - - - - -
1987-88 Notre Dame Hounds SJHL 36 25th 4th 7th 2174 94 1 2.59 - - - - - - - -
1988-89 University of Wisconsin – Madison NCAA 38 21st 11 5 2267 94 1 2.49
1989-90 Peoria Rivermen IHL 23 10 8th 2 1241 80 0 3.87 - - - - - - - -
St. Louis Blues NHL 15th 9 5 1 851 48 0 3.38 6th 4th 1 - 326 18th 0 3.30
1990-91 St. Louis Blues NHL 30th 16 10 2 1710 89 0 3.12 - - - - - - - -
1991-92 St. Louis Blues NHL 60 27 20th 10 3493 175 2 3.01 6th 2 4th - 379 23 0 3.64
1992-93 St. Louis Blues NHL 68 29 28 9 3890 196 1 3.02 11 7th 4th - 714 27 2 2.27
1993-94 St. Louis Blues NHL 71 36 23 11 4126 213 1 3.10 4th 0 4th - 245 15th 0 3.66
1994-95 St. Louis Blues NHL 36 20th 10 1 1913 89 1 2.79 7th 3 3 - 391 24 0 3.68
1995-96 Edmonton Oilers NHL 34 15th 16 2 1935 111 0 3.44 - - - - - - - -
Las Vegas Thunder IHL 15th 12 2 1 874 29 1 1.99 - - - - - - - -
1996-97 Edmonton Oilers NHL 72 32 29 9 4100 200 6th 2.93 12 5 7th - 767 36 2 2.81
1997-98 Edmonton Oilers NHL 71 29 31 9 4132 181 8th 2.63 12 5 7th - 715 23 3 1.93
1998-99 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 67 35 24 7th 4001 171 3 2.56 17th 9 8th - 1010 41 1 2.43
1999-00 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 63 36 20th 7th 3801 158 4th 2.49 12 6th 6th - 729 25th 1 2.06
2000-01 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 68 33 27 8th 4100 163 6th 2.39 11 7th 4th - 684 24 3 2.10
2001-02 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 51 29 17th 5 3064 114 4th 2.23 20th 10 10 - 1253 48 3 2.30
2002-03 Detroit Red Wings NHL 61 34 19th 6th 3566 148 5 2.49 4th 0 4th - 288 10 0 2.08
2003-04 Detroit Red Wings NHL 31 16 10 3 1707 68 2 2.39 9 4th 4th - 517 12 1 1.39
Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 1 1 0 0 60 1 0 1.00 - - - - - - - -
2004-05 no team due to NHL lockout - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2005-06 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 60 32 21st 3 3424 166 4th 2.91 - - - - - - - -
2006-07 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 55 18th 31 2 2993 159 4th 3.19 - - - - - - - -
2007-08 Calgary Flames NHL 9 3 2 0 399 17th 0 2.55 2 1 0 - 79 1 0 0.76
2008-09 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 21st 5 9 1 841 50 0 3.57 - - - - - - - -
OPJHL total 65 27 26th 6th 3600 300 2 5.00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0.00
SJHL overall 36 25th 4th 7th 2174 94 1 2.59 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0.00
CCHA total 38 21st 11 5 2267 94 1 2.49
IHL total 38 22nd 10 3 2115 109 1 3.09 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0.00
NHL overall 958 454 352 96 54055 2516 51 2.79 133 63 66 - 8104 327 16 2.42
AHL total 1 1 0 0 60 1 0 1.00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0.00

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TheStar.com, Long-time Leafs goalie Curtis Joseph to retire

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Joseph, Curtis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Joseph, Curtis Shayne; Joseph, Curtis; CuJo (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Keswick , Ontario