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 was an assistant coach with his son's Pee Wee rep. team (St Albert Mission) in 2011-2012.. And is helping coach with the St. Albert Sports Academy

In 2012/2013 Chris was head coach of the St.Albert Raiders 15 AA Royals.

Career Statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1985-86	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL		72	4	8	12	50		5	0	3	3	12
1986-87	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL		67	13	45	58	155		—	—	—	—	—
1987-88	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		7	0	4	4	6		—	—	—	—	—
1987-88	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		17	0	4	4	12		—	—	—	—	—
1987-88	Nova Scotia Oilers	AHL		8	0	2	2	8		4	0	0	0	9
1987-88	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL		23	5	14	19	49		—	—	—	—	—
1988-89	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		44	4	5	9	54		—	—	—	—	—
1988-89	Cape Breton Oilers	AHL		5	1	1	2	18		—	—	—	—	—
1989-90	Cape Breton Oilers	AHL		61	10	20	30	69		6	2	1	3	4
1989-90	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		4	0	2	2	2		—	—	—	—	—
1990-91	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		49	5	17	22	59		—	—	—	—	—
1991-92	Cape Breton Oilers	AHL		63	14	29	43	72		5	0	2	2	8
1991-92	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		7	0	0	0	8		5	1	3	4	2
1992-93	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		33	2	10	12	48		—	—	—	—	—
1993-94	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		10	1	1	2	28		—	—	—	—	—
1993-94	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		66	10	19	29	108		—	—	—	—	—
1994-95	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		33	5	10	15	46		10	1	1	2	12
1995-96	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		70	5	14	19	71		15	1	0	1	8
1996-97	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		63	3	13	16	62		—	—	—	—	—
1997-98	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		15	1	0	1	19		1	0	0	0	2
1997-98	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		6	2	3	5	2		—	—	—	—	—
1998-99	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		2	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
1998-99	Cincinnati Cyclones	IHL		27	11	19	30	38		—	—	—	—	—
1998-99	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		51	9	29	38	26		16	3	10	13	8
1999-00	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		38	2	9	11	6		—	—	—	—	—
1999-00	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		9	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2000-01	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		24	1	1	2	16		—	—	—	—	—
2000-01	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		19	0	3	3	20		—	—	—	—	—
2001-02	TPS Turku	SM-liiga		32	6	9	15	105		8	1	1	2	31
2002-03	Mannheim Eagles	DEL		47	7	23	30	124		8	0	6	6	2
2003-04	Mannheim Eagles	DEL		47	5	13	18	67		6	0	2	2	16
2004-05	Mannheim Eagles	DEL		50	1	12	13	52		10	0	0	0	2
2005-06	Milan	Italy-A		35	2	15	17	58		13	0	3	3	22
NHL Totals				510	39	112	151	567		31	3	4	7	24

[ Source: Wikipedia ]