Curtis "Cujo" Joseph #31
He came...
He played...
He KICKED ASS !!!
Height: 5-10
Weight: 182 lbs
Position: Goalie
Born: April 29, 1967, Keswick, Ontario
Catches: Left
Signed as a free agent with Toronto on the 15th of July 1998 after playing with St Louis and Edmonton.
Biography from WWW.NHLPA.COM
Curtis signed as a free agent with the St. Louis
Blues, on June 16,
1989. In his first season with the club,
Curtis won nine games in
fifteen appearances, posting a 3.38 goals
against average. He
was traded to Edmonton, on August 4, 1995.
In three seasons
with the Oilers, the backstopper earned
a total of 76 victories,
while winning 10 playoff games. He then
signed as a free agent
with the Toronto Maple Leafs, on July
15, 1998. His best season,
in terms of wins, came in 1993-94, when
he posted 36 victories in
71 games with the Blues. Curtis participated
in the 1994 All-Star
Game.
Prior to his NHL career, Curtis played
with the Notre Dame Hounds
of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.
In 1987-88, Curtis
earned 25 wins in 36 games with the team
and boasted a 2.59
goals against average. In 1988-89, Curtis
played with the
University of Wisconsin. He appeared in
38 games, winning 21 and
tying five games (2.49 GAA). Curtis was
a WCHA First Team
All-Star and an NCAA Second Team All-Star
in 1989. Curtis has
also played in the International Hockey
League, suiting up with
Peoria for part of the 1989-90 campaign.
He won 10 games and
tied two in 23 appearances. 1995-96, the
goaltender appeared in
15 games (12 wins) with Las Vegas of the
International Hockey
League.
Curtis played for Team Canada at the 1996
World Championships,
earning a silver medal. He was also selected
to the Second
All-Star Team at that tournament. Curtis
was the leading
goaltender at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey,
posting a 5-2-0
record and a 2.31 goals against average.
Curtis was also part of
the Canadian Olympic entry at the 1998
Winter Olympics.
Toronto Maple Leafs goal tender Curtis Joseph throws up his arms to celebrate as
Philadelphia Flyers goal tender John Vanbeisbrouck skates dejectedly off the ice after
the Leafs defeated the Flyers in overtime NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinal
action in Toronto on Friday April 30, 1999. (CP PHOTO/Frank Gunn)
