Curtis Joseph
| Curtis Joseph | |||
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Curtis Joseph behind the mask for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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| Born |
April 29, 1967 Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Caught | Left | ||
| Played for |
St. Louis Blues Edmonton Oilers Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Red Wings Phoenix Coyotes Calgary Flames |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1989–2009 | ||
| Website | http://www.curtisjoseph.ca/ | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
| Representing Canada
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2002 Salt Lake City | |
| World Championships | ||
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1996 Austria | |
| World Cup of Hockey | ||
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1996 Canada | |
| Spengler Cup | ||
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2007 Spengler Cup | |
Curtis Shayne "CuJo" Joseph (born Curtis Munro; April 29, 1967) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional player. He last played for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League during the 2008–09 NHL season.
Joseph is immediately recognizable on the ice for his masks featuring a snarling dog, drawing inspiration from the Stephen King novel Cujo, which also happens to be his nickname, derived from the first two letters of his first and last names. Throughout his NHL career, Joseph played for a number of franchises, rising to prominence during the playoffs with the St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers, and Toronto Maple Leafs. He has also played for the Detroit Red Wings, Phoenix Coyotes and Calgary Flames. He was also a member of Canada's gold medal winning team at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Joseph has the most career wins (454) of any goaltender in NHL history who never played on a Stanley Cup-winning team, and also the first goaltender to have 30 or more wins in a regular season for five different teams.
Joseph was born on April 29, 1967 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.
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