- Born
- Birth nameCurtis Shayne Munro
- Nickname
- Cujo
- Height5′ 10¾″ (1.80 m)
- Curtis Joseph 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 also played for the Detroit Red Wings, Phoenix Coyotes and Calgary Flames. He was a member of Canada's gold medal winning team at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Joseph retired with the most career wins (454) of any goaltender in NHL history who never played on a Stanley Cup-winning team (which has since been surpassed by Roberto Luongo), and was also the first goaltender to have 30 or more wins in a regular season for five different teams.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tango Papa
- SpousesStephanie Glasson(2012 - present) (2 children)Nancy Joseph(? - 2009) (divorced, 4 children)
- Traded by the Maple Leafs to the Calgary Flames for a conditional eighth-round selection in 2004 entry draft.
- Signed as free agent by the Detroit Red Wings.
- Signed as a free agent (4 years, $24 million) by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
- Rights traded by the Blues to the Edmonton Oilers for first-round pick in 1996 NHL entry draft and first-round pick in the 1997 entry draft (traded to Los Angeles). These picks had been awarded to Oilers as compensation for Blues signing free agent LW Shayne Corson.
- Attended the University of Wisconsin (Madison) on a hockey scholarship. He was not drafted, but signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Blues on 16 June 1989. A year later he was named the team's starting goaltender.
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