Chris Joseph, who grew up in North Burnaby and played much of his minor hockey for the Burnaby Winter Club. After two seasons of major junior with the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League, Joseph went on to play 510 games for seven teams in the National Hockey League during his 19-year professional career which took him to all corners of the North American continent as well as a couple of stops in Europe.

Joseph was a first-round draft pick, fifth overall, of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1987. During his NHL career he scored 39 goals and 112 assists for 151 points. He had two stints with the Penguins and also patrolled the blueline for the Edmonton Oilers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes and Atlanta Thrashers.

He played 38 games for the Vancouver Canucks in 1999-2000 scoring two goals and nine assists. He also helped Canada win a gold medal at the 1988 world junior hockey championship in Moscow, and was a member of the Canadian team that played in the 1987 tournament in Piestany, Czechoslovakia.

Joseph is currently an Edmonton firefighter and runs a hockey academy in St. Albert, AB.