Joseph Cirella (born May 9, 1963 in Hamilton, Ontario)^[1] is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 828 NHL games after being taken fifth overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.

[edit] Playing career

He played for the Colorado Rockies/New Jersey Devils, Quebec Nordiques, New York Rangers, Florida Panthers and Ottawa Senators. He retired in 1997 after playing one year in Germany with the Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. He scored the game-winning goal in the 1984 NHL All-Star Game. He was the last former Rockies player in the NHL at the time of his last NHL game.

[edit] Career statistics

                                             --- Regular Season ---  ---- Playoffs ---- Season   Team                        Lge    GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  GP   G   A Pts PIM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980-81  Oshawa Generals             OHL    56    5   31   36  220  --  --  --  --  -- 1981-82  Oshawa Generals             OHL     3    0    1    1   10  11   7  10  17  32 1981-82  Colorado Rockies            NHL    65    7   12   19   52  --  --  --  --  -- 1982-83  Oshawa Generals             OHL    56   13   55   68  110  17   4  16  20  37 1982-83  New Jersey Devils           NHL     2    0    1    1    4  --  --  --  --  -- 1983-84  New Jersey Devils           NHL    79   11   33   44  137  --  --  --  --  -- 1984-85  New Jersey Devils           NHL    66    6   18   24  143  --  --  --  --  -- 1985-86  New Jersey Devils           NHL    66    6   23   29  147  --  --  --  --  -- 1986-87  New Jersey Devils           NHL    65    9   22   31  111  --  --  --  --  -- 1987-88  New Jersey Devils           NHL    80    8   31   39  191  19   0   7   7  49 1988-89  New Jersey Devils           NHL    80    3   19   22  155  --  --  --  --  -- 1989-90  Quebec Nordiques            NHL    56    4   14   18   67  --  --  --  --  -- 1990-91  Quebec Nordiques            NHL    39    2   10   12   59  --  --  --  --  -- 1990-91  New York Rangers            NHL    19    1    0    1   52   6   0   2   2  26 1991-92  New York Rangers            NHL    67    3   12   15  121  13   0   4   4  23 1992-93  New York Rangers            NHL    55    3    6    9   85  --  --  --  --  -- 1993-94  Florida Panthers            NHL    63    1    9   10   99  --  --  --  --  -- 1994-95  Florida Panthers            NHL    20    0    1    1   21  --  --  --  --  -- 1995-96  Milwaukee Admirals          IHL    40    1    8    9   65   5   0   1   1  20 1995-96  Ottawa Senators             NHL     6    0    0    0    4  --  --  --  --  -- 1996-97  Cologne Sharks              DEL    49    2    7    9  164  --  --  --  --  -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------          NHL Totals                        828   64  211  275 1448  38   0  13  13  98 

[edit] Coaching statistics

 Season  Team             Lge Type 1997-98 Florida Panthers NHL Assistant Coach  1998-99 Oshawa Generals  OHL Assistant Coach  1999-00 Oshawa Generals  OHL Assistant Coach  2000-01 Oshawa Generals  OHL Assistant Coach  2002-03 Oshawa Generals  OHL Assistant Coach  2003-04 Oshawa Generals  OHL Assistant Coach  2009-10 Peterborough Petes   OHL Defensive Consultant 

[edit] References

1. ^ Cole, Stephen (2006). The Canadian Hockey Atlas. Doubleday Canada. ISBN 978-0-385-66093-8 (0-385-66093-6). 

[edit] External links

• Joe Cirella's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database