Position	Defense
Shoots	Right
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
NHL team F. teams	Carolina Hurricanes Los Angeles Kings Ottawa Senators
Nationality	United States
Born	June 20, 1977 (1977-06-20) (age 32), Oak Park, IL, USA
NHL Draft	83rd overall, 1997 Los Angeles Kings
Pro career	1998 – present

Joe Corvo (born June 20, 1977, in Oak Park, Illinois) is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League. Corvo was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 4th round of the 1997 NHL draft.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Early career 1.2 NHL career 2 Restaurant incident 3 Personal 4 Career statistics 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Early career

Medal record
Men's ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Silver	1997 Geneva	Ice hockey

In one of Corvo's first major ice hockey appearances, he participated in the 1997 World Junior Championships in Switzerland. Despite placing second to Canada in the medal round, he was named the top defenseman of the tournament.^[1] He then played for three seasons at Western Michigan University, from 1995 to 1998, where he was a teammate of future NHL player Jamal Mayers.

[edit] NHL career

He was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 4th round of the 1997 NHL entry draft. On July 1, 2006, Corvo signed as a four-year, unrestricted free agent contract with the Ottawa Senators worth $10.5 million. On October 26, 2006, he broke a Senators record for points for a defenseman in a game with one goal and four assists against the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was named the game's first star. On February 11, 2008, the Senators traded Corvo along with Patrick Eaves to the Carolina Hurricanes for Mike Commodore and Cory Stillman. His departure from the Senators has stirred some controversy in Ottawa in the similar vein of Chris Pronger when Pronger demanded a trade from Edmonton.

This was the first time that Corvo had played against his ex-team since the trade nearly a month earlier. Corvo became only the third defenseman in Hartford Whalers-Carolina Hurricanes franchise history to record a hat-trick.^[2]

[edit] Restaurant incident

Corvo was arrested in November 2002 in Boston after he grabbed a 34-year-old woman's buttocks in a restaurant. Restaurant staff told him to leave, but Corvo returned, punched the woman and then kicked her when she fell to the ground, police said. Corvo was given a three-year suspended sentence after he pleaded guilty to assault. Corvo was also suspended for three games by the Kings.^[3]

[edit] Personal

Joe is married to Angela Corvo.

[edit] Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994–95	Omaha Lancers	USHL		40	4	9	13	12		--	--	--	--	--
1995–96	Western Michigan University	NCAA		41	5	25	30	38		--	--	--	--	--
1996–97	Western Michigan University	NCAA		32	12	21	33	85		--	--	--	--	--
1997–98	Western Michigan University	NCAA		32	5	12	17	93		--	--	--	--	--
1998–99	Springfield Falcons	AHL		50	5	15	20	32		--	--	--	--	--
1998–99	Hampton Roads Admirals	ECHL		5	0	0	0	15		4	0	1	1	0
2000–01	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL		77	10	23	33	31		4	3	1	4	0
2001–02	Manchester Monarchs	AHL		80	13	37	50	30		5	0	5	5	0
2002–03	Manchester Monarchs	AHL		26	8	18	26	8		3	0	0	0	0
2002–03	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		50	5	7	12	14		--	--	--	--	--
2003–04	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		72	8	17	25	36		--	--	--	--	--
2004–05	Chicago Wolves	AHL		23	7	7	14	14		18	4	5	9	12
2005–06	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		81	14	26	40	38		--	--	--	--	--
2006–07	Ottawa Senators	NHL		76	8	29	37	42		20	2	7	9	6
2007–08	Ottawa Senators	NHL		51	6	21	27	18		--	--	--	--	--
2007–08	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		23	7	14	21	8		--	--	--	--	--
2008–09	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		81	14	24	38	18		18	2	5	7	4
NHL totals				434	62	138	200	174		38	4	12	16	10

[edit] See also

• List of Carolina Hurricanes players

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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