Sport: Hockey
Position: Forward
Year of Induction: 2015
Sport: Hockey
Position: Forward
Year of Induction: 2015
Joe was born in Fort William, Ontario, now part of Thunder Bay in 1934, moved to Chatham in 1959 to play for the Senior Maroons and has lived here ever since. Along the way, he played Major Junior “A” hockey, competed professionally in the QHL, AHL, and WHL, and starred in Senior “A” when it was the top amateur competition in the country.
In thirteen years of senior hockey, Joe was known as a skilled player who stayed out of the penalty box. He scored close to a point a game and averaged only 8 penalty minutes per season. The most served in any one year was 14 minutes.