Joe Juneau
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Joe Juneau is a hockey player, born January 5, 1968 in Pont-Rouge, Quebec, Canada. He is 6 feet tall, and weighs 195 pounds.
Originally drafted by the Boston Bruins in the fourth round of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, Juneau was a star college hockey player at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he scored 71 goals in four regular seasons. He was well-known for having a 4.0 grade point average and earning a degree in just three years in aeronautical engineering.
After spending a year with the Canadian national team, Juneau went to the NHL and played there for the remainder of his career, never spending a day in the minor leagues. His best season was his rookie season of 1992-93 with the Boston Bruins, when -- as the left winger on a powerful line with Adam Oates and Cam Neely -- he had 32 goals and 102 points and set a record for assists in a season by a left wing, a mark Juneau still holds. In 1996, he became the first player ever to be awarded a penalty shot in overtime in a Stanley Cup Playoff Game (although he failed to score).
The Bruins traded him to the Washington Capitals in an ill-fated deal for Al Iafrate (who played only twelve games for Boston), and he was a member of the 1997-1998 squad that reached the Stanley Cup Finals, scoring 17 points in 21 playoff games. He returned to the finals the next season, again on the losing side, with the Buffalo Sabres.
Juneau bounced around for a couple of seasons, finally finding a home with his hometown Montreal Canadiens.
He announced his retirement after the 2003-04 NHL Season. Juneau is currently a partner and account manager at Quebec City-based Harfan Technologies.
External link
- Career Record (http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=2608)