- Joe Corvo
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
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team =Carolina Hurricanes
former_teams =Los Angeles Kings
Ottawa Senators
league = NHL
position = Defense
shoots = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 205
nickname =
nationality = USA
birth_date = Birth date and age|1977|6|20|mf=y
birth_place = Oak Park, IL,USA
draft = 83rd overall
draft_year = 1997
draft_team =Los Angeles Kings
career_start = 1998Joe Corvo (born
June 20 1977 , in Oak Park,Illinois ) is a professionalice hockey player who currently plays for theCarolina Hurricanes of theNational Hockey League . Corvo was drafted by theLos Angeles Kings in the 4th round of the 1997 NHL draft.Playing career
Early career
In one of Corvo's first major ice hockey appearances, he participated in the 1997
World Junior Championships inSwitzerland . Despite placing second to Canada in the medal round, he was named the top defenseman of the tournament. [cite news | title = Hockey Facts & Stats | ISBN = 978-0-00-639328-3 | publisher =Andrew Podnieks | page = 517 | accessdate = 2007-06-08] He then played for three seasons atWestern Michigan University , from 1995 to 1998, where he was a teammate of future NHL playerJamal Mayers .NHL career
He was drafted by the
Los Angeles Kings in the 4th round of the 1997 NHL entry draft. OnJuly 1 ,2006 , Corvo signed as a four-year, unrestricted free agent contract with the Ottawa Senators worth $10.5 million. OnOctober 26 ,2006 , he broke a Senators record for points for a defenseman in a game with one goal and four assists against theToronto Maple Leafs . He was named the game's first star. OnFebruary 11 ,2008 , the Senators traded Corvo along withPatrick Eaves to theCarolina Hurricanes forMike Commodore andCory Stillman . His departure from the Senators has stirred some controversy in Ottawa in the similar vein ofChris Pronger when Pronger demanded a trade from Edmonton.Corvo recorded his first career
hat-trick onMarch 16 ,2008 against theOttawa Senators 'Martin Gerber atRBC Center in Raleigh,North Carolina . 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 inHartford Whalers -Carolina Hurricanes franchise history to record a hat-trick.cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/elias?date=20080316|accessdate=2008-03-23|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|work=ESPN.com|date=2008-03-16|title=Elias Says...]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. [cite news
title = Kings suspend rookie defenseman for three games
url = http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?id=1650545
date =November 3 ,2003
accessdate= 11-03-07]Personal
Joe is married to Angela Corvo.
Career statistics
ee also
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List of NHL players
*List of NHL seasons
*List of Carolina Hurricanes players References
External links
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