Stanley Albert Joseph

Stanley "Bunny" Albert Joseph (April 28, 1928 – March 21, 2001)[2] was a Canadian amateur box lacrosse goaltender. A member of the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame,[3] Bunny was the winner of three Mann Cup national championships over the span of a 25-year career.[4] He is known for his unorthodox goaltending style and longevity as an elite goaltender in the sport.[2] At the time of his death he was a highly respected elder of the Squamish Nation in North Vancouver.[2][5]

Stan "Bunny" Joseph
BornApril 28, 1928
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
DiedMarch 21, 2001
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
PositionGoaltender
ICLL teamNorth Shore Indians
New Westminster Salmonbellies
Vancouver Carlings
Coquitlam Adanacs
Pro career1945–1970
Career highlights

Mann Cup: 1958, 1959, 1961
Maitland Trophy: 1952
McDonald Trophy: 1961
Nicholson Trophy: 1950, 1952, 1956, 1960[1]

Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame, 1976

Career

Joseph started his Senior A career as a teenager. Like his father, veteran of 3 Mann Cup finals Stan Joseph, Bunny started his career with the North Shore Indians. As a goalie, he stood out - not just because of his great play, but because of his unorthodox style. Bunny played with both hands on his stick and the head of his stick to his side at waist level, a style unique even to this day.[2]

In 1955, the Indians folded and Bunny played the 1956 season with Vancouver, before shipping over to the powerhouse New Westminster Salmonbellies. In 1958, he helped lead the Salmonbellies to a Mann Cup victory over the Long Branch Pontiacs. A season later, he would win another Mann Cup against the Peterborough Timbermen, but see severely diminished playing time due to the rise of rookie phenom Les Norman. In the winter he asked for a tryout with the Vancouver Carlings. With something to prove and a new club, Bunny finished off his second season with the Carlings with his third Mann Cup victory. Bunny played two more seasons of Senior A, then took a player-coach position with the Senior B North Shore Indians.[2]

Bunny Joseph would return to the Senior A ranks from 1968 until 1970 with North Vancouver and the Coquitlam Adanacs. He played his final game of Senior A with the Adanacs on July 11, 1970 before calling it a career. He would return to the Indians Sr. B team to dabble for a couple more seasons, but after 25 years he was done with Sr. A lacrosse.[2]

Bunny was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1976.[3] To this day, Bunny Joseph has played the fourth most games (522) of any Western Lacrosse Association player and has faced and stopped more shots than any other WLA goaltender in regular season (10,747 of 15,302) and season and playoff combined (13,040 of 18,456), all while maintaining a 0.707 save percentage.[6][2]

Statistics

Source: Wamper's Bible of Lacrosse[7] and Stan Shillington's "Who's Who in Lacrosse 1933-2013: Goaltending Records".[8]

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPPIMSv%Team GAA
1945North ShoreICLL2000000.60717.29
1946North ShoreICLL2401100.60217.04
1947North ShoreICLL2400000.64014.38
1948North ShoreICLL2300000.68913.88
-North ShoreP/O300000.730-
1949North ShoreICLL1601100.69211.56
-North ShoreP/O300000.723-
1950North ShoreICLL2900000.70811.23
-North ShoreP/O500000.728-
1951North ShoreICLL2500000.70911.09
-North ShoreP/O300000.594-
1952North ShoreICLL2800000.69911.35
-North ShoreP/O1000000.735-
1953North ShoreICLL3000000.7519.91
-North ShoreP/O400000.676-
1954North ShoreICLL2801100.7208.88
-North ShoreP/O1001100.755-
1955North ShoreICLL2701100.70610.28
-North ShoreP/O400000.701-
1956VancouverICLL1801100.74710.67
-VancouverP/O700000.688-
1957New WestminsterICLL3000000.7209.40
-New WestminsterP/O401100.709-
1958New WestminsterICLL2600000.72310.00
-New WestminsterP/O1100000.730-
1959New WestminsterICLL1400000.71210.20
-New WestminsterP/O100000.733-
1960VancouverICLL2301100.7538.27
-VancouverP/O600000.896-
1961VancouverICLL500000.7348.53
-VancouverP/O1200020.786-
1962VancouverICLL1200000.7726.63
-VancouverP/O400000.789-
1963New WestminsterICLL300000.8008.77
-New WestminsterP/O900000.733-
1964-67Played Sr. B with North Shore
1968North VancouverICLL901100.72714.36
1969North VancouverICLL1103320.79012.17
1970CoquitlamWLA100000.70412.13

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2014-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. British Columbia Lacrosse Association
  3. By Year Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
  4. WLA Past Masters Lacrosse: Hall of Famer Stan Joseph
  5. Through Lacrosse, Empowerment: How First Nations athletes keep Canada's national summer sport alive - Megaphone
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2014-02-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. Bible of Lacrosse – statistics
  8. Stan Shillington's "Who's Who in Lacrosse" by Stan Shillington Western Lacrosse Association. 2013.
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