page_title: Derek Joslin
section_title: Professional
hierarchical_section_title: Derek Joslin / Playing career / Professional
caption_attribution_description: 65, Derek Joslin, D, SJS San Jose Sharks at Nashville Predators, February 6, 2010
context_page_description: Derek Joslin is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing with EC Red Bull Salzburg of the Austrian Hockey League.
  He has played in the National Hockey League for the San Jose Sharks, with his NHL debut coming during the 2008-09 campaign, Carolina Hurricanes and the Vancouver Canucks. The Sharks drafted him in the 149th overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Joslin played major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League for the Ottawa 67's. During his time in the OHL he was an All-Star and represented Canada in the Subway Super Series. After finishing his OHL career he played in the American Hockey League for the Worcester Sharks, where he was also an All-Star.
context_section_description: He joined Worcester full-time for the 2007–08 season. He scored his first professional goal, a game-winning goal, against the Manchester Monarchs on the power play. He finished the season playing in a career high 80 games scoring 10 goals and 34 points.
  Joslin started the following season with Worcester after being one of the last players cut from San Jose's training camp. By starting the season in the AHL, he set a then franchise record for consecutive games played, at 114. Following an injury to San Jose defenceman Douglas Murray, Joslin made his National Hockey League debut January 3, 2009, in a game against the New York Islanders. He continued to split time between the NHL and the AHL, and was named to the AHL All-Star Game. At the AHL All-Star Skills Competition Joslin won the Hardest Shot Contest shooting a puck at 98.6 mph and also finished second in the Puck Control Relay. He finished the year playing in 12 NHL games, without scoring, and 63 AHL games registering 11 goals and 30 points. The 11 goals tied a Worcester franchise record for defenceman.
  For the 2009–10 season, Joslin again split time between the NHL and AHL. He registered his first NHL point, an assist, against the Chicago Blackhawks. It began a career high three game assist streak, which were his only points in 24 NHL games for the year. In the AHL playoffs Joslin scored 4 goals in 11 games tying for the team lead and leading the league for defencemen. In 2010–11 he remained in the NHL for the entire season and scored his first NHL goal on Andrew Raycroft of the Dallas Stars on December 13, 2010. Although he was regularly a healthy scratch playing in only 17 for San Jose before a February 18, 2011 trade sent him to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for future considerations. Following some injuries to Hurricanes' defenceman, Joslin received increased ice time including time on the power play. After joining Carolina Joslin scored 5 points in 17 games.
  During the off season Joslin became a restricted free agent. The Hurricanes sent him a qualifying offer, but could not come to terms and Joslin filed for salary arbitration. The following day the two sides agreed on a two-year contract. During the first season of his new contract Joslin fell behind other defenceman on the depth chart and was regular healthy scratch, only playing in 14 of the first 41 games. With the belief that Carolina would trade a defenceman head coach Kirk Muller played Joslin at left wing in order to get him back in the line-up and be ready if a trade occurred. After the trade deadline passed, with no trades made, Joslin continued to play wing including his 100th career NHL game. He finished the season playing in an NHL career high 44 games scoring 2 goals and 4 points.
  In the off-season Carolina placed Joslin on waivers, after he cleared waivers the Hurricanes bought out the final year of his contract. Upon being bought out Joslin became an unrestricted free agent and signed with the Vancouver Canucks. Due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout he was assigned to the Canucks' minor league affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, at the beginning of the season. Joslin played 53 games for Chicago before he was assigned to the Worcester Sharks while defenceman Danny Groulx was assigned to the Wolves as part of an AHL trade. After playing 13 games with the Sharks, Joslin was called up by the Canucks due to injuries to other defencemen.
  Joslin was scheduled to become a restricted free agent on July 5, 2013. However, the Canucks failed to give him a qualifying offer, thus making him an unrestricted free agent. On July 28, 2013, Joslin left North America and signed his first European contract on a one-year deal with AIK IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
  Following his year in Sweden, Joslin took his game to Germany, where he signed with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) for the 2014–15 season. He then had his contract renewed by the Nürnberg team for the 2015–16 campaign. After two years with the team, he moved on to his second DEL side in reigning champions, EHC München.
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caption: Joslin playing for the San Jose Sharks in 2010
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