{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey coach (born 1949)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Use Canadian English|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Jos Canale | birth_name = Giuseppe Canale | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|09|21}} | birth_place = Laval, Quebec, Canada | alma_mater = Loyola College | known_for = Ice hockey coach | awards = Hockey Québec Hall of Fame, CHL Coach of the Year Award (1990–91), Gold medal at the World Juniors in 1994 }}
'''Jos Canale''' (born '''Giuseppe Canale'''; September 21, 1949) is a Canadian former ice hockey coach, commonly known as '''Joe Canale'''. He was the 1991 recipient of the Coach of the Year Award in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), and later coached the Canada men's national junior ice hockey team to a gold medal at the 1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. He served as a head coach for more than 700 games in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), which included a 1991 Memorial Cup appearance, and twice being chosen to represent his league at the CHL All–Star Challenge. Canale later coached in the Western Hockey League and the Ontario Hockey League, becoming the first person to do so in all three leagues of the CHL. Near the end of his career Canale made headlines for a stick-swinging incident in a QMJHL playoff game. He was later inducted into the Halls of Fame for both Hockey Québec, and the Quebec Midget AAA Hockey League.
==Early life== Canale was born on September 21, 1949.<ref name="QMJHL-statistics">{{cite web|url=https://chl.ca/lhjmq/en/coaches/605/|title=Jos Canale|website=Quebec Major Junior Hockey League|access-date=December 30, 2023}}</ref> He is a native of Laval, Quebec.<ref name="NA-19" /><ref name="NA-30" /><ref name="NA-36" /> He played minor ice hockey as a youth, until the midget age group.<ref name="TRHQ" /> He graduated from Loyola College in Montreal, studying business administration.<ref name="Johnston" />
==Coaching career== ===Early coaching career=== Canale began coaching ice hockey with midget age level teams in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce area of Montreal.<ref name="TRHQ">{{cite web|url=http://temple.hockey.qc.ca/fr/page/intronises_en_2013.html|title=Intronisés en 2013|language=French|website=Temple de la renommée du Hockey Québécois|access-date=July 11, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Midget-AAA">{{cite web|url=https://www.rds.ca/hockey/midget-aaa/jos-canale-au-temple-de-la-renommee-midget-aaa-1.617846|title=Jos Canale au Temple de la renommée midget AAA|date=May 5, 2013|language=French|website=RDS.ca|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=September 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914085613/https://www.rds.ca/hockey/midget-aaa/jos-canale-au-temple-de-la-renommee-midget-aaa-1.617846|url-status=dead}}</ref> His first opportunity to coach in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) came during the 1977–78 QMJHL season, when he was the second of four head coaches of the Shawinigan Dynamos.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0013941978.html|title=Shawinigan Dynamos 1977-78 roster and scoring statistics|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref> Canale's season was cut short on February 20, 1978, when he was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, charged with drug trafficking at a coffeehouse in Montreal, and later pardoned.<ref>Joyce, Gare (2011) pp. 92–93</ref> He had been convicted of trafficking mescaline, and served 18 months in prison.<ref name="Picard">{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/two-sherbrooke-coaches-suspended/article18422002/|title=Two Sherbrooke coaches suspended|last=Picard|first=André|authorlink=André Picard (journalist)|date=April 1, 2000|website=The Globe and Mail|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref>
Canale returned to coaching in the early 1980s, spending four seasons in the Montreal Junior B Hockey League with the Southwest Dukes, Bourassa Angevins, Montreal Canadiens-Bourassa, Richelieu Riverains, and the LaSalle Cyclones.<ref name="TRHQ" /><ref name="Midget-AAA" /> During this time he won a playoff championship, a bronze medal at the 1983 Winter Canada Games, and coached Pierre Turgeon, Stéphane Fiset and Patrice Brisebois.<ref name="TRHQ" /><ref name="Midget-AAA" />
===Chicoutimi Saguenéens=== {{quote box|title=Potvin speaks about Canale|quote="Canale was one of the best coaches we ever had. He cared about us as people, but he also knew the right time to lean on us and push us."|source=Félix Potvin, 2011<ref name="Joyce-p93">Joyce, Gare (2011) p. 93</ref>|width=25.0%|align=right}}
Canale was hired by the Chicoutimi Saguenéens for the 1990–91 QMJHL season, with Richard Martel as his assistant coach.<ref name="Émond2">{{cite web|url=https://www.lequotidien.com/sports/canale-de-retour-avec-les-sags-6f96ecd62f8ada6b0083166fe81580bd|title=Canale de retour avec les Sags|last=Émond|first=Serge|date=November 17, 2010|language=French |website=Le Quotidien|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref><ref name="conseiller">{{cite web|url=http://sagueneens.com/jos-canale-devient-conseiller-avec-les-saguen-ens|title=Jos Canale devient conseiller avec les Saguenéens|date=November 16, 2010|website=Chicoutimi Saguenéens|language=French|access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref> He led Chicoutimi to 43 wins, 92 points, and won the Jean Rougeau Trophy as the first place team in the league.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/qmjhl19701991.html|title=1990-91 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League [QMJHL] standings|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref> The Saguenéens allowed the fewest goals in the league with 223, while scoring 299 goals.<ref name="drinnan">{{cite web|url=http://gdrinnan.blogspot.com/2008/05/memorial-cup-history-1991.html?m=1|title=Taking Note: The Memorial Cup: A history...1991|last=Drinnan|first=Gregg|date=May 17, 2008|website=Blogspot.com|access-date=September 8, 2018}}</ref> In the playoffs, Chicoutimi defeated the Shawinigan Cataractes in six games, then defeated the Laval Titan in seven games, and swept the Drummondville Voltigeurs in four games in the finals.<ref name="drinnan" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php?league=qmjhl1970&season=1991&leaguenm=QMJHL|title=1990-91 QMJHL Playoff Results|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref> With the win, Canale led Chicoutimi to its first President's Cup championship.<ref name="Émond2" /><ref name="conseiller" />
Chicoutimi and Drummondville both advanced to the 1991 Memorial Cup as champion and runner-up, since the QMJHL was the host league that season.<ref name="drinnan" /><ref>Lapp & Macaulay (1997) p. 247</ref> The Quebec teams played on home ice at the Colisée de Québec, and faced the Spokane Chiefs from the Western Hockey League (WHL), and the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).<ref name="drinnan" /><ref name="Lapp=p248">Lapp & Macaulay (1997) p. 248</ref> Canale led Chicoutimi to victory in its first game, in a 2–1 win over the Greyhounds.<ref name="drinnan" /><ref name="Lapp=p248" /> After the game, the team was fined $250 by Canadian Hockey League president Ed Chynoweth, for a pregame incident.<ref name="drinnan" /> Canale's team lost 7–1 against Spokane, in a game which included eight players ejected, a brawl in the third period, and 226 total penalty minutes.<ref name="drinnan" /><ref name="Lapp=p248" /> Drummondville won 5–3 over Chicoutimi in the final round-robin game, and the two teams played each other again the semifinal, with Drummondville winning 2–1 in overtime, when Chicoutimi scored an own-goal.<ref name="drinnan" /><ref>Lapp & Macaulay (1997) p. 249</ref>
Canale returned for the 1991–92 QMJHL season, and in February he shared the head coaching duties with Ted Nolan for the combined OHL and QMJHL all-stars at the 1992 CHL All-Star Challenge.<ref name="NA-03">{{cite news|title=WHL report|last=Goshko|first=Lance|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=November 2, 1991|page=14|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-nov-02-1991-782079/}}</ref><ref>Canadian Hockey League (2007–08) p. 175</ref> His Chicoutimi team finished the season third place in the Dilio division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/qmjhl19701992.html|title=1991-92 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League [QMJHL] standings|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref> In the playoffs, they were defeated four games to none by the Shawinigan Cataractes in the first round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php?league=qmjhl1970&season=1992&leaguenm=QMJHL|title=1991-92 QMJHL Playoff Results|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref> In the 1992–93 QMJHL season, Canale repeated the third-place finished in the Dilio division,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/qmjhl19701993.html|title=1992-93 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League [QMJHL] standings|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref> and Chicoutimi were swept in four games in the first round of the playoffs by the Sherbrooke Faucons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php?league=qmjhl1970&season=1993&leaguenm=QMJHL|title=1992-93 QMJHL Playoff Results|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref>
===National coaching duties=== Canale began coaching for Hockey Canada as an assistant coach for the under-17 Quebec team in 1990.<ref name="NA-19">{{cite news|title=Tigers pounce to hire Canale|last=Spencer|first=Donna|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=January 8, 1996|page=11|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jan-08-1996-810935/}}</ref> He returned the following season as an assistant coach for the Canada men's national under-18 ice hockey team in 1991, working with head coach Dave Siciliano.<ref name="NA-01">{{cite news|title=Coaches named|newspaper=Brandon Sun|location=Brandon, Manitoba|date=June 5, 1991|page=30|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jun-05-1991-782065/}}</ref><ref name="NA-02">{{cite news|title=Canadian 1991 national under-18 team|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|date=June 21, 1991|page=57|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jun-21-1991-782069/}}</ref> Two years later, he was named an assistant coach for the Canada men's national junior ice hockey team, working with head coach Perry Pearn at the 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, in which the Canadian team won the gold medal.<ref name="elitepro" /><ref name="NA-04">{{cite news|title=Canucks put speed first|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=December 19, 1992|page=14|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-dec-19-1992-782097/}}</ref><ref name="NA-05">{{cite news|title=Junior nats in good hands|last=Adams|first=Alan|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=December 24, 1992|page=16|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-dec-24-1992-782105/}}</ref>
Canale was announced as the Canadian junior team's head coach for the 1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships on June 5, 1993, with Danny Flynn and Mike Johnston to be his assistant coaches.<ref name="NA-06">{{cite news|title=Canale hired as head coach for Canada's national junior squad|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=June 5, 1993|page=13|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jun-05-1993-810095/}}</ref><ref name="Briggs">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphjournal.com/victoria-star/story/49630175/flynn-has-fond-memories?source=story-related|title=Flynn has fond memories from 1994 world juniors|last=Briggs|first=Scott |date=December 15, 2016|website=The Victoria Star|access-date=August 7, 2018}}{{closed access}}</ref> Author Gare Joyce said that Canale was considered a controversial selection to be the head coach, but he left a lasting impression on his players.<ref name="Joyce-p92">Joyce, Gare (2011) p. 92</ref> Canale felt pressured to win a gold medal based on past results, and stressed the importance of building team chemistry and character.<ref name="NA-07">{{cite news|title=Pressure on Canada's juniors to repeat|last=Ralph|first=Dan|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=December 2, 1993|page=11 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-dec-02-1993-810100/}}</ref> The selection camp was missing ten prominent players from the previous championship due to commitments with the National Hockey League or the Canada men's national ice hockey team, and were not expected to repeat as champions.<ref name="Bell">{{cite web|url=http://ontariohockeyleague.com/golden-memories-1994/|title=Golden Memories–1994|last=Bell|first=Aaron|date=January 1, 2003|website=Ontario Hockey League|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref>
Canale selected his team on the need balance skill with size and strength,<ref name="NA-08">{{cite news|title=Canale faced with tough decisions|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=December 18, 1993|page=14|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-dec-18-1993-810110/}}</ref> and said that it was more difficult to choose the two goaltenders, Jamie Storr and Manny Fernandez.<ref name="NA-09">{{cite news|title=Maracle cut as roster named|newspaper=Lethbridge Herald|location=Lethbridge, Alberta|date=December 19, 1993|page=15|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-dec-19-1993-810126/}}</ref> Only three players returned from the 1993 team, Brent Tully, Martin Gendron, and Joël Bouchard.<ref name="Joyce-p92" /><ref name="NA-07" /> Canale named Tully the team captain.<ref name="Joyce-p92" /><ref name="Bell" /><ref name="NA-10">{{cite news|title=Tulley named junior captain|newspaper=Lethbridge Herald|location=Lethbridge, Alberta|date=December 26, 1993|page=21|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-dec-26-1993-810502/}}</ref> The 1994 World Juniors were hosted in the Czech Republic, and the previous coach Perry Pearn attended for moral support, while on break from coaching at HC Ambrì-Piotta.<ref name="Joyce-p93" />
Canale's Team Canada won its first game 5–1 over Switzerland, then defeated Germany by a 5–2 score.<ref name="Joyce-p93" /><ref name="NA-11">{{cite news|title=Two down, tough ones to go|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|date=December 28, 1993|page=43|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-dec-28-1993-810511/}}</ref> Canada relinquished a 3–0 lead over Russia in its third game, and settled for a 3–3 tie game.<ref name="Joyce-p93" /><ref name="NA-12">{{cite news|title=Canada blows lead to Russia|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|date=December 30, 1993|page=34|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-dec-30-1993-810514/}}</ref> Canale led Canada to a 6–3 victory over Finland,<ref name="Joyce-p93" /><ref name="NA-13">{{cite news|title=Canada rebounds to keep medal hopes alive|newspaper=Lethbridge Herald|location=Lethbridge, Alberta|date=December 31, 1993|page=7|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-dec-31-1993-810513/}}</ref> followed by an 8–3 victory over the United States,<ref name="Joyce-p94">Joyce, Gare (2011) p. 94</ref><ref name="NA-14">{{cite news|title=Canada hits road to gold: Lucky breaks do it|last=Ralph|first=Dan|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|date=January 2, 1994|page=24|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jan-02-1994-810861/}}</ref> and a 6–4 victory over the Czech Republic.<ref name="Joyce-p94" /><ref name="NA-15">{{cite news|title=Canadian juniors a win away from gold|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=January 3, 1994|page=10|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jan-03-1994-810866/}}</ref> Canada was scheduled to play Sweden in the final game of the round-robin, with the winner finishing first overall, and claiming the gold medal. Canale said that Canada needed to play better defensively in the neutral zone,<ref name="NA-15" /> and made the decision to play Storr instead of Fernandez in goal.<ref name="NA-16">{{cite news|title=Two goalies vie for gold-medal game|last=Ralph|first=Dan|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|date=January 4, 1994|page=24|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jan-04-1994-810872/}}</ref> Canada prevailed with a 6–4 victory over Sweden, giving Canale a second gold medal at the World Juniors.<ref name="Joyce-p95">Joyce, Gare (2011) p. 95</ref><ref name="NA-17">{{cite news|title=Canadian juniors golden again|last=Ralph|first=Dan|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=January 5, 1994|page=15|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jan-05-1994-810875/}}</ref>
Canale won a total of three gold medals, one silver medal, and two bronze medals while coaching the under-17, under-18, and under-20 Canadian teams.<ref name="TRHQ" /><ref name="Midget-AAA" /> As of 2018, he is the only QMJHL coach to lead the Canadian juniors to a gold medal at the World Juniors.<ref name="TRHQ" /><ref name="Johnston">{{cite web|url=https://www.lesoleil.com/archives/la-curiosite-bien-placee-de-canale-aab83817283390eed22b9487353b2036|title=La curiosité bien placée de Canale|last=Johnston|first=Kevin |date=November 1, 2009|language=French|website=Le Soleil|access-date=August 6, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Midget-AAA" /><ref name="Émond2" /><ref name="conseiller" /> He later assisted Dave King at a preparatory camp for the Japan men's national ice hockey team in advance of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.<ref name="TRHQ" /><ref name="Midget-AAA" />
===Beauport Harfangs=== Canale joined the Beauport Harfangs in 1993, and coached the team for two and a half seasons. During the 1993–94 QMJHL season while playing home games at the Aréna Marcel-Bédard, he nicknamed it "le petit cabane" in French, or "the little shack" in English.<ref name="Johnston" /> Later in the season, he was suspended for three games for threatening a referee with a hockey stick,<ref name="Picard" /> Canale led the Harfangs to the franchise's first playoff berth in its history,<ref name="NA-27">{{cite news|title=Inconsistency tests Canale's patience|last=Spencer|first=Donna|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=February 27, 1996|page=11|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-feb-27-1996-811089/}}</ref> and a third-place finish in the Dilio division for the 1993–94 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/qmjhl19701994.html|title=1993-94 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League [QMJHL] standings|website=hockeydb.com |access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref> His team defeated the Shawinigan Cataractes four games to one in the first round of playoffs, then placed fourth in a round-robin of the top six team remaining teams, then lost in the third round in four games to the Laval Titan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php?league=qmjhl1970&season=1994&leaguenm=QMJHL|title=1993-94 QMJHL Playoff Results|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref> In the 1994–95 QMJHL season, Canale shared the head coaching duties with Don Hay of the combined QMJHL and WHL all-stars at the 1995 CHL All-Star Challenge.<ref>Canadian Hockey League (2007–08) p. 172</ref> He led Beauport to first place in the Dilio division, and second overall in the QMJHL.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/qmjhl19701995.html|title=1994-95 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League [QMJHL] standings|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref> The Harfangs won their first round playoff series four games to three over the Halifax Mooseheads, where the home team won each game.<ref name="1995-playoffs">{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php?league=qmjhl1970&season=1995&leaguenm=QMJHL|title=1994-95 QMJHL Playoff Results|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref> Beauport finished first place in a round-robin of the remaining six teams, then lost in the third round of the playoffs in five games to the Hull Olympiques.<ref name="1995-playoffs" /> Canale began the first 39 games of the 1995–96 QMJHL season with 18 wins, 19 losses, and 2 ties.<ref name="hockeydb" /> He was released from the Harfangs on December 26,<ref name="NA-18">{{cite news|title=Tiger coaches get walking papers today|last=Spencer|first=Donna|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=January 6, 1996|page=1|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jan-06-1996-810928/}}</ref> and replaced by Alain Vigneault as coach.<ref name="NA-19" /><ref name="NA-37">{{cite news|title=Sarnia chooses Canale|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=July 5, 1996|page=17|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jul-05-1996-811622/}}</ref>
===Medicine Hat Tigers=== Canale joined the Medicine Hat Tigers in the Western Hockey League on January 6, 1996, after the team fired head coach Brad McEwen, and his assistants.<ref name="NA-18" /> The remainder of the 1995–96 WHL season was his first opportunity to coach full-time speaking in English, outside of the Canadian junior team.<ref name="NA-19" /> Perry Pearn said that Canale could have success with the situation in Medicine Hat, and that moving out of Quebec would be good for him.<ref name="NA-21">{{cite news|title=Pearn pleased to see old pal running Tigers|last=Spencer|first=Donna|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=January 9, 1996|page=11|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jan-09-1996-811033/}}</ref> Canale led Medicine Hat with an assistant coach, because he felt it easier for the players to get used to only one new coach,<ref name="NA-19" /> and he frequently consulted with the team's trainer about the players.<ref name="NA-25">{{cite news|title=A Trainer's Life|last=Spencer|first=Donna|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=February 20, 1996|page=11|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-feb-20-1996-811078/}}</ref> In February, Canale changed the team captain and assistants, and named goaltender Paxton Schafer an unofficial assistant captain.<ref name="NA-26">{{cite news|title=Tigers switch C's and A's|last=Spencer|first=Donna|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=February 24, 1996|page=11|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-feb-24-1996-811082/}}</ref> In the final 32 games of the regular season, Canale led the Tigers to 18 wins, 13 losses, and 1 tie.<ref name="tigershockey">{{cite web|url=http://tigershockey.com/tigers-all-time-coaching-records/|title=Tigers All Time Coaching Records|website=Medicine Hat Tigers|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref><ref name="NA-31">{{cite news|title=Canale on verge of signing deal|last=Spencer|first=Donna|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=April 17, 1996|page=15 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-apr-17-1996-811594/}}</ref> Medicine Hat placed third in the central division with 65 points, and sixth place in the eastern conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/whl19791996.html|title=1995-96 Western Hockey League [WHL] standings|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref> Canale's team lost in five games in the first round of the playoffs to the Prince Albert Raiders.<ref name="NA-30">{{cite news|title=Canale ran out of time to break bad habits|last=Spencer|first=Donna|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=April 2, 1996|page=11|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-apr-02-1996-780384/}}</ref><ref name="NA-31" /> He sought a minimum two-year contract to return as coach.<ref name="NA-30" /><ref name="NA-31" /><ref name="NA-33">{{cite news|title=A nervous Nellie|last=Spencer|first=Donna|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=April 26, 1996|page=23|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-apr-26-1996-811601/}}</ref> The team and Canale agreed on money and the length of contract, but couldn't come to a complete agreement.<ref name="NA-32">{{cite news|title=Canale talks delayed|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=April 18, 1996|page=15|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-apr-18-1996-811598/}}</ref><ref name="NA-34">{{cite news|title=Canale's contract remains in limbo|last=Spencer|first=Donna|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=May 7, 1996|page=11|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-may-07-1996-811604/}}</ref> He said that he had been approached by other teams, but wanted to remain and finish what he started.<ref name="NA-34" /><ref name="NA-35">{{cite news|title=Tigers want a new coach|last=Gallagher|first=Steven |newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=May 23, 1996|page=17|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-may-23-1996-811610/}}</ref> Canale asked for an escape clause in his contract in case a professional team hired him, and did not come to terms with Medicine Hat.<ref name="NA-35" />
===Sarnia Sting=== Canale was hired to be head coach of the Sarnia Sting for the 1996–97 OHL season, signing a two-year contract with an escape clause.<ref name="NA-37" /> Sarnia initially did not want to bring in someone unfamiliar with the Ontario Hockey League,<ref name="NA-36">{{cite news|title=Sting wants Canale|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=June 27, 1996|page=21|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jun-27-1996-811619/}}</ref> but the decision made Canale the first person to be a head coach in all three leagues in the Canadian Hockey League.<ref name="NA-38">{{cite news|title=Canale looking beyond juniors|last=Gallagher|first=Steven |newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=November 16, 1996|page=13|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-nov-16-1996-811625/}}</ref> He remained the only coach with that distinction as of 2010,<ref name="Johnston" /><ref name="Émond2" /><ref name="conseiller" /> until the feat was later matched by Danny Flynn, Mike Kelly, and Ron Harris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://winterhawks.com/article/winterhawks-game-day-preview-portland-vs-broncos-game-45|title=Winterhawks Game Day Preview: Portland vs. Broncos – Game #45|date=January 19, 2018|website=Portland Winterhawks|access-date=August 6, 2018}}</ref> In November 1996, Canale admitted that he was losing motivation to coach in the juniors, but remained as he still had a desire to win a Memorial Cup.<ref name="NA-38" /> Canale was suspended three games resulting from a player leaving the bench to fight, and while suspended he was later seen talking to assistant coaches and players after a pre-game warm-up, but no further action was taken by the league.<ref name="NA-39">{{cite news|title=No more punishment|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=December 31, 1996|page=15 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-dec-31-1996-811628/}}</ref> Sarnia finished the season second place in the west division,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/ohl19891997.html|title=1996-97 Ontario Hockey League [OHL] standings|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> defeated the Windsor Spitfires 4 games to 1 in the first round of the playoffs, but lost to the Kitchener Rangers in seven games in round two.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php?league=ohl1989&season=1997&leaguenm=OHL|title=1996-97 OHL Playoff Results|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> Canale resigned as head coach of Sarnia in May 1997.<ref name="NA-40">{{cite news|title=Odds and ends|newspaper=Brandon Sun|location=Brandon, Manitoba|date=May 22, 1997|page=14|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-may-22-1997-782035/}}</ref>
===Laval Titan Collège Français=== Canale returned home to coach the Laval Titan Collège Français for the 1997–98 QMJHL season. During the season, he was suspended two games due to his team being involved in too many fights.<ref name="Picard" /> He was fired with 11 games remaining in the season, and replaced by Paulin Bordeleau.<ref name="Lalancette">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvasports.ca/2016/02/19/changements-tardifs-benefiques|title=Changements tardifs bénéfiques?|last=Lalancette|first=Mickaël|date=February 19, 2016 |language=French|website=TVA Sports|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref><ref name="congedie">{{cite web|url=https://www.rds.ca/le-college-francais-du-titan-de-laval-de-la-ligue-junior-majeure-du-quebec-a-congedie-1.386882|title=Le Collège-Français du Titan de Laval de la Ligue junior majeure du Québec a congédié|date=February 19, 1998|website=RDS.ca|language=French|access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref>
===Sherbrooke Castors=== Canale became head coach of the Sherbrooke Castors for the 1998–99 QMJHL season.<ref name="elitepro" /> He led the Castors to a fourth-place finish in the regular season,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/qmjhl19701999.html|title=1998-99 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League [QMJHL] standings|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> then defeated the Val-d'Or Foreurs in six games in the first round of the playoffs, then lost to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in seven games in the second round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php?league=qmjhl1970&season=1999&leaguenm=QMJHL|title=1998-99 QMJHL Playoff Results|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> During the 1999–2000 QMJHL season, Canale was suspended four games in October for his role in a bench-clearing brawl.<ref name="Picard" /><ref name="NA-41">{{cite news|title=Police investigate off-ice brawl in QMJHL playoff game|newspaper=Lethbridge Herald|location=Lethbridge, Alberta|date=March 29, 2000|page=19|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-mar-29-2000-781928/}}</ref> His team finished third place in the central division, fourth overall in the Lebel conference,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/qmjhl19702000.html|title=1999-00 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League [QMJHL] standings|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> and faced the fifth place Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the playoffs, a rematch from the previous season.<ref name="2000-playoffs">{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php?league=qmjhl1970&season=2000&leaguenm=QMJHL|title=1999-00 QMJHL Playoff Results|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref>
Sherbrooke lost two of the first three games by one goal each, and played game four on the road in Rouyn-Noranda on March 27, 2000.<ref name="2000-playoffs" /> In the last minute of game four, Canale protested the decision of the referee, by climbing on the bench and banging on the boards with a hockey stick, while screaming and making an obscene gesture, and was ejected from the match.<ref name="Picard" /><ref name="Desfossés">{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/766546/incident-affaire-jos-canale-huskies|title=20e des Huskies : retour sur "l'incident Canale", un événement disgracieux|last=Desfossés|first=Félix |language=French|date=February 23, 2016|website=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|access-date=July 8, 2018}}</ref> Another incident broke out between the two teams with four seconds remaining in the game, and Canale returned to the bench and was involved in a stick-swinging altercation with spectators.<ref name="ladepeche">{{cite web|url=http://www.ladepeche.qc.ca/texte11.html|title=La version des Huskies|last=Héroux|first=Nicole|date=2001|language=French|website=La Dépêche|access-date=August 6, 2018}}</ref> The game ended with the final score 3-1 for the Huskies.<ref name="NA-41" /><ref name="ladepeche" /> Canale was arrested after the game, questioned by local police, and released with a promise to appear later in court.<ref name="ladepeche" /><ref name="TVA">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2000/03/28/lentraineur-jos-canale-arrete|title=L'entraîneur Jos Canale arrêté|date=March 28, 2000|language=French|website=TVA Nouvelles|access-date=August 7, 2018}}</ref> He faced a charged of assault with a weapon, and would serve up to 18 months in prison if found guilty.<ref name="CBC">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/charges-laid-in-hockey-brawl-1.202369|title=Charges laid in hockey brawl|date=April 27, 2000|website=CBC News|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref> Canale attempted to keep the series alive as he coached Sherbrooke in game five of the series at home on March 29, 2000, but was eliminated from the playoffs with a 6–5 loss.<ref name="2000-playoffs" />
The QMJHL commissioner Gilles Courteau fined Canale $1,000, with a suspension pending.<ref name="RDS1">{{cite web|url=https://www.rds.ca/hockey/trouve-coupable-jos-canale-s-en-tire-plutot-bien-1.191987|title=Trouvé coupable, Jos Canale s'en tire plutôt bien|date=August 31, 2001|language=French|website=RDS.ca|access-date=August 7, 2018}}</ref> The league did not consider a lifetime nor a one-year suspension, since his behaviour was not considered recurrent.<ref name="Picard" /> Canale served his 16-game suspension at the beginning of the 2000–01 QMJHL season, which included 6 exhibition games and 10 regular season games.<ref name="ladepeche" /><ref name="CBC" /><ref name="NA-42">{{cite news|title=Canale found guilty of assault|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=August 31, 2001|page=6|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-aug-31-2001-781968/}}</ref> He led Sherbrooke to a fourth-place finish in central division,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/qmjhl19702001.html|title=2000-01 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League [QMJHL] standings|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> but lost four games to none in the playoffs lost versus the Val-d'Or Foreurs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php?league=qmjhl1970&season=2001&leaguenm=QMJHL|title=2000-01 QMJHL Playoff Results|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> In August 2001, Canale was found guilty of assault with a weapon as a result of the incident in the 2000 playoffs, and given an absolute discharge without a fine or jail time.<ref name="Desfossés" /><ref name="RDS1" /><ref name="NA-42" /><ref name="RDS2">{{cite web|url=https://www.rds.ca/reconnu-coupable-canale-n-ira-pas-en-prison-1.389802|title=Reconnu coupable Canale n'ira pas en prison|date=August 31, 2001|language=French|website=RDS.ca|access-date=August 7, 2018}}</ref>
===Drummondville Voltigeurs=== Canale took over as head coach of the Drummondville Voltigeurs with twenty games remaining in the 2001–02 QMJHL season, replacing Daniel Bissonnette.<ref name="Lalancette" /> He led the team into the second round of playoffs, losing to the Shawinigan Cataractes.<ref name="Lalancette" />
==Coaching style== {{quote box|title=Sports as a parallel to life|quote="You have kids in there who don't know it's a hard world out there. They're finding out winning isn't as easy as turning on the hot and cold water."|source=Joe Canale, 1996<ref name="NA-24">{{cite news|title=Coach Canale wants more|last=Spencer|first=Donna|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=January 27, 1996|page=13|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jan-27-1996-811054/}}</ref>|width=25.0%|align=right}}
Canale was described by Perry Pearn as "showing emotion, fairly vocal, straightforward, good communicator, and demanding".<ref name="NA-21" /> He also had a reputation as intense, emotional, and knowledgeable.<ref name="NA-22">{{cite news|title=Tigers getting read on new coach|last=Spencer|first=Donna|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=January 13, 1996|page=11|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jan-13-1996-811038/}}</ref> He often told stories to players, using analogies in relating to real-life situations.<ref name="NA-24" /><ref name="NA-22" /> In practices he emphasized a good attitude, good work ethic, and being prepared.<ref name="NA-19" /><ref name="NA-24" /> As coach, he didn't want to turn off the players by being emotional, but wanted to be consistent even if the team was not, and thought it was never too late to improve.<ref name="NA-27" /> He liked to use four offensive lines consistently to learn what talents he had to work with.<ref name="NA-20">{{cite news|title=Coaching change gives Huppe hope|last=Spencer|first=Donna|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=January 8, 1996|page=12|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jan-08-1996-810934/}}</ref> Canale was a former smoker, liked to rattle coins in his pockets while standing behind the bench, and would shuffle the coins about in his hands between periods.<ref name="NA-23">{{cite news|title=WHL report|last=Spencer|first=Donna|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=January 23, 1996|page=12|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jan-23-1996-811047/}}</ref>
Canale felt that QMJHL teams had an inferiority complex, and were intimidated by the other leagues at the Memorial Cup.<ref name="NA-28">{{cite news|title=Quebec teams need to adjust|last=Spencer|first=Donna|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|date=March 7, 1996|page=14|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-mar-07-1996-811302/}}</ref><ref name="NA-29">{{cite news|title=Canale says Quebec complex gives Western teams upper hand|last=Spasoff|first=Paul |newspaper=Brandon Sun|location=Brandon, Manitoba|date=March 16, 1996|page=13|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-mar-16-1996-811579/}}</ref> He said "there's a psychological aspect to it", and that "teams have psyched themselves out", in reference to his experience at the 1991 Memorial Cup, and Quebec teams not winning a Memorial Cup since 1971.<ref name="NA-28" /><ref name="NA-29" />
==Coaching record== Season-by-season coaching record:<ref name="QMJHL-statistics" /><ref name="hockeydb">{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=799|title=Joe Canale hockey statistics and profile|website=hockeydb.com|access-date=July 27, 2018}}</ref><ref name="tigershockey" />
{|class="wikitable" !Season!!Team!!League!!GP!!W!!L!!T!!OTL!!Pts!!Pct!!Standing!!Playoffs / notes |- align="center" |1977–78||Shawinigan Dynamos||QMJHL||33|| 2||29||2||–||6||0.091||5th, Dilio||''Arrested February 20, 1978'' |- align="center" |1990–91||Chicoutimi Saguenéens||QMJHL||68||42||21||5||–||89||0.654||'''1st, Dilio'''||'''President's Cup champions'''<br>3rd place, 1991 Memorial Cup |- align="center" |1991–92||Chicoutimi Saguenéens||QMJHL||67||29||32||6||–||64||0.478||3rd, Dilio||Lost in round 1 |- align="center" |1992–93||Chicoutimi Saguenéens||QMJHL||64||35||26||3||–||73||0.570||3rd, Dilio||Lost in round 1 |- align="center" |1993–94||Beauport Harfangs||QMJHL||64||32||28||4||–||68||0.531||3rd, Dilio||Lost in round 3 |- align="center" |1994–95||Beauport Harfangs||QMJHL||69||37||23||9||–||83||0.601||'''1st, Dilio'''||Lost in round 3 |- align="center" |1995–96||Beauport Harfangs||QMJHL||39||18||19||2||–||38||0.487||''(1st, Dilio)''||''Released December 26, 1995'' |- align="center" |1995–96||Medicine Hat Tigers||WHL||32||18||13||1||–||37||0.578||3rd, Central||Lost in round 1 |- align="center" |1996–97||Sarnia Sting||OHL||66||35||24||7||–||77||0.583||2nd, West||Lost in round 2 |- align="center" |1997–98||Laval Titan Collège Français||QMJHL||57||33||20||4||–||70||0.614||''(5th, Lebel)''||''Fired, 11 games remaining'' |- align="center" |1998–99||Sherbrooke Castors||QMJHL||70||31||34||5||–||67||0.479||4th, Lebel||Lost in round 2 |- align="center" |1999–2000||Sherbrooke Castors||QMJHL||66||30||29||7||0||68||0.508||3rd, Central||Lost in round 1 |- align="center" |2000–01||Sherbrooke Castors||QMJHL||63||22||38||3||0||50||0.373||4th, Central||Lost in round 1 |- align="center" |rowspan="2"|2001–02||Sherbrooke Castors||QMJHL||11||1||9||1||0||3||0.136||''(4th, Central)''||''Fired after 11 games'' |- align="center" |Drummondville Voltigeurs||QMJHL||20||10||10||0||0||20||0.500||3rd, Central||Lost in round 2 |- !colspan="3"|QMJHL totals!!691!!322!!318!!51!!0!!699!!0.503!!2 division titles!!1 championship |- !colspan="3"|WHL/OHL totals!!98!!53!!37!!8!!–!!114!!0.582!!–!!– |}
==Later hockey career== Canale took a year off from hockey in the 2002–03 season.<ref name="Moffett">{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/le-journal-de-quebec/20080929/282398395230115|title=Jos Canale fait partie de l'histoire de la Ligue de Hockey Junior Majeur du Québec, mais il n'appartient pas as passé pour autant |last=Moffett|first=Gilles|date=September 29, 2008|language=French |via=PressReader|website=Le Journal de Québec|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref> He served as the technical director of the Quebec Midget AAA Hockey League from 2004 to 2015, and advised and assisted its coaches.<ref name="TRHQ" /><ref name="Midget-AAA" /><ref name="Lions">{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/fr/ms/lionslacstlouis/publication/nouvelle/les_lions_celebrent_40_ans.html|title=Les Lions célèbrent 40 ans!|date=March 10, 2016|language=French |website=Lions LEQ|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Hugues">{{cite web|url=https://www.infodimanche.com/actualites/sports/218098/jos-canale-croit-aux-chances-des-deux-equipes-du-quebec|title=Jos Canale croit aux chances des deux équipes du Québec|last=Albert|first=Hugues|date=April 21, 2015|language=French|website=infodimanche.com|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref> During this time, Canale acted as a coaching advisor for Team Quebec, and declined offers for scouting positions with National Hockey League teams, because he preferred to work directly with coaches.<ref name="Moffett" /> He worked as an advisor with the St. John's Fog Devils from the 2005–06 QMJHL season, to the 2007–08 QMJHL season.<ref name="Moffett" /> He was hired by the Quebec Remparts for the 2009–10 QMJHL season as an advisor and scout,<ref name="Johnston" /> and highly recommended Alexandre Grenier.<ref name="Morisette">{{cite web|url=http://www.journaldequebec.com/2011/01/19/recommande-par-joe-canale|title=Recommandé par Joe Canale |last=Morisette|first=Mario|date=January 19, 2011|language=French|website=Le Journal de Québec|access-date=August 7, 2018}}</ref> He also spent significant time scouting European players for the CHL Import Draft on behalf of the Remparts.<ref name="Émond1">{{cite web|url=https://www.lequotidien.com/sports/jos-canale-cible-un-second-europeen-cf5ce7cc0afe28dd23fd778d36a0b6e4|title=Jos Canale cible un second Européen|last=Émond|first=Serge|date=April 27, 2011|language=French |website=Le Quotidien|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref> Canale rejoined the Chicoutimi Saguenéens as an advisor for the 2010–11 QMJHL season.<ref name="Émond2" /><ref name="conseiller" /> He temporarily took over the general manager's duties until the end of the season when Richard Martel was fired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theqmjhl.ca/guy-carbonneau-takes-over-bench-duties-in-chicoutimi/|title=Guy Carbonneau takes over bench duties in Chicoutimi|date=February 7, 2011|website=QMJHL|access-date=September 3, 2018}}</ref> He returned to the Saguenéens as an advisor for the 2011–12 QMJHL season.<ref name="débuteront">{{cite web|url=http://sagueneens.com/les-sags-d-buteront-par-le-dossier-jos-canale|title=Les Sags débuteront par le dossier Jos Canale|date=June 7, 2011|language=French|website=Chicoutimi Sagueneens|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref>
==Honours and awards== Canale was named a first-team all-star coach with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens by the QMJHL in the 1990–91 season, equivalent to the modern Ron Lapointe Trophy as the QMJHL Coach of the Year.<ref name="drinnan" /><ref name="elitepro">{{cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/staff/11686/jos-canale|title=Jos Canale Team Staff Profile|website=Elite Prospects|access-date=July 27, 2018}}</ref> In the same season, he was honoured with the CHL Coach of the Year Award, as the best overall junior ice hockey coach from the QMJHL, OHL or WHL.<ref name="elitepro" /><ref name="CHL-Awards">{{cite web|url=http://chl.ca/chl-awards|title=CHL Awards|date=2018|website=Canadian Hockey League|access-date=August 7, 2018}}</ref> In 2013, Canale was inducted into the Quebec Midget AAA Hockey League Hall of Fame,<ref name="Midget-AAA" /><ref name="Tardif-2013">{{cite web|url=https://www.lesoleil.com/sports/hockey-midget-aaa-jos-canale-intronise-e8c1ed47f4bf3bfcdd93512ca0b97408|title=Hockey midget AAA: Jos Canale intronisé|last=Tardif|first=Carl|date=May 6, 2013|language=French|website=Le Soleil|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref> and inducted into the Hockey Québec Hall of Fame.<ref name="TRHQ"/> Canale and other members from the 1993 and 1994 World Junior championship Canadian teams, were recognized during the 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Toronto.<ref name="Graves">{{cite web|url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/1993-and-1994-njts-honoured|title=Coming together again|last=Graves|first=Wendy|date=January 4, 2015|website=|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref> In 2018, Canale received the Denis-Baillairgé Award from the Quebec Junior Hockey League in recognition of his contributions to Quebec hockey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://liguemidgetaaa.ca/prix-denis-baillairge-prix-remis-reconnaissance/|title=Prix Denis-Baillairgé|date=2018|language=French|website=Ligue Midget AAA|access-date=August 6, 2018|archive-date=September 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914022901/https://liguemidgetaaa.ca/prix-denis-baillairge-prix-remis-reconnaissance/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Personal life== His birth name was Giuseppe Canale, but he did a legal name change to "Jos", when he became fond of the diminutive nickname for Joseph, which was popularized by media during his tenure in Chicoutimi.<ref name="Johnston" /> He is a partial owner of a tree care business.<ref name="NA-19" /><ref name="Moffett" /> He is married to Manon, has one daughter and a granddaughter.<ref name="NA-19" /><ref name="Johnston" />
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==Bibliography== * {{cite book|last1=Lapp|first1=Richard M.|last2=Macaulay|first2=Alec|title=The Memorial Cup: Canada's National Junior Hockey Championship|publisher=Harbour Publishing|date=1997|location=Madeira Park, British Columbia|isbn=1-55017-170-4}} * {{cite book|last=Bell|first=Aaron|title=Canadian Hockey League Information/Accommodations Guide and Record Book|publisher=Canadian Hockey League|volume=2007–08|location=Toronto|language=English|url=http://chl.ca}} * {{cite book|last=Joyce|first=Gare|title=Thirty Years Of The Game At Its Best|publisher=Penguin Group|date=2011|location=Toronto, Ontario|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v_GdreNb4IcC&q=joe+canale+hockey&pg=PT100|isbn=978-0-143-18197-2}}
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