Joseph Woll

BIOGRAPHY

Joseph Woll was born July 12, 1998, in Dardenne Prairie, Missouri. He is a goaltender in the NHL.

He was recalled by the Maple Leafs on November 6, 2021 after Petr Mrázek suffered an injury. Woll made his NHL debut on November 13, 2021, against the Buffalo Sabres and made 23 saves in a 5–4 win. He played in four games total with the Maple Leafs and went 3–1–0 with a 2.76 GAA and a .911 save percentage. On February 11, 2022, he signed a three-year extension with the Maple Leafs. In May 2023, Woll made his NHL playoff debut coming in relief of starter Ilya Samsonov, playing the third period of game 1. The Maple Leafs went on to lose the game to the Tampa Bay Lightning 7–3 with Woll giving up 1 goal on 5 shots. He assumed the starter's job in the second period of game 3 during the Maple Leafs second round series against the Florida Panthers when starter Ilya Samsonov got injured in a collision with teammate Luke Schenn. Woll would surrender 3 goals in the second and third as the Leafs lost the game to go down in the series 3 games to zero. Woll made his first career playoff start in game 4 and got the victory giving up only 1 goal, making 24 saves. However, the Maple Leafs lost the series to Florida after Nick Cousins scored the overtime winner in Game 5 to eliminate them from the playoffs 4–1.