Born in
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and growing up in
St. Louis, Saskatchewan, Tetarenko was drafted by the
Florida Panthers 82nd overall in the
1996 NHL Entry Draft. He was drafted #10th overall in the 1st round of the 1993
WHL Bantam Draft by the
Portland Winter Hawks of the
Western Hockey League. He spent 4 seasons(1994–1998) playing junior hockey for the
Portland Winter Hawks while in high school. His fourth and final season in Portland was the 1997-98 campaign where Joey was assigned team Captain and helped lead the team to win the
1998 Memorial Cup Championship. He made his
National Hockey League debut for the Panthers during the
2000–01 NHL season and went on to play 69 games over three seasons before he was traded to the
Ottawa Senators for
Simon Lajeunesse. After appearing in only two games with Ottawa in 2003 he signed with the
Carolina Hurricanes, spending much of his tenure with their
American Hockey League affiliate the
Lowell Lock Monsters. Tetarenko signed with the
Minnesota Wild in 2004, but never played for the team, instead spending three seasons in the AHL with the
Houston Aeros. Tetarenko retired after the 2006–07 season with the Aeros. Tetarenko was an assistant coach for the Dallas Oilers, and head coach of
Bishop Lynch Varsity High School Hockey program in Dallas, Texas, in 2012–13, and now resides in
Milton, Ontario. He now works for ProSharp, a skate blade company based in Sweden. ==Personal life==