
He spent the majority of the 2016–17 season with the IceCaps. On June 22, 2016, the Canadiens signed Hanley to a one-year, two-way contract extension. He finished the season with six assists in ten games for the Canadiens, and 13 points in 64 games for the IceCaps. Two nights later, he recorded his first two career NHL points with two assists in a 4–3 win over the Anaheim Ducks. He made his NHL debut that evening in a 4–1 loss to the Calgary Flames. On March 20, 2016, the Canadiens recalled him. He began the 2015–16 season with the Canadiens' affiliate, the St. On July 1, 2015, Hanley signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Montreal Canadiens. Following his college career, he signed his first professional contract with the American Hockey League's Portland Pirates He spent two seasons between 20 in Portland including a short demotion to the ECHL's Gwinnett Gladiators. Hanley played Junior A with the Newmarket Hurricanes before spending four seasons with the UMass Minutemen ice hockey of the NCAA. As a youth, he played in the 2004 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the York-Simcoe Express minor ice hockey team. Undrafted, Hanley has previously played for the Montreal Canadiens and Arizona Coyotes.

Joel Hanley (born June 8, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL).
