Joe Thornton
Joe Thornton
Joseph Eric Thorntonis a Canadian-American professional ice hockey centreman and an alternate captain for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. He was selected first overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft and went on to play seven seasons with the club, three as its captain. During the 2005–06 season, he was traded to the Sharks. Splitting the campaign between the two teams, he received the Art Ross and Hart Memorial Trophies as the...
handful left nice pick played practiced seeing since time
We've only practiced not even a handful of times yet. It's just nice seeing him back there. It's been a long time since we've played together, so it's nice to pick up where we left off.
We need to do the little things right.
blown couple defensive gave shape snaps three
We had a couple of blown defensive assignments that gave Wicksburg some big plays. We got a little big-eyed and we got tired. We had 101 snaps in three quarters. They were in better shape than we were.
coming year
We've done it all year long, we never give up and just keep coming back.
bigger cup forward looking stanley together
We've done everything together this year. We've got bigger and better things to do now that we're looking forward to the Stanley Cup playoffs.
We've done everything together, so it's gratifying. And we'd be the first to tell you those are team-oriented awards.
guys matter
Those guys are going to get signed. It's just a matter of time.
confident dressing everybody feels playoffs room
We are a confident bunch. We have a young bunch. Yeah, everybody in the dressing room feels like we can make the playoffs for sure.
feelings good last played start team towards year
With them being the last team we played against, we don't have too many good feelings for them, and they probably don't have too many good feelings towards us. They're our number-one rival; it's a good way to start the year off.
hopefully spend time
We're better than we were yesterday, and hopefully we're getting better every day. We're getting used to each other the more time we spend on ice.
blocking four games job win
We're not going to win too many games if we let them have four power-play goals. We've got to do a better job of blocking shots.
awards definitely happy plan played
From Day 1, I just played real well with Cheech. You don't plan for something like this. These two awards are definitely team-oriented, and we're just happy for each other.
excited grow playing stud watching
He's going to be an All-Star in this league. I'm excited to keep watching him grow and keep playing like a stud out there.
four guys hopefully hoping row three
Hopefully we can look back and say that's how we got into the playoffs. We had 20 guys show up tonight. We're hoping we can reel off three or four in a row and keep it rolling.