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...
confidence love playing team whoever
Team confidence is high. We feel comfortable with whoever we are playing. We just love playing with each other right now, we have a lot of confidence. It's fun.
confidence couple found period second
I think the second period he kind of let a couple floaters in, but he found his confidence in the third.
feels tougher
It feels fine. It's just tougher to get up. But it feels great.
confidence couple found second
I think, the second period, he kind of let a couple floaters in. But he found his confidence in the third.
love playing
I wanted to come back and they wanted to have me, so it was really a no-brainer to come back here. I love this city, I love playing here and I'm just excited.
worried
I wasn't worried about not having a goal,
ahead three weight
They're three years ahead of us in the weight room.
hard played proud
I'm proud of them. They played as hard as they could. They really bowed up.
coach good job lee physical weight
They are a real physical team. Coach Lee has done a good job with them in the weight room.
anybody great hand honest hot seen
Cheech has the hot hand right now. I haven't seen anybody like that, to be honest with you. He's a great player.
glad good night points saves shift tough
That shift was the only good shift we had all night but it saves two points for us. It was a tough night, but I'm glad we got the two points.
chance definitely ending everybody funny hungry last league left montreal playing sour taste team worked year
It's funny how that worked out, us and Montreal playing again. It will be a chance for a little redemption, I hope. I think everybody in the league is going to be hungry this year after not playing last year. Our team is definitely going to be hungry because that ending two years ago left a sour taste in all of us.
capitalize fine looked main moved obviously power puck stayed win
Obviously our power play looked great, we moved the puck around fine and the main thing is we stayed disciplined tonight. That's how we're going to win games, stay disciplined and capitalize on our power plays.
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This is the complete reverse of the homogenous white makeup of West Virginia. Nine out of 10 of the evacuees are black.