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...
fun hopefully
Hopefully we can keep it up. It's a lot of fun to play like this.
definitely feed hand hot throwing
He has the hot hand right now and you definitely have to feed him because he's throwing them all in the back of the net.
forty game hunting last playing playoff teams tone trying win
We've been trying to set a tone for last forty games. We've been hunting teams down the last forty games. We know what is at stake. We have to win every game to be in the playoffs. Really, every game has been a playoff game for us for so long, and we've been playing real well lately.
blocking forcing job shots small
We just have to do a better job of blocking shots and forcing the puck. It's the small things that do a lot. We didn't do it on the PK tonight.
goal good played pop power
We thought we played real good 5-on-5, and if we can pop another goal on the power play we'll be fine.
field good guys lined
He's a good leader. He's a real good field general, getting the guys lined up.
good puck shoots
He just shoots the puck so well. I can't say enough good things about him.
confidence couple eddie second third
He let a couple of floaters in the second and then he got his confidence in the third and that was the difference, ... Eddie just really stoned us in the third period.
biggest game thursday
This was this biggest game of the season, but now Thursday is the biggest game.
good people surround
You have to have good people around you to make something like this happen. I just surround myself with good people.
advantage days
You have to take advantage of days like this.
last playing
We've been playing well in the east. We've been playing this way the last little while.
confidence good minutes period playing third
We've been playing like that for a long time. We have a lot of confidence and a lot of poise. That third period we just dominated, it was a good 60 minutes tonight.
mind playing
We've got young legs, we're enthusiastic. We don't mind playing back-to-back games. We feel comfortable.