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...
boy canadian
This is a little different from down there. But I'm a Canadian boy and I like the winter.
home ice knocked love might second seeds third top winning
You never know. Top seeds might get knocked out, and we could get home ice in the second or third round. ... I love it out here. I feel really strong, and we're winning a lot of games.
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.
guys puck shooting
The guys are just shooting the puck real well right now. They're making me look better than I am.
ball control
They have a lot of ball control and make you play the field.
fun hopefully
Hopefully we can keep it up. It's a lot of fun to play like this.
good puck shoots
He just shoots the puck so well. I can't say enough good things about him.
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.
fly
Let's fly and play. Let's keep her going.
atmosphere game road
There wasn't too much atmosphere out there, either. Kind of dead. So for a road game on a back-to-back, we'll take the two points.
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.
days four skiing
I'd never skied before in my life, but we went skiing four days a week. Nash snowboarded. It was great. We had a blast.
finally guys playing
It was a lot of fun...seeing all the guys and finally playing our first game.
follow name names proud
I follow hockey, I know a lot about the history. There are a lot of big names on there, I'm very proud to put my name on there. It's very humbling.