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...
hitting level physical remembered
They're pretty much how I remembered them. Red Level is big, strong, physical and fast. They like hitting you.
biggest game thursday
This was this biggest game of the season, but now Thursday is the biggest game.
box fights-and-fighting five game pick protect spot
There is still a spot in the game for fighting, you just have to pick your spots. You don't want to be in the box for five minutes, but you want to protect your teammates.
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.
last playing
We've been playing well in the east. We've been playing this way the last little while.
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.
couple dumb five goals looked offensive penalties played took zone
We played really well five on five. We got a couple of goals five on five, and we looked sharp. We just took some dumb penalties in the offensive zone that we shouldn't have taken. It took away the momentum.
cost grow hard penalties tend tired week
We'll have to grow up in a hurry. When we got tired we started making penalties that cost us. When you get tired you tend to give up more big plays. That's why we're working very hard this week on our conditioning.
games obviously offense
We've had our chances. Obviously it's early. We've got 80 games to go. Our offense will get clicking. I think offense will be the least of our worries.
mind playing
We've got young legs, we're enthusiastic. We don't mind playing back-to-back games. We feel comfortable.
changed goal marty might outcome played
We had so many chances. If Nash's goal had counted, it might have changed the outcome of the game, but Marty (Gerber) played great.
played
We played hard, but there were too many fumbles.
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.
box confident group stay
We're a confident group here. If we can just stay out of the box and we play our game, we'll be OK.