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...
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.
definitely feed hand hot throwing
Cheech has got the hot hand now. We've definitely got to feed him, because he's throwing them into the back of the net.
hard played proud
I'm proud of them. They played as hard as they could. They really bowed up.
felt great guys hard looked shot tough
He's got a hard shot and he's tough to cover. He's my go-to guy. He looked great. A lot of guys said he was going to be tired, but he looked great and felt great on the bench, no huffing and puffing, so he did good. I was impressed.
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.
likes pass
It pretty much comes down to I like to pass and he likes to score.
face final five gain hope key missing obviously players playoff playoffs trying
They were obviously missing five key players and we're trying to gain that final playoff spot. We need every win, every game. I hope we make the playoffs and face them again.
coming fans saw sharks talked
It's just unfortunate. It's just too bad. I talked to Hal, and he said he saw me coming and that it was just one of those things. It's just too bad. All the fans wanted to see me play. At least they saw the Sharks win.
analyze easy talented
It's just been real easy for us to play together. I don't try to analyze it too much. He's a really talented guy, but he's still really down-to-earth.
finally guys playing
It was a lot of fun...seeing all the guys and finally playing our first game.
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.
highlight special
That's a highlight reel goal. He's a special player.
boy canadian
This is a little different from down there. But I'm a Canadian boy and I like the winter.
guys puck shooting
The guys are just shooting the puck real well right now. They're making me look better than I am.