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...
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.
frustrates stick wait
It frustrates the other team. You just stick with it and wait for your chances.
eddie played third
Eddie really played well in the third period,
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.
likes pass
It pretty much comes down to I like to pass and he likes to score.
highlight special
That's a highlight reel goal. He's a special player.
example good played team
The team played great, and we had so many good chances. It was a really good example of where this team can be.
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.
field good guys lined
He's a good leader. He's a real good field general, getting the guys lined up.
clicking fought good minute power ran time
Our power play was clicking pretty good there, and unfortunately we couldn't get another minute there on the clock. We competed, fought back, but time just ran out.
excited grow playing stud watching
He's going to be an All-Star in this league. I'm excited to keep watching him grow and keep playing like a stud out there.
speed
I think we have more speed than them.
seeing waking
It's nice. It's different waking up and seeing sunshine.
blame excuse hard knew sit work
It could have been an excuse for us to sit back, blame it on the travel. But we have (today) off and we knew that, so we wanted to work hard and get the two points.