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...
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.
nice obviously win
Obviously it would have been nice to win that game, but we've got to go right back at it (tonight).
capitalize fine looked main moved obviously power puck stayed win
Obviously our power play looked great, we moved the puck around fine and the main thing is we stayed disciplined tonight. That's how we're going to win games, stay disciplined and capitalize on our power plays.
fly
Let's fly and play. Let's keep her going.
good people surround
You have to have good people around you to make something like this happen. I just surround myself with good people.
mind playing
We've got young legs, we're enthusiastic. We don't mind playing back-to-back games. We feel comfortable.
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.
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.
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.
biggest game thursday
This was this biggest game of the season, but now Thursday is the biggest game.
We need to do the little things right.
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.
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.