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...
forty game hunting last playing playoff teams tone trying win
We've been trying to set a tone for last forty games. We've been hunting teams down the last forty games. We know what is at stake. We have to win every game to be in the playoffs. Really, every game has been a playoff game for us for so long, and we've been playing real well lately.
blocking forcing job shots small
We just have to do a better job of blocking shots and forcing the puck. It's the small things that do a lot. We didn't do it on the PK tonight.
goal good played pop power
We thought we played real good 5-on-5, and if we can pop another goal on the power play we'll be fine.
field good guys lined
He's a good leader. He's a real good field general, getting the guys lined up.
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.
four guys hopefully hoping row three
Hopefully we can look back and say that's how we got into the playoffs. We had 20 guys show up tonight. We're hoping we can reel off three or four in a row and keep it rolling.
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.
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.
both great guys matter talked team
I talked to them, they want to be back here. We need both those players. Those guys are going to get signed. It's just a matter of time. If those guys get signed, we'll have a great team this year.
both matter nick talked
I talked to Nick and Rayzor (Sunday) and they want to be here. They both want to play here. I think it's just a matter of time.
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.
blocking four games job win
We're not going to win too many games if we let them have four power-play goals. We've got to do a better job of blocking shots.
feelings good last played start team towards year
With them being the last team we played against, we don't have too many good feelings for them, and they probably don't have too many good feelings towards us. They're our number-one rival; it's a good way to start the year off.