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...
boys felt good nice penalty stay team
I think if we just stay out of the penalty box, we have a good team five-on-five. I felt comfortable. It was just nice to be on the ice with the boys again.
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It's nice to see some funny goals. That's what happens when you shoot the puck.
feeling forced good guys nice plenty
We just forced their defense. We were just all over them. It's nice to see plenty of goals. Guys are feeling good right now.
nice obviously win
Obviously it would have been nice to win that game, but we've got to go right back at it (tonight).
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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.
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.
hopefully spend time
We're better than we were yesterday, and hopefully we're getting better every day. We're getting used to each other the more time we spend on ice.
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.
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.
shelter
There are a lot of distractions with homecoming. Hopefully, we can shelter them as much as we can from that.
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.
help highly hurricane personnel resources since spell
Our personnel are highly trained, so it would help spell the resources down there that have been going since the hurricane hit.
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frustrates stick wait
It frustrates the other team. You just stick with it and wait for your chances.