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...
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.
bear close door game good great learn minutes played seems start until
I thought we played 55 minutes of great hockey. We've got to learn to close the door when we get a chance. We say it, it seems like every game now. Until we start learning, we really need to bear down. It just wasn't good enough tonight.
played
We played hard, but there were too many fumbles.
couple dumb five goals looked offensive penalties played took zone
We played really well five on five. We got a couple of goals five on five, and we looked sharp. We just took some dumb penalties in the offensive zone that we shouldn't have taken. It took away the momentum.
hard played proud
I'm proud of them. They played as hard as they could. They really bowed up.
changed goal marty might outcome played
We had so many chances. If Nash's goal had counted, it might have changed the outcome of the game, but Marty (Gerber) played great.
eddie played third
Eddie really played well in the third period,
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.
both deserved played shame teams
Both teams played hard. We deserved to win. It's a shame to lose.
handful left nice pick played practiced seeing since time
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.
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.
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.
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.