Jonathan Cheechoo
Jonathan Cheechoo
Jonathan Cheechoois a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently playing for HC Slovan Bratislava of the Kontinental Hockey League...
great puck
You have to get the puck to him, he's a great player.
agent fans hockey school start sure
I've been working with my agent to try to get something set up. One of the things I think I'm going to start doing is a hockey school for sure because they are big hockey fans up there.
basically hockey since team uncles watched
They actually had a (men's) team that was basically made up of my uncles and my dad. I just watched them since I was a little kid. They are all hockey fanatics.
joe known opportunity score
I've always known I could score goals. But when Joe (Thornton) came, I got the opportunity to play with him.
expect good great growing liked spent summer training watched worked
You never expect to have anything like this, but this is what I worked for. This is what I spent my summer training for. I wanted to be as good as I could. ... I always liked the way (Thornton) played, and I watched him play a lot growing up, when he was in juniors. He's a great passer, and I like to shoot.
guys nice reached
It was a nice feeling. Not a lot of guys have reached it so it's pretty special.
great joe obviously player quite record speaks
Obviously our record speaks for itself, the numbers. It's been quite a turnaround. It's great to have a player like Joe on the line.
close couple eventually figured might
It's exciting. I've been close a couple times before. I figured eventually it might come if I got the bounces.
best exciting five league player seen top
It's exciting when you get a player of that magnitude. He's in the top 10 in the league ... I'd say top five ? one of the best passers I've seen in a long time.
ship trying
It's pretty frustrating. We're trying to get the ship righted.
chance defense face fastest similar stop
They play a similar style. For us, we've got to get up in their face and stop them before they can get going. We're still probably the fastest team. We need to get our defense up in the play to snuff out their forwards so they don't get a chance to get out on the breaks.
advantage both chances penalties special teams took
There were a lot of penalties out there, so there were a lot of chances for special teams. Both teams just took advantage of it.
angle attention basically bit great joe knew net pass paying side tried trouble
There was still an angle there. I knew he was paying attention to the other side of the net. Joe made a great pass and I basically just tried to get it on net and get it up a bit where he'd have trouble controlling it.
coming contribute expected good side
It's a good thing. I was pretty excited. I never expected anything like this coming in. I just wanted to be at this level, contribute and anything I get on the side is just a bonus.