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...
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.
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.
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.
against ahead amazing drawing fighting fights-and-fighting garbage great job joe pick points teams
Joe does a great job drawing double-teams and fighting off guys, and I just pick up the garbage in front. I just always play hard, and if it happens, it happens. ... It's amazing to play with him, and we're making up points against teams ahead of us in the standings.
bit chemistry connect control destiny joe
Joe and I connect well. We have a little bit of chemistry out there. We control our own destiny in making the playoffs.
confidence confident joe shown
I think they've shown a lot of confidence in me and I'm confident in the team. It's pretty exciting. When they went out and got Joe Thornton, it showed they wanted to win.
everybody foot guess hit knew looked
I knew it hit my foot and I looked down at my skate. Everybody started celebrating so I knew something happened. I guess you get one of those every once in a while.
growing guys imagined names respect sinking
I never really imagined it, but it's amazing. A lot of guys who I have a lot of respect for when I was growing up have got their names on that trophy. It's still sinking in.
embraced enjoy gotten pride speaking
I've gotten used to it and embraced it. Now it's something that I kind of take pride in and I enjoy speaking to the kids.
best five four games last nice struggled
It was one of our best efforts. We've struggled in the last four or five games so it was nice to come back like this.
position
I wanted to put myself in a position where he'd make the first move.
bit rest time
Any time you can get a little bit of rest it helps.
coming difficult early flat guys hard lead nice ourselves third
They battled hard after coming out flat in the first period. We jumped out to an early lead but we started to make it too difficult on ourselves and they got right back into it. It was nice to get that third one to get the guys going again.
guys hard knew missing older
They were missing some guys and they have older players, too, so we knew we had to come out hard and take it to them.