Joe Thornton Played Quotations

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.

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.

We thought we played real good 5-on-5, and if we can pop another goal on the power play we'll be fine.

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.

We played hard, but there were too many fumbles.

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.

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.

Both teams played hard. We deserved to win. It's a shame to lose.

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 really played well in the third period,

The team played great, and we had so many good chances. It was a really good example of where this team can be.

I'm proud of them. They played as hard as they could. They really bowed up.