Scott Thornton
Scott Thornton
Forward who made his NHL debut in 1990 with the Toronto Maple Leafs and later played for the Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens, San Jose Sharks, and LA Kings.
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth9 January 1971
bit body change couple drastic good last lazy passing penalty played ron rules sticks taught theories tired
Usually you take a penalty because you're a little bit tired or lazy and you're out of position. Ron has been really stressing that for a couple of seasons, really. So the new rules are just reinforcing the theories he taught us over the last couple of years. It's not a real drastic change for us because of the way we played before -- sticks in passing lanes and good body position.
couple few game goals night san shots strong tuesday weak worked
It was an important game and we lost. We worked hard, but there were a couple of bounces on a few shots that I wouldn't say were strong goals -- they were weak goals -- but we can't let that get us down. We have to come back Tuesday night (against Anaheim in San Jose), and it's going to be even more important.
couple familiar looking match pattern played seems system teams work
It seems to be the pattern out here in the West. A lot of teams play really the way we played a couple years ago. It should be a system we're familiar looking at so we just have to match the work ethic.
against beat definitely played remaining teams tonight
We feel that if we way we play the way we played tonight against all the other remaining teams that we can definitely beat them all.
bigger few law lay meals spare worry
We've got a spare room, and he can come and go as he pleases. He won't have to worry about a hotel, and he'll get a few home-cooked meals from my wife. ... He's bigger than me, though, so I can't lay down the law too much.
evaluate games hand nice season seems tough
We've had games in hand all season it seems like. It's nice to have games in hand, but it's tough to evaluate where you are.
against bottom catch game home line positive running stay team time tried trying win
Time is running out. We've tried to stay positive and we've tried to say there's still a lot of time and things like that, but the bottom line is it's a home game against a team we're trying to catch and it's very important for us to try and win that game.
bounce missed pressure puck rebounds seemed sticks
It was a missed opportunity. We put a lot of pressure on him, there was a lot of commotion, but we couldn't get our sticks on rebounds and the puck seemed to bounce the other way.
carrot front tricks
You have to play tricks with yourself to get motivated, ... It was another carrot to dangle in front of myself. Hopefully, it translates on the ice.
capacity fresh gets miss sure
We miss him. But we all know he's got to get healthy, especially in his capacity and make sure he's really fresh when he gets back.
almost beat fourth heart kept knew lead quarter second start tough
We had the heart and we knew that we could beat them. We showed that in the fourth quarter like that they had that 10-point lead to start the second half. We knew that if we just kept working at it that we could beat them and we almost did. It's just a really tough loss.
best fitness ours shape style team
Today, fitness is the norm, especially on a team like ours and the style we play, ... You have to be in the best shape you can just to keep up.
hard time worked
At times we worked hard, we had some individuals working hard, but we also had some passengers. We can't have that at this time of the year.
bit forward great handle hard learning looking ron transition year
It was a little bit of a transition year for me learning how to play Ron Wilson-style hockey. It's different than anything I was ever used to. It's a lot of hard work, but I think I got a handle on it by the end of the year. This year I'm looking forward to a great start.