Thornton was the Bruins captain from and in led them in goals 23 , assists 37 , points 60 and penalty minutes In Thornton joined Bobby Orr and Ken Hodge as the only Bruins to have points points; 36 goals, 65 assists and penalty minutes in the same season. He was an instant hit with the Sharks. Thornton won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's top scorer in , when he had points 29 goals, 96 assists , becoming the first player to win the award after being traded during the season.
Thornton was the 11th player in NHL history to have 90 assists in a season and the first to do so while playing for two teams. In , Thornton had 92 assists and became the third player in NHL history to have back-to-back assist seasons. The following season, he had 67 assists to become the third player to lead the NHL for three successive seasons. He had his 11th consecutive goal season in On Oct.
In , Thornton became the seventh player in NHL history 36 or older to have a assist season; he finished tied for fourth in the NHL in scoring with 82 points and helped the Sharks reach the Stanley Cup Final for the first time. His assist on a goal by longtime teammate Joe Pavelski on Nov. Enter Search Term. Use arrows to navigate between autocomplete results.
If no results appear, use Enter to do a full site search. He completed the season with 86 points. In the subsequent post-season, he recorded a goal and four assists in six games as the Sharks were eliminated in the first round by the Anaheim Ducks.
In September of , before the start of the —10 NHL season, the Sharks acquired Dany Heatley in a three-player trade that sent Joe's struggling former linemate Jonathan Cheechoo, left winger Milan Michalek and a second round pick to the Ottawa Senators.
Joe, Heatley, and Sharks captain Patrick Marleau were joined on the Sharks' top line and enjoyed immediate offensive success together.
The trio helped the Sharks to one of their best regular seasons in franchise history. Although the line's production slowed down in the second half of the season, all three Sharks players finished in the league's top 15 in point-scoring. Joe's 89 points ranked eighth, while his 69 assists were second to Henrik Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks. Marleau and Heatley finished 14th and 15th in league scoring with 83 and 82 points, respectively. The Sharks entered the playoffs as the first seed in the West for the second consecutive year.
Joe finished the playoffs with a career-high 12 points in 15 games. After the elimination, team management vacated all the Sharks' captaincy positions, including Joe's role as one of the alternate captains. Prior to the —11 season, he was chosen to replace the retiring Rob Blake as the eighth captain in team history on October 7, In November of , Joe was suspended two games for a controversial hit to the head against St.
Louis Blues forward David Perron. He missed the remaining 72 games of the —11 season due to post-concussion syndrome. On December 3, , Perron returned after missing 97 games over 13 months days. Later in the campaign, Joe eclipsed Marleau as the Sharks' all-time leader in assists. He scored his 1,th career point with a goal in a game against the Phoenix Coyotes on April 8, In the —11 season, Joe scored only 70 points in 80 games, his lowest point production since the —02 season, when he had 68 points in 66 games.
However, he reached a new career high in playoff points with 17, notably scoring the series clinching goal in the first round against the Los Angeles Kings. In the —13 season, Joe played in all 48 regular season and 11 playoff games with San Jose, and led the Sharks in points and assists with 40 and 31, respectively. During the —14 season, on November 27, , Joe scored the game-winning goal in a shootout against the Los Angeles Kings, his first shootout goal since December 18, against the Anaheim Ducks.
Currently, Joe is ranked 49 on the all-time points leaders and ranked 26 on the all-time assist leaders for the NHL. He is also the San Jose Sharks all-time leader in assists with Joe was named to Canada's national under team for the World Junior Championships in Switzerland.
Underaged at 18 years old, he recorded four points in seven games, helping Canada to a gold medal. Two years later, Joe made his debut with the Canadian men's team at the World Championships in Germany.
He collected a goal and an assist over six games, as Canada was eliminated in the quarterfinal by the United States. Joe's next international appearance occurred at the World Cup. Established by then as a premiere player in the NHL, he tied for third in tournament scoring with six points a goal and five assists over six games.
He notched two assists in the championship game against Finland, helping Canada to a 3—2 win. Canada advanced to the gold medal game, where they were shut out 3—0 by the Czech Republic. In , Joe made his first appearance in the Winter Olympics. He recorded 3 points as Canada was shut out in three of six games, losing to Russia in the quarterfinal. The offensive trio of Sharks played on the same line in the Olympics, as well. Joe was later invited to the Canada's hockey camp for the Winter Olympics, but did not attend due to his son River being hospitalized with an illness.
They have two children: a daughter named Ayla born on July 14, and a son named River born on June 6, Joe and former Sharks teammate Scott Thornton are first cousins. NHL Wiki Explore. Recent blog posts Forum. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Joe Thornton. Edit source History Talk 0.
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