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Canada Switzerland Joe Thornton

a.k.a. "Jumbo Joe"

#19 Florida Panthers / NHL - 21/22

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Joe Thornton Facts

Date of Birth
Position
C
Age
44
Height
6'4" / 193 cm
Place of Birth
Weight
220 lbs / 100 kg
Shoots
L
Youth Team
-
Status
Retired
Agency
Highlights
1-time U20 WJC Gold Medal 1
2-time World Cup Gold Medal 2
1-time Olympic Gold Medal 1
1-time World Championship Silver Medal 1
1-time CHL All-Rookie Team 1
1-time CHL Rookie of the Year 1
1-time CHL Second All-Star Team 1
1-time CHL Top Draft Prospect Award 1
1-time NHL First All-Star Team 1
1-time NHL Most Points (Art Ross Trophy) 1
1-time NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) 1
3-time NHL Second All-Star Team 3
1-time NL Champion 1
1-time NL Most Valuable Player 1
1-time OHL First All-Rookie Team 1
1-time OHL Rookie of the Year (Emms Family Award) 1
1-time OHL Second All-Star Team 1
1-time World Championship All-Star Team 1
1-time World Championship Most Points 1
1-time World Championship Most Valuable Player 1

Cousins: Cody Thornton, Scott Thornton

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Joe Thornton Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1993-94 Elgin Middlesex Canucks U15 AAA U15 AAA 67* 83* 85* 168* 45* -* |
St. Thomas Stars WOHL 6* 2* 6* 8* 2* -* |
1994-95 St. Thomas Stars WOHL 50* 40* 64* 104* 53* -* |
1995-96 Soo Greyhounds OHL 66* 30* 46* 76* 51* -* | Playoffs 4 1 1 2 11 -
1996-97 Soo Greyhounds OHL 59* 41* 81* 122* 123* -* | Playoffs 11 11 8 19 24 -
Canada U20 WJC-20 7* 2* 2* 4* 0* -* |
1997-98 Boston Bruins NHL 55* 3* 4* 7* 19* -6* | Playoffs 6 0 0 0 9 0
1998-99 Boston Bruins NHL 81* 16* 25* 41* 69* 3* | Playoffs 11 3 6 9 4 1
1999-00 Boston Bruins NHL 81* 23* 37* 60* 82* -5* |
2000-01 Boston Bruins NHL 72* 37* 34* 71* 107* -4* |
Canada WC 6* 1* 1* 2* 6* 1* |
2001-02 Boston Bruins “A” NHL 66* 22* 46* 68* 127* 7* | Playoffs 6 2 4 6 10 0
2002-03 Boston Bruins “C” NHL 77* 36* 65* 101* 109* 12* | Playoffs 5 1 2 3 4 -5
2003-04 Boston Bruins “C” NHL 77* 23* 50* 73* 98* 18* | Playoffs 7 0 0 0 4 -6
2004-05 HC Davos NLA 40* 10* 44* 54* 80* -* | Playoffs 14 4 21 25 29 -
Canada WCup 6* 1* 5* 6* 0* 4* |
Canada “A” WC 9* 6* 10* 16* 4* 7* |
2005-06 Boston Bruins “C” NHL 23* 9* 24* 33* 6* 0* |
San Jose Sharks “A” NHL 58* 20* 72* 92* 55* 31* | Playoffs 11 2 7 9 12 -4
Canada OG 6* 1* 2* 3* 0* -1* |
2006-07 San Jose Sharks “A” NHL 82* 22* 92* 114* 44* 24* | Playoffs 11 1 10 11 10 2
2007-08 San Jose Sharks “A” NHL 82* 29* 67* 96* 59* 18* | Playoffs 13 2 8 10 2 3
2008-09 San Jose Sharks “A” NHL 82* 25* 61* 86* 56* 16* | Playoffs 6 1 4 5 5 -3
2009-10 San Jose Sharks “A” NHL 79* 20* 69* 89* 54* 17* | Playoffs 15 3 9 12 18 -11
Canada OG 7* 1* 1* 2* 0* -1* |
2010-11 San Jose Sharks “C” NHL 80* 21* 49* 70* 47* 4* | Playoffs 18 3 14 17 16 -5
2011-12 San Jose Sharks “C” NHL 82* 18* 59* 77* 31* 17* | Playoffs 5 2 3 5 2 2
2012-13 HC Davos NLA 33* 12* 24* 36* 43* 6* |
San Jose Sharks “C” NHL 48* 7* 33* 40* 26* 6* | Playoffs 11 2 8 10 2 5
2013-14 San Jose Sharks “C” NHL 82* 11* 65* 76* 32* 20* | Playoffs 7 2 1 3 8 -6
2014-15 San Jose Sharks “A” NHL 78* 16* 49* 65* 30* -4* |
2015-16 San Jose Sharks “A” NHL 82* 19* 63* 82* 54* 25* | Playoffs 24 3 18 21 10 2
2016-17 San Jose Sharks “A” NHL 79* 7* 43* 50* 51* 7* | Playoffs 4 0 2 2 0 -1
Canada WCup 6* 1* 1* 2* 2* 2* |
2017-18 San Jose Sharks “A” NHL 47* 13* 23* 36* 38* -9* |
2018-19 San Jose Sharks “A” NHL 73* 16* 35* 51* 20* 8* | Playoffs 19 4 6 10 6 -6
2019-20 San Jose Sharks “A” NHL 70* 7* 24* 31* 34* -19* |
2020-21 HC Davos NL 12* 5* 6* 11* 4* 0* |
Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 44* 5* 15* 20* 14* 6* | Playoffs 7 1 0 1 2 -3
2021-22 Florida Panthers NHL 34* 5* 5* 10* 10* -10* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 -1

Joe Thornton Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1994-95 Team Ontario CWG -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1996-97 Canada U18 Pacific Cup 5* 4* 5* 9* 14* -* |
2004-05 HC Davos Spengler Cup 5* 0* 5* 5* 4* -* |
2012-13 HC Davos Spengler Cup 5* 2* 3* 5* 4* 3* |
2020-21 HC Davos Swiss Cup 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
Team Staff History
S Team League Role on Team Notes
2023-24 Team Canada Spengler Cup General Manager
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Joe Thornton Game Log

Date Team Opp Score G A TP PIM +/- SOG PPG SHG TOI
NHL
2022-05-23T19:00:00-0400 Florida Panthers @ Tampa Bay Lightning
2022-04-29T19:00:00-0400 Florida Panthers @ Montréal Canadiens
2022-04-28T19:00:00-0400 Florida Panthers @ Ottawa Senators
2022-04-26T19:00:00-0400 Florida Panthers @ Boston Bruins
2022-04-21T19:00:00-0400 Florida Panthers vs Detroit Red Wings
2022-04-03T13:00:00-0400 Florida Panthers @ Buffalo Sabres
2022-03-31T19:00:00-0400 Florida Panthers vs Chicago Blackhawks
2022-03-29T19:00:00-0400 Florida Panthers vs Montréal Canadiens
2022-03-18T22:00:00-0400 Florida Panthers @ Anaheim Ducks
2022-03-17T22:30:00-0400 Florida Panthers @ Vegas Golden Knights
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Joe Thornton Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
CWG 1 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Pacific Cup (Hlinka Gretzky Cup) 1 5* 4* 5* 9* 1.80* 14* -* | 0 * * * * * *
NHL 24 1 714* 430* 1 109* 1 539* 0.90* 1 272* 182* | 19 187 32 * 102 * 134 * 0.72 * 124 * -36 *
NL (NLA) 3 85* 27* 74* 101* 1.19* 127* 6* | 1 14 4 * 21 * 25 * 1.79 * 29 * - *
OG 2 13* 2* 3* 5* 0.38* 0* -2* | 0 * * * * * *
OHL 2 125* 71* 127* 198* 1.58* 174* -* | 2 15 12 * 9 * 21 * 1.40 * 35 * - *
Spengler Cup 2 10* 2* 8* 10* 1.00* 8* 3* | 0 * * * * * *
Swiss Cup 1 1* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U15 AAA 1 67* 83* 85* 168* 2.51* 45* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WC 2 15* 7* 11* 18* 1.20* 10* 8* | 0 * * * * * *
WCup 2 12* 2* 6* 8* 0.67* 2* 6* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-20 1 7* 2* 2* 4* 0.57* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WOHL 2 56* 42* 70* 112* 2.00* 55* -* | 0 * * * * * *
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Joe Thornton Connections

Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
10/28/2023
10/28/2023 Confirmed No team Retired
08/13/2021
08/13/2021 Confirmed Toronto Maple Leafs Florida Panthers
10/16/2020
10/16/2020 Confirmed San Jose Sharks Toronto Maple Leafs
10/15/2020
10/15/2020 Confirmed San Jose Sharks HC Davos
09/06/2019
09/06/2019 Extension San Jose Sharks San Jose Sharks
07/02/2018
07/02/2018 Extension San Jose Sharks San Jose Sharks
07/01/2017
07/01/2017 Extension San Jose Sharks San Jose Sharks
01/24/2014
01/24/2014 Extension San Jose Sharks San Jose Sharks
09/17/2012
09/17/2012 Confirmed San Jose Sharks HC Davos
10/16/2010
10/16/2010 Extension San Jose Sharks San Jose Sharks

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Joe Thornton Biography and Trivia

Drafted 1995, 1 #2 overall by Soo Greyhounds in the OHL Priority Selection

Number 19 retired by San Jose Sharks

Number 19 retired by Soo Greyhounds

Cult/Star player for Boston Bruins

Cult/Star player for Canada

Cult/Star player for Davos

Cult/Star player for San Jose Sharks

Cult/Star player for Soo Greyhounds

Cult/Star player for Team Ontario

Career transactions
- 2010-10-16 • Signed to a three-year contract extension by the San José Sharks
- 2009-07-03 • Signed to a three-year contract extension by the San José Sharks
- 2007-07-01 • Re-signed to a three-year contract by the San José Sharks
- 2005-12-02 • Traded to the San José Sharks for Brad Stuart, Marco Sturm & Wayne Primeau
- 2005-08-11 • Re-signed to a three-year contract by the Boston Bruins
- 2002-12-02 • Signed to a two-year contract extension by the Boston Bruins

Was naturalized in the USA in July 2009. Also has the Swiss citizenship, because of marriage to a Swiss.

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