Joe Thornton
The Hockey Hall of Fame welcomed Thornton as an inductee in 2025.[1]
Quick Facts
- Birthplace
- London, Ontario, Canada
- Position
- Centre
- Shoots
- Left
- Played for
- Boston Bruins
- HC Davos
- San Jose Sharks
- Toronto Maple Leafs
- Florida Panthers
- Draft
- 1st overall
- Drafted by
- Boston Bruins
- Hall of Fame
- 2025
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Splitting that campaign between two teams, he won the Art Ross and Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's leading scorer and most valuable player.[2] Thornton became the only player in NHL history to win the Hart Trophy while playing for two different teams in the same season.[3] Thornton officially announced his retirement on October 28, 2023.[4] As a youth in St. Thomas, Ontario, Thornton played minor hockey for the St. Thomas Travellers.[5]
Boston chose Thornton with the first overall selection in the 1997 NHL entry draft.[6] A one-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs was signed by Thornton on October 16, 2020.[7]
What the cited sources add
That article also states he led San Jose to nine consecutive playoff appearances.[3] Journalists at the event selected Thornton as the tournament's most valuable player.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Joe Thornton" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Thornton traded to Sharks for three players", ESPN, November 30, 2005; "NHL & WHA Career Leaders and Records for Assists", Hockey-Reference.com; Brennan, "Jumbo the elephant leaves a big legend in southern Ontario", Toronto Star, September 8, 2010; Rea, "St. Thomas honours its hockey hero with banner", St. Thomas Journal, July 10, 2010; "Chara, Thornton, Keith, Mogilny among 8 elected to Hockey Hall of Fame NHL.com", www.nhl.com, 2025-06-24 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Joe Thornton" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: McKeon, "NHL Awards / 'Humbled' Thornton named MVP", The San Francisco Chronicle, June 23, 2006 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Gold-Smith, "10 years later: Remembering the Joe Thornton trade", thescore.com, November 30, 2015. facts only, no text reused. thescore.com
- Wikipedia, "Joe Thornton" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Peng, "Grier Doesn’t Close Door on Thornton Playing for Sharks", San Jose Hockey Now, 2022-09-23; "Bruins and Sharks legend Thornton announces retirement from NHL", TSN, October 28, 2023 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Joe Thornton" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: nurun.com, "St. Thomas honours its hockey hero with banner", St. Thomas Times-Journal; "OMHA Champions", omha.net (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Joe Thornton" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "NHL Last Night; Hasek Blanks Anaheim", The New York Times, December 5, 1997 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Joe Thornton" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Maple Leafs Sign Joe Thornton", National Hockey League, October 16, 2020; "Joe Thornton's new number has never been worn by a Leafs player before - Article - Bardown", www.bardown.com; "Thornton declined Spezza's offer to wear No. 19 with Leafs", theScore; "Joe Thornton has been recalled by the Toronto Maple Leafs", swisshockeynews.ch, December 14, 2020 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Team Canada Captures Silver Medal at Men's World Championship", hockeycanada.ca, May 15, 2005. facts only, no text reused. hockeycanada.ca
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Joe Thornton (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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