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Position: Left Wing / Shoots: LeftHeight: 6–3 / Weight: 220Age: 35 (Turns 36 on January 9, 2007)Birthplace: London, Ontario(January 9, 1971)ACQUIRED BY KINGS: Signed by the Kings as an unrestricted free agent on July 1,2006.2005-06: Finished third on the Sharks with 84 penalty minutes and fourth on the team with 109 hits…picked up his 250th and251st career NHL points (1-1=2) vs. Florida on 12/8/05…tied a career high by scoring at least one point in five consecutive games (2-5=7) during a streak that lasted from 12/6-12/18/05…recorded a two-goal game vs. Los Angeles on 1/7/06…appeared in his 800thNHL game at Boston on 1/10/06…was the Sharks nominee for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy, an NHL award given annually to theplayer who best exemplifies leadership qualities both on and off the ice…appeared in all 11 post season games with the Sharks…scoreda goal in Game 1 of the Sharks Western Conference Quarterfinal vs. Nashville on 4/21/06…tied a San Jose team record by registeringfive shots in the third period of Game 1 of the Sharks Western Conference Semifinal vs. Edmonton on 5/7/06…scored a goal in Game5 of the Sharks series vs. Edmonton 5/14/06.CAREER:2004-05: Played with Sodertalje SK of the Swedish Elite League during the lockout.2003-04: Recorded two goals at Boston on 11/6/06…played in his 700th NHL game vs. Colorado on 11/11/03…posted a four-gamescoring streak (3-3=6 during the streak) that lasted from 11/1-11/6/03…registered his second two-goal game of the season vs.Columbus on 1/8/04…posted six points (3-3=6) in five games over 10 days (2/16-2/26/04)…picked up four points (2-2=4) and 22penalty minutes in 12 post season games and tied for second on the team in penalty minutes.2002-03: Activated from the injured reserve list on 11/11/02 after missing 14 games recovering from off-season shouldersurgery…notched a career high four points (2-2=4), including his 200th NHL point, at Florida on 11/16/02…recorded two assists(including the 100th of his NHL career) vs. Pittsburgh on 12/12/02…missed four games (12/16-12/21/02) with a back injury…scoredthe game-winning goal and added an assist vs. Carolina on 2/5/03…missed 21 games (2/24-4/6/03) with a concussion.2001-02: Achieved career highs in goals (26), assists (16), points (42), power play goals (6), game-winning goals (5) and plus/minus(plus-11)…finished first on the team with a shooting percentage of 18.1 percent…his 26 goals ranked second on the team, as did hisfive game-winners and 116 penalty minutes…finished fourth on team with 156 hits (second among forwards)…posted a career-highfour-game goal streak (4-0=4 during the streak) that lasted from 11/1-11/7/01… played in his 600th NHL game and scored a goal vs.Anaheim on 12/26/01…had two goals vs. Phoenix on 1/4/02…collected seven goals in 15 March games…scored his 100th NHL goal,also the game-winning tally, vs. Los Angeles on 4/13/02…closed the regular season with a five-game scoring streak (1-5=6) that lastedfrom 4/4-4/13/02…finished second on the Sharks with 64 post season hits…led all players with eight hits vs. Phoenix (Game 2,Western Conference Quarterfinals) on 4/20/02 and six hits at Colorado in a 6-3 win on 5/1/02 (Game 1, Western ConferenceSemifinals)…tied a career high with three post-season goals.2000-01: Finished second on the club in shots (159) and in penalty minutes (114)…was second among forwards and fourth overallwith 163 hits…played in his 500th NHL game and registered a goal at Nashville on 10/21/00…scored two goals, 22 seconds apart atVancouver on 11/5/00…tallied his first career NHL hat trick, scored the game-tying goal and led his club with seven shots at Floridaon 3/7/01…finished first on his team in goals and tied for second in points (3-0=3) in six post season games…scored three goals inhis first four playoff games with San Jose after collecting three goals in his previous 38 playoff games with Dallas, Montreal andEdmonton.1999-00: Recorded five points (2-3=5) in 35 games with Montreal…scored nine points (6-3=9) in 30 games with Dallas after beingacquired by the Stars for the stretch run…tied for fourth on Dallas with nine post season points (2-7=9)…played in all 23 post seasongames with the Stars, helping them to the Western Conference Championship and a berth in the Stanley Cup Finals against New Jersey.1998-99: Scored a goal in two of his first three games of the season…netted his first goal in Montreal’s season opener vs. New YorkRangers on 10/10/98…played in his 400th NHL game vs. Carolina on 1/30/99…recorded his 100th NHL point March 8 vs. Florida on3/8/99…missed 35 games because of injuries - 31 games due to a torn abdominal muscle.1997-98: Led Montreal with a career high 158 penalty minutes and totaled more than 125 penalty minutes for the third consecutiveseason…played in nine post season games, scoring two assists with 10 penalty minutes.1996-97: Reached double-digits in goals for the second time in his career and surpassed 100 penalty minutes for the third time inhis career…appeared in his 300th NHL game vs. Toronto on 2/22/97…notched his first career three-point game (2-1=3), including thegame-winning goal, at Edmonton on 3/1/97.1995-96: Three of his nine goals were game-winning goals…also recorded two of his four career short-handed goals…his 77 gamesplayed and 149 penalty minutes (third on the team) were career highs at the time.1994-95: Was one of six Oilers to score at least 10 goals in the abbreviated 48-game schedule…appeared in 47 of the Oilers 48 contests…scoredon 14.5 percent of his shots…netted his first career multi-goal game vs. San Jose on 3/17/95.1993-94: Surpassed 100 penalty minutes for the first time in his career while appearing in 61 games with Edmonton.1992-93: Won the Calder Cup with Edmonton’s American Hockey League affiliate in Cape Breton, appearing in 16 post season games.1991-92: Appeared in 15 regular season games with Edmonton and made his NHL post season debut.1990-91: Made his NHL debut with Toronto at Winnipeg on 10/4/90…scored his first career NHL goal vs. Chicago (and JacquesCloutier) on 10/20/90…recorded his first career NHL assist vs. Philadelphia on 11/4/90.1987-91: Recorded 144 points (62-82=144) and 250 penalty minutes in 171 regular season games over four seasons with Bellevilleof the Ontario Hockey League…won the Molson Cup in 1988-89 while withBelleville and was selected as the Best Checker and Best Face-off Man in a1989-90 poll of Leyden Division coaches…was one of three Belleville Bullsto be drafted by Toronto in the first-round of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft (RobPearson and Steve Bancroft were the other two).TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Toronto in the first-round (3rd overall)in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft…acquired by Edmonton with VincentDamphousse, Peter Ing, Luke Richardson, future considerations and cash fromToronto for Grant Fuhr, Glenn Anderson and Craig Berube on September 19,1991…acquired by Montreal from Edmonton for Andrei Kovalenko onSeptember 6, 1996…acquired by Dallas from Montreal for Juha Lind onJanuary 22, 2000…signed by San Jose as a free agent on July 1, 2000.INTERNATIONAL PLAY: Represented Canada at: 1999 World Championship(10 GP, 5-1=6; tied for the club lead in goals); 1991 World JuniorChampionship (gold medal - 7 GP, 3-1=4).PERSONAL: Lives with his wife Joelle, son Nash, and daughter Zoe inMarmara, Ontario, during the summer…nickname is Thorty…has a dog namedGus…favorite movie is Me, Myself, and Irene…favorite actress is AngelinaJolie…favorite actor is Jim Carrey…favorite action hero is BruceWillis…enjoys listening to the band Social Distortion…favorite NHL cityother than LA is Nashville…favorite video game is Golden Tee Golf…favoritehockey moment was playing in the Stanley Cup Finals…likes to vacation inHawaii…favorite TV show is CSI…favorite type of food is Italian and favoriterestaurant is Mama D’s…favorite professional athletes are Mark Messier andLance Armstrong…favorite website is surfline.com…enjoys cycling andwatching football…favorite book is “It’s Not About the Bike” by LanceArmstrong…biggest pet peeve is small, yappy dogs…childhood idols werehis brothers…first job was with a moving company…favorite holiday isChristmas…favorite breakfast food is oatmeal…has a superstition that hehas to eat the same meal on game days…is the cousin of NHL center JoeThornton.THORNTON –vs– NHLGP G A PTS PIMGP G A PTS PIMANA 45 5 2 7 48ATL 9 3 4 7 2BOS 21 4 4 8 65BUF 23 2 0 2 47CGY 42 5 7 12 85CAR 24 3 5 8 82CHI 40 9 6 15 70COL 30 8 1 9 34CBJ 19 7 4 11 13DAL 37 3 7 10 27DET 40 6 5 11 37EDM 25 6 5 11 28FLA 18 8 6 14 45LA 53 7 12 19 75MIN 16 2 3 5 16MTL 9 0 0 0 19NSH 21 2 2 4 22NJ 22 2 4 6 22NYI 26 1 3 4 37NYR 25 5 3 8 49OTT 22 0 1 1 28PHI 25 2 6 8 49PHX 49 5 10 15 57PIT 27 8 7 15 51SJ 22 7 0 7 67STL 35 2 6 8 79TB 19 1 1 2 25TOR 25 4 7 11 51VAN 41 12 7 19 83WSH 26 3 4 7 22CAREER RECORDCAREERHIGHLIGHTSMOST POINTS, Game: 4November 16, 2002 atFlorida (2-2=4)MOST GOALS, Game: 3March 7, 2001 at FloridaMOST ASSISTS, Game: 2 (8 times)Last: December 16, 2005vs. WashingtonCAREER PENALTY SHOTS: NoneCAREER OVERTIME GOALS:NoneREGULAR SEASONPLAYOFFSSEASON CLUB LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM1987-88 Belleville Bulls OHL 62 11 19 30 54 6 0 1 1 21988-89 Belleville Bulls OHL 59 28 34 62 103 5 1 1 2 61989-90 Belleville Bulls OHL 47 21 28 49 91 11 2 10 12 151990-91 Belleville Bulls OHL 3 2 1 3 2 6 0 7 7 141990-91 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 33 1 3 4 30 – – – – –1990-91 Newmarket Saints AHL 5 1 0 1 4 – – – – –1991-92 Edmonton Oilers NHL 15 0 1 1 43 1 0 0 0 01991-92 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 49 9 14 23 40 5 1 0 1 81992-93 Edmonton Oilers NHL 9 0 1 1 0 – – – – –1992-93 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 58 23 27 50 102 16 1 2 3 351993-94 Edmonton Oilers NHL 61 4 7 11 104 – – – – –1993-94 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 2 1 1 2 31 – – – – –1994-95 Edmonton Oilers NHL 47 10 12 22 89 – – – – –1995-96 Edmonton Oilers NHL 77 9 9 18 149 – – – – –1996-97 Montreal Canadiens NHL 73 10 10 20 128 5 1 0 1 21997-98 Montreal Canadiens NHL 67 6 9 15 158 9 0 2 2 101998-99 Montreal Canadiens NHL 47 7 4 11 87 – – – – –1999-00 Dallas Stars NHL 30 6 3 9 38 23 2 7 9 281999-00 Montreal Canadiens NHL 35 2 3 5 70 – – – – –2000-01 San Jose Sharks NHL 73 19 17 36 114 6 3 0 3 82001-02 San Jose Sharks NHL 77 26 16 42 116 12 3 3 6 62002-03 San Jose Sharks NHL 41 9 12 21 41 – – – – –2003-04 San Jose Sharks NHL 80 13 14 27 84 12 2 2 4 222004-05 Sodertalje SK SEL 12 2 5 7 10 10 0 3 3 272005-06 San Jose Sharks NHL 71 10 11 21 84 11 2 0 2 6NHL Totals 836 132 132 264 1335 79 13 14 27 82THE PLAYERS6263