Joe Thornton is a ice hockey player, playing for the of the National Hockey League.

Joe Thornton was born on July 2, 1979 in St-Thomas, Ontario, Canada. His position is center, he measures 6 feet and 4 inches tall and weighing 220 pounds. He has accumulated a career total of $112,450,000 in the NHL. He has played in the NHL for 24 seasons, collecting 430 goals and 1109 assists, for a total of 1539 points in 1714 games played in the regular season. Joe Thornton also participated to the NHL playoffs 19 times, producing 32 goals and 102 assists (134 points) in 187 games played.

See all of Joe Thornton stats and profile on Markerzone.com.

Joe Thornton was drafted in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, in first round, 1 overall by the Boston Bruins.

The Boston Bruins drafted during this 1997 NHL Entry Draft:

• Joe Thornton (round 1 #1)
• Sergei Samsonov (round 1 #8)
• Ben Clymer (round 2 #27)
• Mattias Karlin (round 3 #54)
• Lee Goren (round 3 #63)
• Karol Bartanus (round 4 #81)
• Denis Timofeyev (round 6 #135)
• Joel Trottier (round 7 #162)
• Jim Baxter (round 7 #180)
• Antti Laaksonen (round 8 #191)
• �ric Van Acker (round 9 #218)
• Jay Henderson (round 9 #246)