55 Quotes by Jonathan Cheechoo

It was a nice feeling. Not a lot of guys have reached it so it's pretty special.

I've always known I could score goals. But when Joe (Thornton) came, I got the opportunity to play with him.

You never expect to have anything like this, but this is what I worked for. This is what I spent my summer training for. I wanted to be as good as I could. ... I always liked the way (Thornton) played, and I watched him play a lot growing up, when he was in juniors. He's a great passer, and I like to shoot.

They used to put me in front of the TV when I was just a little kid, and that's the only time I would be quiet, my mom said.

They play a similar style. For us, we've got to get up in their face and stop them before they can get going. We're still probably the fastest team. We need to get our defense up in the play to snuff out their forwards so they don't get a chance to get out on the breaks.

There were a lot of penalties out there, so there were a lot of chances for special teams. Both teams just took advantage of it.

There was still an angle there. I knew he was paying attention to the other side of the net. Joe made a great pass and I basically just tried to get it on net and get it up a bit where he'd have trouble controlling it.

It's exciting. I've been close a couple times before. I figured eventually it might come if I got the bounces.

It's exciting when you get a player of that magnitude. He's in the top 10 in the league ... I'd say top five ? one of the best passers I've seen in a long time.