Joe Thornton  #19

Thornton will be playing for his country for the sixth time -- won a gold medal at the 1997 World Junior Championship (was the team's youngest player at 17 years of age) as well as winning the 2004 World Cup of Hockey tournament; won a silver at the 2005 World Championship. <br /> <br /> One of his great international hockey moments was the Final game of the 2004 World Cup of Hockey against Finland -- playing on a checking line, with Shane Doan and Kris Draper, the trio scored two of Canada's three goals in a 3-2 win.&nbsp; The line also was effective in shutting down Finland's top line of Saku Koivu, Teemu Selanne and Jere Lehtinen. <br /> <br /> Was the top scorer and named tournament Most Valuable Player of the 2005 World Championship, playing on the top offensive line with Philadelphia's Simon Gagne and Columbus' Rick Nash.&nbsp; <br /> <br /> <div id="olystatsbox" style="border: 1px solid rgb(161, 161, 161); margin: 4px 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; width: 660px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0" class="asstat"> <tbody> <tr class="headrw"> <td>SEASON</td> <td>TEAM</td> <td>TOURNAMENT</td> <td align="center">GP</td> <td align="center">GOALS</td> <td align="center">ASSISTS</td> <td align="center">POINTS</td> <td align="center">PIM</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1996-1997</td> <td>Canada</td> <td>WJC-A</td> <td align="center">7</td> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">4</td> <td align="center">0</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2000-2001</td> <td>Canada</td> <td>WC-A</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2004-2005</td> <td>Canada</td> <td>W-Cup</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center">0</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2004-2005</td> <td>Canada</td> <td>WC-A</td> <td align="center">9</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center">10</td> <td align="center">16</td> <td align="center">4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2005-2006</td> <td>Canada</td> <td>Olympics</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">3</td> <td align="center">0</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <script type="text/javascript">jQuery(function(){ jQuery('#olystatsbox').corner('6px'); });</script>