Share this: Hockey players are often pegged as the toughest athletes in all of sports, and Joe Thornton’s play in the Stanley Cup playoffs legitimizes that notion. After the San Jose Sharks were eliminated from the postseason following a 4-2 first-round series loss to the Edmonton Oilers, Sharks head coach Pete DeBoer revealed the 37-year-old center played the final four games of the series with a torn ACL and MCL. Joe Thornton, as announced by the Sharks suffered both a torn ACL and MCL prior to round one. He's headed into surgery today. — Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) April 24, 2017 Thornton was sidelined for the first two games of the series but managed to take the ice in the final four. He recorded two assists