I admit hockey has its own etiquette and I admit I don’t ardently follow the Sharks. Having admitted that, I still think Joe Thornton is a chump.

I watched the season-ending game on tv Monday night and two seconds into it, right after the opening draw, Thornton got into one of those hockey fights with Ryan Getzlaf. I was not there and don’t know who started it. But come on. The Sharks were facing elimination. It was Thornton’s job to focus on the game. It was not his job to make some stupid macho statement.

When I saw what he did I was not impressed. I thought he had his mind on the wrong things and I wondered if fighting after two seconds would help or hurt his team. Guess what.

From what I could see, Thornton beat up Getzlaf. From what I could see Getzlaf scored an insurance goal. From what I could see the Ducks won. So Thornton won the fight and lost the game. Nice going, Joe.