Shawn Thornton

For the fictional character, see Sean Thornton (The Quiet Man).

Shawn Thornton
Born	(1977-07-23) July 23, 1977 Oshawa, ON, CAN
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	217 lb (98 kg; 15 st 7 lb)
Position	Left/right wing
Shoots	Right
NHL team Former teams	Boston Bruins Chicago Blackhawks Anaheim Ducks
NHL draft	190th overall, 1997 Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career	1997–present

Shawn Thornton (born on July 23, 1977 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional hockey forward for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. He is known to be an enforcer.

Playing career

Thornton grew up playing minor hockey for his hometown Oshawa Minor Generals of the OMHA's Eastern AAA League. He was drafted in the 9th round (145th overall) by the Peterborough Petes in the 1995 OHL Priority Selection.

He was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1997, 190th overall. He won the Stanley Cup in 2007 with the Anaheim Ducks.

On July 1, 2007, he became an unrestricted free agent and signed an 3 year, $1.5 million dollar deal with the Boston Bruins.

With the Bruins he has become famous for taking on famous enforcers like Georges Laraque, Donald Brashear and Riley Cote. He also has his own video blog on the Bruins website.

He is not related to Joe Thornton or Scott Thornton, who also play in the NHL.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994–95	Oshawa Kiwanis Midget AAA	OMHA		43	8	19	28	113		-	-	-	-	-
1995–96	Peterborough Petes	OHL		63	4	10	14	192		24	3	0	3	25
1996–97	Peterborough Petes	OHL		61	19	10	29	204		11	2	4	6	20
1997–98	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL		59	0	3	3	225		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL		78	8	11	19	354		5	0	0	0	9
1999–00	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL		60	4	12	16	316		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL		79	5	12	17	320		3	1	2	3	2
2001–02	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		70	8	14	22	281		4	0	0	0	4
2002–03	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		50	11	2	13	213		9	0	2	2	28
2002–03	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		13	1	1	2	31		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		64	6	11	17	259		8	1	1	2	6
2003–04	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		8	1	0	1	23		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		71	5	9	14	263		6	0	0	0	8
2005–06	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		59	10	22	32	192		4	0	0	0	35
2005–06	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		10	0	0	0	16		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Portland Pirates	AHL		15	4	4	8	55		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		48	2	7	9	88		15	0	0	0	19
2007–08	Boston Bruins	NHL		58	4	3	7	74		7	0	0	0	6
2008–09	Boston Bruins	NHL		79	6	5	11	123		10	1	0	1	6
NHL totals				216	14	16	30	355		32	1	0	1	31

External links

• Shawn Thornton career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

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