Shawn Thornton

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Position	Left/Right Wing
Shoots	Right
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 215 lb (98 kg/15 st 5 lb)
NHL Team F. teams	Boston Bruins Chicago Blackhawks Anaheim Ducks
Nationality	Canada
Born	July 23, 1977 (1977-07-23) (age 30), Oshawa, ON, CAN
NHL Draft	190th overall, 1997 Toronto Maple Leafs
Pro 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.

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 undisclosed multi-year deal with the Boston Bruins.^[1]

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

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

[edit] External links

• Shawn Thornton's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

Persondata
NAME	Thornton, Shawn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	July 23, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH