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Shawn Thornton

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-2    Weight: 217 lbs.
Born: July 23, 1977 in Oshawa, Ontario

Drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 7th round (190th overall) of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2002-03 25 CHI NHL 13 1 1 2 1 -4 31 1 0 0 0 15 6.7 111 8:30
2003-04 26 CHI NHL 8 1 0 1 1 2 23 1 0 0 0 14 7.1 90 11:14
2005-06 28 CHI NHL 10 0 0 0 0 -5 16 0 0 0 0 16 0.0 73 7:18
2006-07 29 ANA NHL 48 2 7 9 3 3 88 2 0 0 0 60 3.3 405 8:26
2007-08 30 BOS NHL 58 4 3 7 3 -1 74 4 0 0 1 65 6.2 429 7:24
2008-09 31 BOS NHL 79 6 5 11 5 -2 123 6 0 0 2 136 4.4 793 10:02
2009-10 32 BOS NHL 74 1 9 10 3 -9 141 1 0 0 0 119 0.8 669 9:03
2010-11 33 BOS NHL 79 10 10 20 8 8 122 10 0 0 2 151 6.6 796 10:05
2011-12 34 BOS NHL 52 4 6 10 4 1 117 3 0 1 0 72 5.6 475 9:08
Career NHL 421 29 41 70 27 -7 735 28 0 1 5 648 4.5 3841 9:07

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
2002-03 25 CHI NHL 13 0.08 0.08 0.15 0.06 2.38 1.15 1 1 2 1 3 0 7 0 -4 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2003-04 26 CHI NHL 8 0.13 0.00 0.13 0.07 2.88 1.75 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 0.0 0.2 0.2
2005-06 28 CHI NHL 10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.60 1.60 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -5 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3
2006-07 29 ANA NHL 48 0.04 0.15 0.19 0.06 1.83 1.25 2 7 9 3 16 1 12 0 3 -0.1 0.6 0.5
2007-08 30 BOS NHL 58 0.07 0.05 0.12 0.05 1.28 1.12 4 3 7 3 8 0 9 0 -1 0.0 0.4 0.4
2008-09 31 BOS NHL 79 0.08 0.06 0.14 0.06 1.56 1.72 6 5 11 5 24 1 25 0 -2 -0.5 0.7 0.2
2009-10 32 BOS NHL 74 0.01 0.12 0.14 0.04 1.91 1.61 1 9 10 3 13 0 22 0 -9 -0.8 0.6 -0.2
2010-11 33 BOS NHL 79 0.13 0.13 0.25 0.10 1.54 1.91 11 11 22 9 27 0 19 0 8 1.0 1.0 2.1
2011-12 34 BOS NHL 52 0.08 0.12 0.19 0.07 2.25 1.38 7 10 17 7 1 0.2 0.4 0.6
Career NHL 421 0.07 0.10 0.17 0.06 1.75 1.54 33 46 79 31 94 2 100 0 -7 -0.2 3.6 3.4

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2006-07 29 ANA NHL SC 15 0 0 0 -3 19 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 59 3:58
2007-08 30 BOS NHL 7 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 15 0.0 57 8:04
2008-09 31 BOS NHL 10 1 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 14 7.1 91 9:07
2009-10 32 BOS NHL 12 0 0 0 -4 4 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 86 7:08
2010-11 33 BOS NHL SC 18 0 1 1 -1 24 0 0 0 0 20 0.0 125 6:58
Career NHL 2 62 1 1 2 -8 59 1 0 0 0 63 1.6 418 6:44

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1995-96 18 Peterborough Petes OHL 63 4 10 14 192
1996-97 19 Peterborough Petes OHL 61 19 10 29 204
1997-98 20 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 59 0 3 3 225
1998-99 21 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 78 8 11 19 6 354 6 2 0 1 113 7.1
1999-00 22 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 60 4 12 16 -9 316 4 0 0 1 86 4.7
2000-01 23 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 79 5 12 17 -13 320 4 1 0 0 154 3.2
2001-02 24 Norfolk Admirals AHL 70 8 14 22 -3 281 8 0 0 1
2002-03 25 Norfolk Admirals AHL 50 11 2 13 -7 213 7 4 0 1 111 9.9
2003-04 26 Norfolk Admirals AHL 64 6 11 17 -7 259 6 0 0 1
2004-05 27 Norfolk Admirals AHL 71 5 9 14 -15 253 4 0 1 1
2005-06 28 Norfolk Admirals AHL 59 10 22 32 -8 192 6 2 2 1
2006-07 29 Portland Pirates AHL 15 4 4 8 1 55 2 2 0 1
Career 10 Seasons AHL 605 61 100 161 -55 2468 47 11 3 8 464 6.0
Career 2 Seasons OHL 124 23 20 43 396

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1995-96 18 Peterborough Petes OHL 24 3 0 3 25
1996-97 19 Peterborough Petes OHL 11 2 4 6 20
1998-99 21 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 5 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0
2000-01 23 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 3 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 0
2001-02 24 Norfolk Admirals AHL 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
2002-03 25 Norfolk Admirals AHL 9 0 2 2 1 28 0 0 0 0 26 0.0
2003-04 26 Norfolk Admirals AHL 8 1 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 0
2004-05 27 Norfolk Admirals AHL 6 0 0 0 -2 8 0 0 0 0
2005-06 28 Norfolk Admirals AHL 4 0 0 0 -2 35 0 0 0 0
Career 7 Seasons AHL 39 2 5 7 0 92 1 1 0 0 26 0.0
Career 2 Seasons OHL 35 5 4 9 45

Similarity Scores

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Thru 8 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Shawn Thornton 2.1 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.3
Kris Draper 78.3 2.1 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4
Brad Lauer 70.8 2.3 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4
Patrick Kaleta 70.0 1.8 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2
Jaroslav Bednar 68.3 2.1 0.6 0.2
Ramzi Abid 68.2 2.1 0.3 0.2 0.1
Brad Winchester 68.0 2.3 0.7 0.4 0.2 -0.2 -0.5
Blair Betts 67.9 1.8 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.6
Petr Schastlivy 67.4 2.4 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.1
Brent Grieve 67.2 2.0 0.5 0.1 0.1
Ivan Ciernik 66.5 1.9 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Shawn Thornton 2.1 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.3
Brad Lauer 70.7 2.3 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4
Patrick Kaleta 68.1 1.8 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2
Jaroslav Bednar 66.3 2.1 0.6 0.2
Ramzi Abid 66.1 2.1 0.3 0.2 0.1
Petr Schastlivy 65.7 2.4 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.1
Brent Grieve 65.1 2.0 0.5 0.1 0.1
Ivan Ciernik 64.4 1.9 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0
Blair Betts 64.0 1.8 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.6
Peter White 63.6 1.8 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.2
Craig Darby 63.0 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Championships

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2007 Anaheim Ducks (NHL)
2011 Boston Bruins (NHL)

Penalties in Minutes

2011-12 NHL 117 (6)

Transactions

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September 30, 2001: Traded to Chicago by Toronto for Marty Wilford, September 30, 2001.

July 14, 2006: Signed as a free agent by Anaheim, July 14, 2006.

July 1, 2007: Signed as a free agent by Boston, July 1, 2007.

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