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Shawn Thornton

Panthers Off Season Pickups

Darrin Harmsworth | July 28, 2014

This off season the Florida Panthers have seen some changers to player personnel. Some of these changes were good, while some of them the exact opposite. There are four main…

Categories Florida Panthers

Shawn Thornton: Heart and Grit Are Not Enough

Breanne Mellen | May 22, 2014

With the disappointing end to the Bruins season, the yearly team restructuring is about to begin. While the Bruins have a strong core group of players that they are not…

Categories Boston Bruins

Five Soon-To-Be Former Boston Bruins: The Playoff Aftermath

Kirk Vance | May 16, 2014

After being knocked out of the playoffs by their archrivals, Peter Chiarelli and the Boston Bruins will need to re-group and begin preparations for the 2014-2015 season. Despite winning the…

Categories Boston Bruins

The Future of Suspensions: Implementing By-Law 17

Marinna Marotta | January 25, 2014

The 2013-2014 NHL season, just as the seasons before it, has included its fair share of suspensions. This season has racked up 24 total suspensions thus far, adding up to…

Categories Suspensions

NHL’s Disciplinary Team Nothing More Than a Bad Knock-Knock Joke

Tannor Torrao | December 20, 2013

Knock, knock? Who’s there? Brendan Shanahan, Gary Bettman, and the rest of the NHL executives who hand out suspensions and fines in the name of player safety. Sounds like the…

Categories Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins, Suspensions

The NHL’s Stretcher Era: Where Does it End?

Ari Grief | December 18, 2013

The stretcher. You know, that thing paramedics use to transport injured people? Hopefully you’ve never needed one. Hopefully you never will. Yet increasingly, more NHL players are. And season after…

Categories NHL News

VIDEO: Does Fighting Belong in Hockey? Have your say!

Marcy Di Michele | December 18, 2013

If there was no fighting in the NHL, there would have been no way or reason for Brooks Orpik to answer for his clean hit, and thus Shawn Thornton would…

Categories NHL News, Videos

Hockey News: Thornton Considers Appeal; Penguins Injury Woes

Marcy Di Michele | December 16, 2013

Milan Lucic gets into a bar fight and pulls the “do you know who I am” card. [Puck Daddy] Shawn Thornton is thinking about appealing his 15-game suspension for the…

Categories Elsewhere on the Web

Bruins Fans, Your Logic is Flawed

Mark Wallace Graham | December 16, 2013

The league finally made a decision on Shawn Thornton and his abhorrent attack on Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik. Brendan Shanahan has decided to suspend the Bruins toughman for 15…

Categories Boston Bruins, Suspensions

Hockey News: Flames Fire Feaster; Thornton Suspension Looming

Marcy Di Michele | December 12, 2013

Breaking news: The Calgary Flames have relived Jay Feaster of his duties as General Manager. [Flames.com] We present to you Martin Jones, another product of the Los Angeles Kings goalie…

Categories Elsewhere on the Web

The NHL’s Suspension System Is Broken

Sean Sarcu | December 11, 2013

The NHL’s discipline system has been an abject failure with respect to intentional hits or blows to the head and their consequent punishment. I’ll be frank: Suspension lengths are far…

Categories NHL News, Suspensions

Settling the Debate: Thornton Hit Worse Than Neal Knee

Justin Glock | December 11, 2013

The Shawn Thornton hit was much worse than the James Neal knee to Brad Marchand’s head. There isn’t a debate here people. Just because you love to bash the Pittsburgh…

Categories Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins, Suspensions
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