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Shawn Thornton

LW · ONT
+ 6 other teams
Status
Retired 9 yrs ago
Career
2004–2017 (13 yrs)
Age
49 (39 in 2017)
Vitals
6'2" · 217 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Career Regular Season

10 seasons (2004–2017)
Games 484
Goals 29
Assists 30
Points 59
+/- -121
P/GP 0.12
SHT% 8.4
PiM 362

Trophy Case

Stanley Cup Stanley Cup
as League Champion
2007-08 CHI

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2004-05 CHI 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 10 0 0 0 0 - 0
2008-09 CHI / MTL 13 1 1 2 0.15 -1 16 0 0 0 4 25.0% 8
2009-10 CLB 56 2 1 3 0.05 -9 21 1 0 0 7 28.6% 38
2010-11 MIN 75 1 5 6 0.08 -18 74 0 0 0 30 3.3% 68
2011-12 MIN / CHI 81 6 8 14 0.17 -7 76 0 0 0 86 7.0% 100
2012-13 MTL 71 6 4 10 0.14 -14 59 0 2 0 68 8.8% 117
2013-14 PIT 78 8 5 13 0.17 -22 22 1 0 0 69 11.6% 64
2014-15 PIT 22 1 1 2 0.09 -4 6 0 0 0 14 7.1% 21
2015-16 TOR 4 0 0 0 0.00 +2 2 0 0 0 2 0.0% 1
2016-17 DET 82 4 5 9 0.11 -48 76 1 0 0 67 6.0% 129
CAREER 10 yrs 484 29 30 59 0.12 -121 362 3 2 0 -- 8.4% 546
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2008-09 MTL 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
2009-10 CLB 14 1 1 2 0.14 +1 8 0 0 0 8 12.5% 4
2011-12 CHI 7 0 1 1 0.14 -2 12 0 0 0 3 0.0% 4
2014-15 TOR 3 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 5 0.0% 2
CAREER 4 app. 25 1 2 3 0.12 -2 20 0 0 0 -- 6.3% 10
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2002-03 CHI 13 1 1 2 0.15 -4 31 0 0 0 6.7% 8:30
2003-04 CHI 8 1 0 1 0.13 +2 23 0 0 0 7.1% 11:14
2005-06 CHI 10 0 0 0 0.00 -5 16 0 0 0 0.0% 7:18
2006-07 ANH 48 2 7 9 0.19 +3 88 0 0 1 3.3% 8:26
2007-08 BOS 58 4 3 7 0.12 -1 74 1 0 0 6.2% 7:24
2008-09 BOS 79 6 5 11 0.14 -2 123 2 0 0 4.4% 10:02
2009-10 BOS 74 1 9 10 0.14 -9 141 0 0 0 0.8% 9:03
2010-11 BOS 79 10 10 20 0.25 +8 122 2 0 0 6.6% 10:05
2011-12 BOS 81 5 8 13 0.16 -7 154 0 0 0 4.4% 9:11
2012-13 BOS 45 3 4 7 0.16 +1 60 0 0 0 5.5% 8:06
2013-14 BOS 64 5 3 8 0.13 +3 74 1 0 0 5.4% 8:48
2014-15 FLA 46 1 4 5 0.11 -13 50 0 0 0 1.9% 9:35
2015-16 FLA 50 1 4 5 0.10 -2 80 0 0 0 1.7% 8:41
2016-17 FLA 50 2 2 4 0.08 -7 67 0 0 0 4.8% 7:41
Career NHL 705 42 60 102 0.14 -33 1103 6 0 1 4.2% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Forwards, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 27 RW CHI - - 37 53 77 77 80 - - 44 47 64 - 51 54 61
2005-06 28 RW CHI - - 37 53 77 77 80 - - 44 47 64 - 51 54 61
2006-07 29 LW CHI - - 35 53 81 77 80 - - 43 46 66 - 57 58 61
2007-08 30 LW CHI - - 41 49 81 73 80 - - 57 52 66 - 64 58 64
2008-09 31 LW MTL 73 84 53 60 83 - 62 59 39 54 61 62 - 73 74 -
2009-10 32 LW CLB 79 99 52 70 83 - 73 62 40 62 63 59 - 75 76 64
2010-11 33 RW MIN 79 99 77 70 83 - 73 62 40 64 60 59 - 77 78 65
2011-12 34 LW CHI 86 85 81 71 77 86 95 65 70 65 65 71 66 67 67 69
2012-13 35 LW MTL 70 91 61 70 78 57 83 65 41 59 55 55 56 82 75 62
2013-14 36 LW PIT 71 92 71 70 78 51 82 63 39 59 58 58 57 84 76 62
2014-15 37 LW TOR 71 91 75 69 78 47 72 61 35 55 59 55 56 86 76 60
2015-16 38 LW TOR 72 85 72 67 78 45 53 57 35 53 51 53 53 88 76 57
2016-17 39 RW DET 80 99 57 64 82 47 65 58 39 58 55 56 25 76 82 59
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 27 RW CHI - - 37 53 77 77 80 - - 44 47 64 - 51 54 61
2005-06 28 RW CHI - - · · · · · - - · · · - · · ·
2006-07 29 LW CHI - - −2 · +4 · · - - −1 −1 +2 - +6 +4 ·
2007-08 30 LW CHI - - +6 −4 · −4 · - - +14 +6 · - +7 · +3
2008-09 31 LW MTL 73 84 +12 +11 +2 - −18 59 39 −3 +9 −4 - +9 +16 -
2009-10 32 LW CLB +6 +15 −1 +10 · - +11 +3 +1 +8 +2 −3 - +2 +2 64
2010-11 33 RW MIN · · +25 · · - · · · +2 −3 · - +2 +2 +1
2011-12 34 LW CHI +7 −14 +4 +1 −6 86 +22 +3 +30 +1 +5 +12 66 −10 −11 +4
2012-13 35 LW MTL −16 +6 −20 −1 +1 −29 −12 · −29 −6 −10 −16 −10 +15 +8 −7
2013-14 36 LW PIT +1 +1 +10 · · −6 −1 −2 −2 · +3 +3 +1 +2 +1 ·
2014-15 37 LW TOR · −1 +4 −1 · −4 −10 −2 −4 −4 +1 −3 −1 +2 · −2
2015-16 38 LW TOR +1 −6 −3 −2 · −2 −19 −4 · −2 −8 −2 −3 +2 · −3
2016-17 39 RW DET +8 +14 −15 −3 +4 +2 +12 +1 +4 +5 +4 +3 −28 −12 +6 +2
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2004-05 CHI $465,000 2 yr 0.9% 27 RFA
2005-06 CHI $385,950 1 yr 0.8% 28 RFA
2006-07 CHI $450,000 4 yr 1.2% 29 UFA
2007-08 CHI $475,000 3 yr 0.9% 30 UFA
2009-10 CLB $500,000 1 yr 0.9% 32 UFA
2010-11 MIN $1,000,000 3 yr 1.7% 33 UFA
2013-14 PIT $1,000,000 3 yr 1.6% 36 UFA
2016-17 DET $600,000 1 yr 0.8% 39 UFA
2009-10
Dec 7 2009
2009-10
to BLUE JACKETS
2011-12
Nov 25 2011
2011-12
to BLACKHAWKS
  • Shawn Thornton 69
to WILD

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