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A refreshing memoir of battles and selfbelief from one of the NHLs most revered enforcers

Shawn Thornton was an unlikely NHL success to say the least The Oshawa Ontario native was picked late in the OHL and later thought he was being pranked when the Toronto Maple Leafs called him to say hed been selected in the seventh round of the 1997 NHL draft

After years spent working and maturing in the AHL Thornton would go on to play fourteen seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks Anaheim Ducks Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers winning two Stanley Cups along the way

For the first time in this candid memoir Thornton opens up about his life in hockey and beyond from his early days as an unrated prospect to the leadership lessons he learned in the minors from the most difficult onice brawls to the ecstasy of reaching the sports most celestial heights

Fans will not want to miss this story of perseverance and finding ones own path