I don t psyche myself out too much. Just, when it happens, it happens. Once in a while. Sometimes you get sick of the fighting, but it puts the bread and milk on the table. It s a job.
People do it.
I ve been very fortunate actually. I haven't had to miss any games because of injuries. No, not usually. Off the ice is off the ice. With some of the toughest enforcers in the league and a generation of young wannabes breathing down his neck, at only twenty-one years of age Shawn Thornton has a full plate.