Shawn Thornton Talks Intimidation and Motivation

They also were able to create an intimidation factor . . . something the Canucks had no answer for.

“[Nobody] on that side stepped up,” said Thornton. “I don’t want to be the sore winner and start badmouthing people over there, but I know if people on [the Canucks] were acting the way I was, I probably would have [come] off the bench and had a word about it . . . ”