Bruins' Shawn Thornton Signs Two-Year Contract Extension

The Boston Bruins have signed team "tough guy" Shawn Thornton to a two-year contract extension with a $1.1 million annual average cap hit, according to Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe.

Thornton has four goals and eight assists in 70 games for the B's this season; he also leads the entire NHL with 19 fights.