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Broadcaster Dale Arnold at Charter Books


Join NESN and WEEI broadcaster Dale Arnold – longtime voice of the Boston Bruins – for a special book signing and Q&A at Charter Books Friday, March 25 at 6:00 PM. Dale will be signing copies of his new biography of Bruins enforcer Shawn Thornton.

While this event is free and open to all, we ask that you fill out the RSVP form on the event page on our website. See you there!


A refreshing memoir of battles and self-belief from one of the NHL’s 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 he’d 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 14 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 on-ice brawls to the ecstasy of reaching the sport’s most celestial heights.

Fans will not want to miss this story of perseverance and finding one’s own path.


Dale Arnold hosts Boston Bruins television broadcasts on NESN as well as the daily Dale, Holley & Keefe show on WEEI radio. He is the only person who has done play-by-play broadcasts for all five of the Boston area’s major professional sports franchises. Arnold is also the author of IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK: BOSTON BRUINS.

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