Sean Thornton Suspension

In an article create by bleacherreport.com on December 14, 2013, details surrounding the suspension of professional hockey player Sean Thornton are released to the public. Thornton, a player for the NHL's Boston Bruins, is suspended for fifteen games after punching Pittsburgh Penguins defensemen Brooks Orpik. After being punched, Orpik left the arena on a stretcher. An analogy is drawn when the author of the article relates this suspension to another lengthy suspension received by Chris Simon of the New York Islanders. Definition is used when the author is drawing a comparison between  the definition of assault, both off and on the ice. A hyperbole is created when the author sarcastically states that Brooks Orpik has temples "being massaged angels." At the end of the article, another analogy is drawn when the author relates the NHL to the Lord of the Flies.