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Jason M. Bonsignore (born April 15, 1976) is a former professional ice hockey forward and speedway promoter and racer.
Playing career
Bonsignore was born in Rochester, New York. As a youth, Bonsignore played in the 1990 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Rochester.
Bonsignore was drafted in the first round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, 4th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers, from the Niagara Falls Thunder in the Ontario Hockey League. While playing for the Oilers' American Hockey League farm team in the 1997-98 season, he was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning. He was Tampa Bay's leading rookie scorer his first year while also earning International Hockey League player of the week recognition during a short stay with Tampa's farm team in Cleveland. In his 1998-99 season with Tampa he finished the year as a regular with the Lightning.
Not given a qualifying offer by the Lightning, Bonsignore became an unrestricted free agent and signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs organization for the 1999-2000 season.He was a late cut at training camp and was assigned to their AHL farm team in St John's. Bonsignore suffered a season-ending ankle injury mid season, and asked for a release.
He chose to sit out the next two years for personal reasons, then returned in the 2002-03 season to play with the AHL franchises in Springfield and Lowell. He tried out with the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers in 2003 but was released towards the end of training camp [1].
From the 2003-04 through the 2007-08 seasons, Bonsignore played hockey in the ECHL, Switzerland, Finland and Norway.
In 2007–08, Bonsignore returned to North America, where he tried to rehabilitate from a groin injury suffered in Norway while playing a few games with the Fresno Falcons. At the time the New Jersey Devils signed him for their farm team, the Trenton Devils, where he finished the year.Bonsignore has not played since.
Bonsignore later coached Rochester Red Wings minor ice hockey team, and signed to play with the Hamilton Steelhawks in January 2016.
Transactions
- December 30, 1997 – Edmonton trades Bonsignore, Bryan Marchment and Steve Kelly to Tampa Bay in exchange for Roman Hamrlík and the rights to Paul Comrie.
- July 15, 1999 – Toronto signs Bonsignore.
- December 13, 2002 – Phoenix signs Bonsignore.
- September 21, 2003 – Atlanta releases Bonsignore from NHL tryout during training camp.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1989–90 | Greece Athena High School | HS-NY | 18 | 33 | 33 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1990–91 | Greece Athena High School | HS-NY | 18 | 24 | 18 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1991–92 | Rochester Jr. Americans | EmJHL | 60 | 31 | 29 | 60 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Newmarket Royals | OHL | 66 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1993–94 | Newmarket Royals | OHL | 17 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Niagara Falls Thunder | OHL | 41 | 15 | 47 | 62 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | United States | Intl | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Niagara Falls Thunder | OHL | 26 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 23 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 45 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 12 | ||
| 1994–95 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 18 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Cape Breton Oilers | AHL | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 78 | 21 | 33 | 54 | 78 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 35 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | San Antonio Dragons | IHL | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | ||
| 1998–99 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 48 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 29 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 37 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | EHC Biel | CHE.2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 51 | ||
| 2004–05 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Las Vegas Wranglers | ECHL | 18 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Pelicans | SM-l | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Ilves | SM-l | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Trondheim Black Panthers | NOR | 17 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Fresno Falcons | ECHL | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Trenton Devils | ECHL | 21 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Hamilton Steelhawks | ACH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 79 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| AHL totals | 176 | 38 | 68 | 106 | 181 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| IHL totals | 76 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 134 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | United States | WJC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |
| 1995 | United States | WJC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Junior totals | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 32 | |||