Shot Right Height 1.93 m Position Centerman Role Ice hockey player Career end 2008 | Name Jason Bonsignore Career start 1994 Playing career Weight 99.8 kg | |
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Born April 15, 1976 (age 48) Rochester, NY, USA ( 1976-04-15 ) NHL Draft 4th overall, 1994Edmonton Oilers Played for National Hockey League, Edmonton Oilers | ||
Bonsignore First ACH Point
Jason M. Bonsignore (born April 15, 1976) is a former professional ice hockey forward and speedway promoter and racer. As a hockey player, he was drafted in the first round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, 4th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers, as one of the team's two first-round picks that year (the other was Ryan Smyth two picks later).
Contents
- Bonsignore First ACH Point
- Parker Bonsignore Goal Celebration January 30 2014
- Playing career
- Transactions
- References
Parker Bonsignore Goal Celebration January 30 2014
Playing career
Bonsignore was drafted from the OHL's Niagara Falls Thunder. While playing for the Oilers AHL 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 IHL player of the week (Rob Capellupo Award) 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.
Jason Bonsignore currently runs the Rochester Red Wings travel hockey program and is head coach of two of their AAA teams.
He just signed on in January, 2016, to start playing again with the Hamilton Steelhawks.