Jason Bonsignore

Jason Bonsignore (born April 15, 1976) is a former professional ice hockey forward. 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).
==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 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 .
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 by 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 only played 79 NHL games in all, while the team's second first-round pick in 1994, Ryan Smyth, played the first 770 NHL games of his career for Edmonton alone and has played over 1,000 NHL games overall.
==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	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
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 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
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 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–00 	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 	Biel 	Swiss 	 	9 	9 	3 	12 	6 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
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-liiga 	 	7 	4 	1 	5 	18 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	Ilves 	SM-liiga 	 	4 	0 	1 	1 	4 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2007–08 	Fresno Falcons 	ECHL 	 	7 	0 	2 	2 	10 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2007–08 	Trenton Devils 	ECHL 	 	21 	1 	10 	11 	24 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals	 	79 	3 	13 	16 	34 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Category:Born in 1976
Category:American ice hockey players
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Category:Cleveland Lumberjacks players
Category:Edmonton Oilers draft picks
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Category:Lowell Lock Monsters players
Category:National Hockey League first round draft picks
Category:Newmarket Royals alumni
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Category:Pelicans players
Category:St. John's Maple Leafs players
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Category:Sudbury Wolves alumni
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Category:Retired in 2008
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