Dennis Bonvie

Dennis Kevin Bonvie (born July 23, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, most notable for being the most penalized player in professional hockey history with 4,804 career professional career penalty minutes (most of it being in the American Hockey League). He is currently a pro scout for the NHL’s Boston Bruins.
==Playing career==
While Bonvie, a 5'11", 205-pound right winger, had appeared in 92 National Hockey League games with six different NHL teams since he turned pro in 1993 with the Edmonton Oilers, he spent the vast majority of his career in the American Hockey League in which he played with eight different clubs. Bonvie was known for a physical style of play and his primary role as the enforcer for his various teams. In his 92 NHL games, he recorded 311 PIMs.
On October 12, 1993, as a rookie with the Cape Breton Oilers Bonvie was involved in his first professional fight in the AHL against Jamie Huscroft of the Providence Bruins. On September 17, 1995 during his first pre-season game with the Edmonton Oilers Bonvie dropped the gloves with Bob Probert of the Chicago Blackhawks. On October 8, 1995, Bonvie was credited with his first NHL fight taking on Stu Grimson of the Detroit Red Wings. As a member of the Hamilton Bulldogs in 1997, Bonvie established a then-single season AHL record for penalty minutes (PIM) with 522, a mark which stood for eight seasons before being eclipsed in 2004–05 by Brian McGrattan of the Binghamton Senators with 551. Bonvie's eventual career AHL penalty minute total, 4,493 minutes (in just 871 regular season games) was a remarkable 1,553 more than Rob Murray's second overall career AHL record high total 2,940 PIM in 1,018 games over fifteen seasons. During the 2008 season, Bonvie surpassed Kevin Evans for the most career penalty minutes in professional hockey history.
Bonvie's first and only NHL goal was scored when he was a member of the Boston Bruins. Bonvie had captured the puck at the blue line and let a hard slapshot go right at the top of the faceoff circle. He beat Chris "Ozzy" Osgood, who was playing for the New York Islanders at the time, fivehole. After Dennis had scored, he went by Osgood and said jokingly, "I think it's time you better retire."
The Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, home of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, is often called the "house that Bonvie built."
On December 26, 2007 in front of a sold out home crowd, Bonvie was involved in a toe-to-toe style fight with Jon Mirasty of the Syracuse Crunch. The fight lasted 1 minute and 30 seconds with both players trading multiple punches.
On April 12, 2008, Bonvie would dress in his last regular season game. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton captain Nathan Smith honored Bonvie by giving him the captain's "C" for his final game. Bonvie was involved in a fight that night taking on Jay Rosehill of the Norfolk Admirals. After the fight was over, Rosehill rose Bonvie's hand as a sign of respect and told him "it was an honor to fight him".
On April 20, 2008, in an AHL playoff game against the Hershey Bears, Bonvie was involved in his final career scrap against agitator Louis Robitaille. This specific fight had been much anticipated as Bonvie had asked Robitaille to fight multiple times throughout the season.
In the 2007–08 season, he played as a member of the Eastern Conference champion Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins before eventually losing the 2008 Calder Cup in six games to the Chicago Wolves. Bonvie retired after the season. Bonvie currently operates the Dennis Bonvie Hockey Camp in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
==Restaurateur==
Bonvie recently opened three restaurants in Northeastern Pennsylvania including Bonvie's Old Forge Pizza Express, Bonvie's Beefy King, and Bonvie's Blue Chip Gourmet.
==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
1991–92 	Kitchener Rangers 	OHL 	 	7 	1 	1 	2 	23 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1991–92 	North Bay Centennials 	OHL 	 	49 	0 	12 	12 	261 	 	21 	0 	1 	1 	91
1992–93 	North Bay Centennials 	OHL 	 	64 	3 	21 	24 	316 	 	5 	0 	0 	0 	34
1993–94 	Cape Breton Oilers 	AHL 	 	63 	1 	10 	11 	278 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	11
1994–95 	Cape Breton Oilers 	AHL 	 	74 	5 	15 	20 	422 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1994–95 	Edmonton Oilers 	NHL 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Cape Breton Oilers 	AHL 	 	38 	13 	14 	27 	269 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Edmonton Oilers 	NHL 	 	8 	0 	0 	0 	47 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97 	Hamilton Bulldogs 	AHL 	 	73 	9 	20 	29 	522 	 	22 	3 	11 	14 	91
1997–98 	Hamilton Bulldogs 	AHL 	 	57 	11 	19 	30 	295 	 	9 	0 	5 	5 	18
1997–98 	Edmonton Oilers 	NHL 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	27 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	Portland Pirates 	AHL 	 	3 	1 	0 	1 	16 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	Philadelphia Phantoms 	AHL 	 	37 	4 	10 	14 	158 	 	14 	3 	3 	6 	26
1998–99 	Chicago Blackhawks 	NHL 	 	11 	0 	0 	0 	44 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–2000 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL 	 	42 	5 	26 	31 	243 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–2000 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	28 	0 	0 	0 	80 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2000–01 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL 	 	65 	5 	18 	23 	221 	 	21 	0 	4 	4 	35
2000–01 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	Providence Bruins 	AHL 	 	55 	8 	8 	16 	290 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 	 	23 	1 	2 	3 	84 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
2002–03 	Binghamton Senators 	AHL 	 	51 	7 	3 	10 	311 	 	14 	2 	4 	6 	85
2002–03 	Ottawa Senators 	NHL 	 	12 	0 	0 	0 	29 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Colorado Avalanche 	NHL 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Binghamton Senators 	AHL 	 	29 	2 	4 	6 	137 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Hershey Bears 	AHL 	 	30 	3 	6 	9 	154 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2004–05 	Hershey Bears 	AHL 	 	76 	4 	14 	18 	357 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL 	 	70 	2 	13 	15 	431 	 	9 	0 	0 	0 	29
2006–07 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL 	 	58 	2 	7 	9 	186 	 	4 	0 	1 	1 	7
2007–08 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL 	 	50 	2 	4 	6 	203 	 	9 	1 	0 	1 	17
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals	 	92 	1 	2 	3 	311 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
OHL totals	OHL totals 	OHL totals	 	120 	4 	34 	38 	600 	 	21 	0 	1 	1 	91
AHL totals	AHL totals 	AHL totals	 	871 	84 	191 	275 	4493 	 	98 	9 	27 	36 	353
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==External links==
*
*
*Player's Recent Transactions & Career Records
*theahl.com - Bonvie nearing the end of the road - 4/12/08
Category:Born in 1973
Category:Binghamton Senators players
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Chicago Blackhawks players
Category:Colorado Avalanche players
Category:Edmonton Oilers players
Category:Hamilton Bulldogs players
Category:Hershey Bears players
Category:Kitchener Rangers alumni
Category:North Bay Centennials alumni
Category:Ottawa Senators players
Category:Philadelphia Phantoms players
Category:Pittsburgh Penguins players
Category:Portland Pirates players
Category:Providence Bruins players
Category:Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players
Category:Retired in 2008