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 .

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.

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						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				79	3	13	16	34		—	—	—	—	—

[ Source: Wikipedia ]