Meet the Team
Tessa Bonhomme » Defence
Hockey Canada Background
Has been part of the National Women’s Team since 2004 … Has competed in one Olympic Winter Games (2010, gold), two IIHF World Women’s Championships (2007, gold; 2009, silver), five 4 Nations Cups (2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010) and the 2009 Hockey Canada Cup … Played in a six-game series versus the United States leading up to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games … Was centralized with the National Women’s Team during the 2005-06 season, leading up to the 2006 Olympic Winter Games … Was named an alternate player for the 2005 IIHF World Women’s Championship … Played in three Air Canada Cups (2005, 2006, 2007) and two series vs. the United States (2004, 2006) with Canada’s National Women’s Under-22 Team
Hockey Background
2010-11: Helped Toronto reach the championship game at the Clarkson Cup … Fourth among CWHL defencemen in scoring … Selected first overall by Toronto in the first-ever CWHL Draft … 2008-09: Helped the Calgary Oval X-Treme reach the semifinals of the 2009 Clarkson Cup … 2007-08: Completed her college career as captain at Ohio State University … Named a top 10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award, given to the NCAA’s top women’s hockey player … Named WCHA Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year … Named to the WCHA First All-Star Team … 2006-07: Named a top 10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award … Named Second Team All-American and to the WCHA First All-Star Team … 2004-05: Named Ohio State’s Most Valuable Defensive Player … 2003-04: Named to the WCHA All-Rookie Team and Ohio State’s Rookie of the Year … OTHER: A member of the Sudbury Lady Wolves Intermediate AA hockey team from 1998-99 through 2002-03, captaining the team in her final season
Personal
Daughter of Doug and Debbie … Has one sister, Brittany … Her father, Doug, has been a scout with the Ontario Hockey League’s Central Scouting Bureau for over 20 years … Favourite meal: steak and potatoes … Other hobbies include hacky sack, playing the guitar and rollerblading … Majored in Speech Pathology at Ohio State … Played minor hockey with Zach Stortini of the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers … Her uncle, Tim Bonhomme, plays keyboard for the Beach Boys … Her uncle, Alan Bonhomme, plays guitar on some of Dwight Yoakam's albums and has appeared on the "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"; he currently is teaching at the Guitar Institute of Technology in Los Angeles … Is part of the McDonald’s atoMc Hockey Program with Marc-André Fleury and Drew Doughty
