{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 2006)}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Bill Zonnon | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|10|3}} | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 187 | position = Right wing | shoots = Left | prospect_league = QMJHL | prospect_team = Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | league = NHL | team = Pittsburgh Penguins | ntl_team = | draft = 22nd overall | draft_year = 2025 | draft_team = Pittsburgh Penguins | career_start = 2026 | career_end = }} '''Bill Zonnon''' (born October 3, 2006) is a Canadian ice hockey player for the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) as a prospect to the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 22nd overall by the Penguins in the 2025 NHL entry draft.
==Playing career== Zonnon was drafted sixth overall by the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the 2022 QMJHL draft.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/color-of-hockey-young-defenseman-bill-zonnon-eying-nhl-338106470 |title=Color of Hockey: Zonnon turning heads as 16-year-old forward in QMJHL |website=NHL.com |first=William |last=Douglas |date=November 28, 2022 |access-date=June 27, 2025}}</ref> During the 2022–23 season, in his rookie year, he recorded 16 goals and 23 assists in 63 games. During the 2023–24 season, he recorded 18 goals and 40 assists in 68 games. During the 2024–25 season, in his draft eligible year, he recorded 28 goals and 55 assists in 64 games. During the playoffs he led his team in scoring with eight goals and eight assists in 13 games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/washington-capitals/players/capitals-draft-targets-bill-zonnon-a-promising-playmaker-late-first-round-gem |title=Bill Zonnon A Promising Playmaker & Late First-Round Gem |work=The Hockey News |first=Sammi |last=Silber |date=June 24, 2025 |access-date=June 27, 2025}}</ref> In three seasons with the Huskies he recorded 62 goals and 118 assists in 195 games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/penguins/news/penguins-select-forwards-ben-kindel-bill-zonnon-and-will-horcoff-in-the-first-round-of-the-2025-nhl-draft |title=Penguins Select Forwards Ben Kindel, Bill Zonnon and Will Horcoff in the First Round of the 2025 NHL Draft |website=NHL.com |date=June 28, 2025 |access-date=June 28, 2025}}</ref> On June 5, 2025, he was traded to the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada, in exchange for Samuel Rheault and three first-round draft picks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/chl/blainville-boisbriand-armada-acquire-star-bill-zonnon-from-huskies-spencer-gill-from-oceanic-1.2317167 |title=Armada acquire top prospect Zonnon from Huskies, Gill from Oceanic |website=TSN.ca |date=June 5, 2025 |access-date=June 27, 2025}}</ref>
On June 27, 2025, he was drafted 22nd overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2025 NHL entry draft.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wkbn.com/sports/penguins-draft-more-young-talent-after-pick-swaps/ |title=Penguins draft more young talent after pick-swaps |website=WKBN.com |first1=Liam |last1=Garrity |first2=Zach |last2=Verdea |date=June 27, 2025 |access-date=June 27, 2025}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2022–23 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | QMJHL | 63 || 16 || 23 || 39 || 12 | 9 || 2 || 5 || 7 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2023–24 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | QMJHL | 68 || 18 || 40 || 58 || 28 | 10 || 6 || 4 || 10 || 2 |- | 2024–25 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | QMJHL | 64 || 28 || 55 || 83 || 32 | 13 || 8 || 8 || 16 || 8 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2025–26 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | QMJHL | 35 || 14 || 32 || 46 || 6 | 17 || 2 || 13 || 15 || 8 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |QMJHL totals ! 230 !! 76 !! 150 !! 226 !! 78 ! 49 !! 18 !! 30 !! 48 !! 18 |}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *{{Ice hockey stats|elite=646097|hockeydb=261571|nhl=8485351}}
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