{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1973)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | image_size= | played_for = Pittsburgh Penguins<br>Minnesota Wild<br>SC Langnau | position = Center | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 187 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|11|28|mf=y}} | birth_place = Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | ntl_team = USA | draft = 211th overall | draft_year = 1992 | draft_team = Pittsburgh Penguins | career_start = 1996 | career_end = 2005 }} '''Brian Raymond Bonin''' (born November 28, 1973) is an American former professional ice hockey center. He was drafted in the ninth round, 211th overall, by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1992 NHL entry draft.
==Playing career== After being named Minnesota Mr. Hockey in 1992 for his play at White Bear Lake Area High School, Bonin entered the University of Minnesota. His stellar time with the Golden Gophers culminated with winning the Hobey Baker Award, given to the most outstanding collegiate hockey player in the NCAA, in his senior season. Bonin led the nation in scoring during the 1995-1996 season at the University of Minnesota, and was named a first-team All-American, WCHA Player of the Year, first-team All-WCHA, and team Most Valuable Player in both his junior and senior seasons
Bonin made his professional debut with the IHL's Cleveland Lumberjacks in the 1996–97 season. He then joined the AHL's Syracuse Crunch for the 1997–98 season, tallying 69 points in 67 games.
Bonin made his NHL debut with the Penguins in the 1998–99 season, appearing in five regular-season and three playoff games. The rest of the season was split between the IHL's Kansas City Blades and the AHL's Adirondack Red Wings. After another full season with the Syracuse Crunch and most of one with the Cleveland Lumberjacks, Bonin joined the Minnesota Wild for seven NHL games in the 2000–01 season.
In his 12 career NHL games, Bonin was held off the scoresheet. He also went scoreless in his three career Stanley Cup playoff games.
==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1991–92 | White Bear Lake High School | HS-MN | 23 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1992–93 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 38 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1993–94 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 42 | 24 | 20 | 44 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1994–95 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 44 | 32 | 31 | 63 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1995–96 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 42 | 34 | 47 | 81 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1996–97 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 60 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |- | 1997–98 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 67 | 31 | 38 | 69 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1998–99 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 54 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- | 1998–99 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1998–99 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1999–00 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 67 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2000–01 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 72 | 35 | 42 | 77 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |- | 2000–01 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001–02 | SC Langnau | NLA | 40 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2002–03 | SC Langnau | NLA | 44 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004–05 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | IHL totals ! 151 ! 50 ! 73 ! 123 ! 73 ! 5 ! 3 ! 0 ! 3 ! 0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 192 ! 70 ! 82 ! 152 ! 97 ! 11 ! 1 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 12 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 3 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |} {{MedalTableTop|name=}} {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}} {{MedalSport|Ice hockey}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|1996 Austria|}} {{MedalBottom}}
===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1996 | United States | WC | {{bronze3}} | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" | Senior totals ! 8 ! 1 ! 0 ! 1 ! 2 |}
==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Award ! Year ! Ref |- ! colspan="3" | College |- | All-WCHA Rookie Team | 1992–93 | |- | WCHA All-Tournament Team | 1994 | <ref name= tournament>{{cite news|title=WCHA Tourney History|url=http://wcha.com/men/tourney/history.php|publisher=WCHA|accessdate=2014-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702170427/http://www.wcha.com/men/tourney/history.php|archive-date=2014-07-02|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | All-WCHA First Team | 1994–95 | |- | AHCA West First-Team All-American | 1994–95 | |- | All-WCHA First Team | 1995–96 | |- | AHCA West First-Team All-American | 1995–96 | |- | WCHA All-Tournament Team | 1996 | <ref name="tournament"/> |- | Hobey Baker Award | 1996 | |- ! colspan="3" | IHL |- | Second All-Star Team | 2001 | |}
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{icehockeystats}}
{{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{succession box|before=Darby Hendrickson|title=Minnesota Mr. Hockey|years=1991–92 season|after=Nick Checco}} {{succession box | before = Chris Marinucci | title=WCHA Player of the Year | years = 1994–95, 1995–96| after=Mike Crowley}} {{succession box | before = Brian Holzinger | title = Winner of the Hobey Baker Award | years = 1995–96 | after = Brendan Morrison}} {{succession box | before = Kirk Daubenspeck| title = WCHA Most Valuable Player in Tournament | years = 1996| after = David Hoogsteen}} {{s-end}}
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