Dennis Bonvie

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Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
Height
Weight		 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
205 lb (93 kg/14 st 9 lb)
AHL Team
F. teams		 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
NHL
Edmonton Oilers
Chicago Blackhawks
Pittsburgh Penguins
Boston Bruins
Ottawa Senators
Colorado Avalanche
AHL
Cape Breton Oilers
Hamilton Bulldogs
Portland Pirates
Philadelphia Phantoms
Providence Bruins
Binghamton Senators
Hershey Bears
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Born July 23, 1973 (1973-07-23) (age 34),
Antigonish NS, CAN
NHL Draft Undrafted
Pro career 1993 – present

Dennis Kevin Bonvie (born July 23, 1973, in Antigonish, N.S.) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently a member of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League, most notable for being the most penalized player in professional hockey history.

[edit] Playing career

While Bonvie, a 5'11", 205-pound right winger, has appeared in 92 National Hockey League games with six different NHL teams since being turned pro in 1993 by the Edmonton Oilers, he has spent the vast majority of his career in the AHL in which he has played with eight different clubs. Although he has averaged a respectable 0.34 points/game in his AHL career (260 points on 80 goals and 180 assists through 2005–06), Bonvie is far better known for a physical style of play and his primary role as the enforcer for each of his various teams.

As a member of the Hamilton Bulldogs in 1996–97, Bonvie established a then single season AHL record for penalty minutes (PIM) with 522, a lofty mark that stood for eight seasons before finally being eclipsed in 2004–05 by Brian McGrattan of the Binghamton Senators with 551. (Bonvie was a mentor to McGrattan while they were teammates in Binghamton for parts of the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons.) Bonvie's eventual career AHL penalty minute total, however, is unlikely to ever be exceeded as he had already collected 4,104 minutes (in just 763 regular season games) through the end of the 2005–06 season -- a remarkable 1,164 more than now retired center Rob Murray's second overall career AHL record high total 2,940 PIM in 1,018 League games over fifteen seasons. As Bonvie has also amassed an additional 295 PIM in 93 AHL Calder Cup play-off games as well 311 PIM in his 92 NHL regular season contests for an overall combined total of 4,710 minutes, he has thus spent the equivalent of seventy-eight-and-a-half games in the penalty box -- or almost one full season -- during his now 13+ year pro hockey career.[1] During the 2008 season, Bonvie surpassed Kevin Evans for the most career penalty minutes in professional hockey history.

The Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza(home of ths Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins) is often called the "house that Bonvie built", because of his love for the fans and their mutual love back at him.

Dennis's younger brother Herb 6' 210 lbs played pro Hockey a while back, but has since retired.

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular Season   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 12 161 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 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 47 - - - - -
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 80 - - - - -
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 Ottawa Senators NHL 12 0 0 0 29 - - - - -
2002–03 Binghamton Senators AHL 51 7 3 10 311 14 2 4 6 85
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
NHL Totals 92 1 2 3 311 1 0 0 0 0
OHL Totals 120 4 34 38 600 21 0 1 1 91
AHL Totals 821 82 187 269 4290 89 8 27 35 336

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