Bonsignore was born in Rochester, New York. As a youth, Bonsignore played in the 1990 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Rochester.\n', '

Bonsignore was drafted in the first round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, 4th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers, from the Niagara Falls Thunder in the Ontario Hockey League.[citation needed] While playing for the Oilers\' American Hockey League farm team in the 1997-98 season, he was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning.[citation needed] He was Tampa Bay\'s leading rookie scorer his first year while also earning International Hockey League player of the week 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.[citation needed]\n', '

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.[citation needed]\n', '

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