Tessa Bonhomme (born July 23, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and is a television sports reporter for The Sports Network (TSN).
She was an Olympic gold medallist as a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and played for the Toronto Furies in the Canadian Women's Hockey League.
She was also co-captain of the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey team in the NCAA.
1998
Bonhomme was a member of the Sudbury Lady Wolves from 1998 to 2003 and served as a captain in 2003.
1999
During that same time she competed for the Lasalle Secondary School hockey team from 1999 to 2003 and was the captain in 2003.
2001
She was the leading scorer at Lasalle and the league leader for three consecutive years (2001–2003).
In 2001, she led Lasalle to a second-place finish in its league and a city championship title in 2001.
2003
The 2003–04 season marked Bonhomme's freshman year with the Buckeyes.
She played in 34 of 35 games and her 20 points (5 goals, 15 assists) led the Buckeye freshman class and tied for third on the squad.
In WCHA conference games, Bonhomme tied for fifth among freshmen and seventh among defencemen with 13 points.
Her 107 shots paced the freshman class and was third on the team while her four power play goals tied for first on the team.
On October 17, 2003, she registered her first career assist versus Minnesota.
Versus Wisconsin (on November 1), Bonhomme scored her first career goal.
Said goal was also the game-winning goal.
From October 25 to November 15, she had a five-game point streak.
November 22 marked the first multi point game of her career.
She had two assists versus Bemidji State.
2004
Heading into her sophomore season (2004–05), Bonhomme appeared in 30 of 37 games.
Her 27 points ranked third on the team while her 20 assists were second.
Of her seven goals, three were scored on the power play.
For the season, she was the only Buckeye to finish with positive rating at plus-3.
On December 11, 2004, Bonhomme scored two goals against North Dakota in a 3–1 win.
In a 5–4 win against the Yale Bulldogs (on January 14), Bonhomme registered three assists.
During the season, she had a five-game point streak that began on January 21 and ended on February 4.
In a WCHA tournament game (March 4), she had two assists vs. Minnesota State.
Of note, she was the first Buckeye to compete for the Canadian women's national ice hockey team when she was one of 20 Canadian players selected to participate in the 4 Nations Cup from November 10–14.
2006
Bonhomme returned to the Buckeyes in 2006 after redshirting the 2005–06 season while taking part in the Canadian Centralization Program in association with the women's national team.
Through two seasons, the two-time letterwinner already ranked fourth all-time in defencemen scoring with 47 points.
She was co-captain of the team along with Amber Bowman, Katie Maroney and Lacey Schultz.
In her first series back with Ohio State (October 6–7, 2006), Bonhomme had two goals and five assists in a series sweep of Northeastern.
In the October 6 contest, Bonhomme scored a career-high four points (two goals and two assists).
She attained a career high in points with 36 (14 goals and 22 assists).
On the power play, she contributed 17 points (6 goals, 11 assists).
Her four game-winning goals led the Buckeyes.
Her 1.09 points per game ranked fourth in the NCAA among defenders.
During the season, Bonhomme had nine multi-point, three multi-goal and three multi-assist games.
