Alexander Bonsaksen

Alexander Bonsaksen (born January 24, 1987) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with KooKoo in the Finnish Liiga.

Playing career Bonsaksen joined the Vålerenga Ishockey organization in 2003, playing with their junior team in parts of three seasons. He made his professional debut in the GET-ligaen during the 2005–06 season. He played for Vålerenga until 2009, before moving to Sweden, where he played for Modo, Sundsvall and Rögle. He returned to Vålerenga before the 2013-14 season.

After his third season in 2016–17, with Tappara of the Finnish Liiga, Bonsaksen left as a free agent to sign a one-year contract in Germany with the Iserlohn Roosters of the DEL on April 28, 2017.

Bonsaksen was named the captain of KooKoo before the start of 2019–20 Liiga season.

International play Bonsaksen was selected to play for the Norway men's national ice hockey team at the 2010 Winter Olympics, 2014 Winter Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics. He has previously represented Norway at the IIHF World U18 Championships: 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I. IIHF World U20 Championship: 2006, and 2007. World Ice Hockey Championships: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Personal life On July 27, 2018, Bonsaksen got engaged to snowboarder Silje Norendal. In 2021, she gave birth to their first child, Bianca.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2003–04 Vålerenga Ishockey NOR U19 27 1 1 2 12 — — — — — 2004–05 Vålerenga Ishockey NOR U19 25 3 4 7 34 — — — — — 2005–06 Vålerenga Ishockey NOR 40 0 3 3 30 6 0 1 1 2 2006–07 Vålerenga Ishockey NOR 42 1 7 8 95 15 0 2 2 22 2007–08 Vålerenga Ishockey NOR 36 1 5 6 46 10 1 0 1 14 2008–09 Vålerenga Ishockey NOR 45 3 11 14 40 17 0 0 0 56 2009–10 Modo Hockey J20 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2009–10 Modo Hockey SEL 48 0 2 2 20 — — — — — 2010–11 Modo Hockey J20 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2010–11 Modo Hockey SEL 31 0 2 2 6 — — — — — 2010–11 IF Sundsvall Hockey Allsv 23 1 3 4 24 — — — — — 2011–12 Rögle BK Allsv 52 4 8 12 69 10 0 0 0 2 2012–13 Rögle BK SEL 55 1 4 5 56 — — — — — 2013–14 Vålerenga Ishockey NOR 41 5 24 29 110 18 0 10 10 12 2014–15 Vålerenga Ishockey NOR 21 2 7 9 22 — — — — — 2014–15 Tappara Liiga 36 1 6 7 12 20 1 2 3 14 2015–16 Tappara Liiga 57 2 8 10 34 16 0 0 0 12 2016–17 Tappara Liiga 50 4 12 16 50 17 0 2 2 8 2017–18 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 40 1 8 9 26 2 0 0 0 4 2018–19 KooKoo Liiga 53 0 10 10 44 — — — — — 2019–20 KooKoo Liiga 46 2 4 6 44 — — — — — 2020–21 KooKoo Liiga 43 2 7 9 42 — — — — — 2021–22 KooKoo Liiga 37 1 4 5 46 16 0 1 1 16 NOR totals 225 12 57 69 343 66 1 13 14 106 SEL totals 134 1 8 9 82 — — — — — Liiga totals 322 12 57 69 343 69 1 5 6 50

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2005 Norway WJC18 D1 5 2 1 3 10 2006 Norway WJC 6 0 0 0 20 2007 Norway WJC D1 5 1 2 3 8 2009 Norway OGQ 3 0 0 0 0 2009 Norway WC 6 0 0 0 4 2010 Norway OG 4 0 0 0 2 2010 Norway WC 6 0 0 0 6 2011 Norway WC 7 0 2 2 6 2012 Norway WC 8 0 1 1 0 2013 Norway WC 7 0 1 1 2 2014 Norway OG 4 0 0 0 8 2014 Norway WC 7 1 0 1 4 2015 Norway WC 7 0 1 1 14 2017 Norway WC 7 0 1 1 4 2018 Norway OG 5 2 0 2 6 2018 Norway WC 7 1 1 2 4 2019 Norway WC 7 0 1 1 18 Junior totals 16 3 3 6 38 Senior totals 85 4 8 12 78