Scott Bonner

No stranger to the WHL, Scott Bonner has been around the league for decades now and has proven he knows what it takes to put a winning team on the ice.

Bonner has been General Manager of the Vancouver Giants since day one and has built the Giants into a WHL powerhouse. Bonner put together the team that went to back to back Memorial Cups in 2006 and 2007, winning in 07 in front of the hometown fans in Vancouver. Bonner was also the architect of a team that won four straight BC Division titles and recorded 100 points or more in four straight seasons from 2006 to 2009. In the 2008-2009 season the Giants finished with a franchise-high 57 wins and 119 points.

Bonner started in the WHL as a scout, working 14 years for the New Westminster Bruins and Tri City Americans, Bonner has a proven track record for discovering talent, he has been credited with finding players like Milan Lucic and Cody Franson who were passed over in the WHL bantam draft. Other NHL players Bonner has discovered include Daymond Langkow, Todd Simpson, Sheldon Souray, Brain Boucher, Scott Gomez, Ray Schultz, Mike Comrie and Zenith Komarniski. Bonner’s ability to assess talent has helped to support and produced NHL calibre players as well as further the success of the Vancouver Giants.