Tessa Bonhomme is a co-host of Jocks in Jills, the PWHL’s official podcast, for the league’s in-house studio, PWHL Media House. Tessa Bonhomme won Olympic gold with Canada at Vancouver 2010 and spent ten years at TSN, from 2014 to 2024. She also won CBC’s Battle of the Blades in 2011 and has played herself in Shoresy.
| Fast facts: Tessa Bonhomme | |
|---|---|
| Known for | 2010 Olympic gold; Jocks in Jills; playing herself in Shoresy |
| Current role | Co-host, Jocks in Jills |
| Employer | PWHL (PWHL Media House) |
| Hometown | Sudbury, Ontario |
| Education | Ohio State University, speech pathology, 2008 |
| Previous roles | TSN SportsCentre host and reporter, 2014 to 2024; Leafs TV, from 2011 |
| Hockey connection | Defender for Canada, 107 games from 2004 to 2014 |
What is Tessa Bonhomme doing now?
Tessa Bonhomme co-hosts Jocks in Jills with Julia Tocheri. The two started the show independently in January 2024, and in November 2024 the PWHL bought it, brought both hosts in-house, and made it part of its new media venture, PWHL Media House, according to the league’s PWHL Media House announcement.
The show’s third season started in October 2025 with two episodes a week, after a year in which its Spotify listening hours rose by more than 300 percent. For the February 2026 Olympics, the PWHL scheduled the show to broadcast live from Milan through the medal rounds, 16 years after Bonhomme won her own gold; in May 2026, Bonhomme and Tocheri hosted a live postgame show after the Walter Cup Final. As of September 2026, the show was still running weekly under the PWHL banner, covering the league’s expansion.
Is Tessa Bonhomme still with TSN?
No. Tessa Bonhomme left TSN in 2024 after ten years as a SportsCentre host and reporter to join the PWHL. Explaining the move to theScore in January 2025, she said: “I feel like I checked a ton of boxes, and the only thing that was left was covering a professional women’s team.” She added that family life and work-life balance played a part.
At TSN, she anchored SportsCentre, hosted French Open coverage, and worked on NHL, Canadiens, and trade deadline broadcasts. Before that, she had a part-time role at Leafs TV from 2011. The channels and streams for Leafs games are in our guide to how to watch the Toronto Maple Leafs.
What did Tessa Bonhomme win as a player?
Tessa Bonhomme won Olympic gold at Vancouver 2010, on a blue line that also included Meaghan Mikkelson, and World Championship gold in 2007 and 2012, with silver in 2009, 2011, and 2013. She played 107 games for Canada as a defender and scored 51 points, 41 of them assists. At the 2012 World Championship, she assisted on Caroline Ouellette’s overtime winner in the gold medal game, and she won the 4 Nations Cup six times.
At Ohio State, she set the program’s records for a defender: 128 career points and 45 in one season; in 2008, she was the WCHA’s Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year and Ohio State’s first AHCA First Team All-American. The university inducted her into its athletics hall of fame in 2014. She went first overall in the CWHL’s first draft in 2010, captained the Toronto Furies, and has called their 2014 Clarkson Cup the most fulfilling moment of her hockey career.
| Year | Role or result | Team or outlet |
|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 to 2007-08 | Defender, school records | Ohio State |
| 2010 | Olympic gold | Canada |
| 2007 and 2012 | World championship gold | Canada |
| March 2014 | Clarkson Cup | Toronto Furies |
| 2014 to 2024 | SportsCentre host and reporter | TSN |
| From January 2024 | Co-host, Jocks in Jills | Independent, PWHL Media House from November 2024 |
Tessa Bonhomme retired from Canada’s national team and joined TSN full-time on the same day, 17 September 2014.
Was Tessa Bonhomme cut from the Olympic team?
Yes, twice. Tessa Bonhomme sat out the 2005-06 college season to train with Canada’s Olympic group and was one of the last two players cut before Turin 2006. Four years later she made the Vancouver team. In November 2013, Canada released her from its Sochi 2014 training roster, and three months later she was on TSN’s panel covering the women’s tournament at those Games. She made one of the three Olympic teams she was in contention for.
Did Tessa Bonhomme win Battle of the Blades?
Yes. Tessa Bonhomme won season 3 of CBC’s Battle of the Blades on 14 November 2011, partnered with Olympic pairs champion David Pelletier. She was the first female hockey player to compete on the show, and the pair’s $100,000 prize went to charity. Two former NHL players finished behind them: Bryan Berard, skating with Marie-France Dubreuil, was second and Boyd Devereaux, with Tanith Belbin, was third. Some reference pages date the win to 2012, which is wrong.
Is Tessa Bonhomme in Shoresy?
Yes. Tessa Bonhomme played herself in seven episodes across Shoresy‘s first four seasons, from “Never Lose Again” in May 2022 to “Blueberry Buddies” in January 2025, and six of the seven are season openers or finales. She has said that for a lot of people, the show is what she is best known for. Shoresy is set in Sudbury, Ontario. She also appeared as herself in four episodes of Letterkenny between 2019 and 2022, three of them alongside TSN colleague Kate Beirness.
Is Tessa Bonhomme from Sudbury, and how old is she?
Yes. Tessa Bonhomme was born on 23 July 1985 in Sudbury, Ontario, and played for the Sudbury Lady Wolves from 1998 to 2003 before going to Ohio State. She graduated from Ohio State in 2008 with a degree in speech pathology.
Is Tessa Bonhomme married?
There is no publicly confirmed information about Tessa Bonhomme’s relationship status, and she has not publicly named a partner. Tessa Bonhomme has said she has two children in a January 2025 interview with theScore, and otherwise keeps her personal life private.
