Decades of dedication to the sport will be recognized later this week when the coach of a CCAA national champion enters his hometown sports hall of fame. Doug Bonhomme will be inducted into the Sudbury Sports Hall of Fame on June 4th.

After attending Clarkson University on a hockey scholarship, Bonhomme returned to the Nickel City and stayed involved with the game as an administrator. For 38 years from 1984 to 2022, he was a member of the Ontario Hockey League Central Scouting. Peter Michelutti Sr. joined him behind the bench of the Cambrian College Golden Shield from 1989 to 2003. The pair guided the team to a national title in 1997 in addition to provincial titles in 1993, 1996, 1997 and 1999.

The 73 year old is already a Sudbury Sports Hall of Fame member as the 1996-97 CCAA champions were inducted in 2013. His daughter, Tessa, a gold medalist with the 2010 Women's Olympic Team, entered the Hall in 2020.

The former OCAA coach of the year is the fifth bench boss of a CCAA national champion to receive a call to a municipal/regional hall of fame. Similar honours have been bestowed upon Joe Voytechek, Jerry Serviss, Carl Buchanan, Perry Pearn.

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