Benjamin John Hankinson (born May 1, 1969 in Edina, Minnesota) is a retired ice hockey right winger who played 43 games in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils and Tampa Bay Lightning between 1993 and 1995, scoring 3 goals and 3 assists. He played for the University of Minnesota from 1987 to 1991 and was a First Team All-Star in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association in 1990. The New Jersey Devils chose him 107th overall in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft.