Sonja van der Bliek
Canadian ice hockey goaltender
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| Intro | Canadian ice hockey goaltender | ||
| Places | Canada | ||
| is | Athlete Ice hockey player | ||
| Work field | Sports | ||
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| Birth | 22 July 1989, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Age | 35 years | ||
| Star sign | Cancer | ||
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Biography
Sonja van der Bliek is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender, currently playing with Brynäs IF in the SDHL.
Career
By the time she graduated, she held 12 individual programme records, and was named team MVP in her final year. She was nominated for the 2010 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. In 2020, she was inducted into the RPI Athletics Hall of Fame.
After graduation, she signed with the Brampton Thunder in the CWHL. In 2016, she left Brampton to sign with the Toronto Furies, where she spent two years as backup before earning the starting job for the 2017–18 season. Across six years in the CWHL, van der Bliek played in 54 games.
After the CWHL folded, she signed with Brynäs in Sweden. In her first season, the team reached the SDHL playoffs, losing to Modo in the first round.
Personal life
She is of Dutch and Norwegian descent.