Sonja van der Bliek

Sonja van der Bliek is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender, currently playing with Brynäs IF in the SDHL.

Sonja van der Bliek
Born (1989-07-22) July 22, 1989
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position Goaltender
SDHL team
Former teams		 Brynäs IF
Toronto Furies
Brampton Thunder
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Playing career 2011–present

Career

By the time she graduated, she held 12 individual programme records, and was named team MVP in her final year.[1] She was nominated for the 2010 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.[2] In 2020, she was inducted into the RPI Athletics Hall of Fame.[3]

After graduation, she signed with the Brampton Thunder in the CWHL. In 2016, she left Brampton to sign with the Toronto Furies, where she would spend two years as backup before earning the starting job for the 2017–18 season.[4][5] Across six years in the CWHL, van der Bliek would play 54 games.

After the CWHL folded, she signed with Brynäs in Sweden.[6][7] In her first season, the team would make the SDHL playoffs, losing to Modo in the first round.[8][9]

Personal life

She is of Dutch and Norwegian descent.

References
  1. "RPI women's goalie van der Bliek honored by ECAC Hockey | The Daily Gazette". dailygazette.com.
  2. "Sonja van der Bliek - 2010-11 - Women's Ice Hockey". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics.
  3. "5 To Be Inducted Into RPI Athletics Hall of Fame". February 13, 2020.
  4. "Sonja van der Bliek Displays Great Spirit Between the Pipes for the Toronto Furies". ECAC Hockey. December 27, 2017.
  5. Jones, Jeff M. (October 13, 2017). "CWHL 2017-18 Season Preview: Toronto Furies". The Ice Garden.
  6. Foster, Meredith (May 20, 2018). "Q & A with Brynäs IF's Sonja van der Bliek". The Ice Garden.
  7. "Målvakt från Kanada ersätter Sara Grahn". www.expressen.se.
  8. "Kanadensisk målvakt till Brynäs". hallandsposten.se. May 4, 2018.
  9. Abusagr, Lina (November 23, 2018). "Brynäs kanadensiska spelare trivs i Gävle: "We love Swedish fika"" – via www.svt.se.


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