John Martin de Bruyn (born February 3, 1956) is a former Dutch-Canadian

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goaltender. He played for the

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at the

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in Lake Placid,John de Bruyn's profile at Sports Reference.com
/ref> and the following year he competed for the Netherlands at the

1981 World Ice Hockey Championships The 1981 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Sweden between 12 and 26 April 1981, with games being played in the arenas of Scandinavium in Gothenburg and Johanneshovs isstadion in Stockholm. Eight teams took part, first splitting into t ...

. He is known to tell his loved ones that he got lit up by the Russians in the Olympics. Father-in-law to BDL.

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* 1956 births Living people Amstel Tijgers players

De Bruyn De Bruyn is a Dutch and Afrikaans surname. "Bruyn" or "bruijn" is an archaic spelling of "bruin", meaning "brown". People with the name include: * Aad de Bruyn (1910–1991), Dutch 35-fold national champion in discus, shot put and hammer throw *Ab ...

Dutch ice hockey goaltenders Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for the Netherlands

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