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
The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award is given to the top female college ice hockey player in the United States. The award is presented during the women's annual ice hockey championship, the Frozen Four. The award was first presented in 1998.
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. 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
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. 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.
References
External links
* Biographical information and career statistics fro
Elite Prospect
Brampton Thunder players
Toronto Furies players
1989 births
Living people
Ice hockey people from Toronto
Canadian women's ice hockey goaltenders
RPI Engineers women's ice hockey players
Brynäs IF players
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