Sonja van der Bliek
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey goaltender}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|7|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| position = Goaltender
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| team = Brynäs IF
| league = SDHL
| former_teams = Toronto Furies
Brampton Thunder
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Sonja van der Bliek is a former Canadian ice hockey goaltender, playing with Brynäs IF in the SDHL in the 2018-19 season.
Career
By the time she graduated, she held 12 individual programme records, and was named team MVP in her final year.{{Cite web|url=https://dailygazette.com/article/2009/02/23/rpi_224|title=RPI women's goalie van der Bliek honored by ECAC Hockey | The Daily Gazette|website=dailygazette.com|date=23 February 2009 }} She was nominated for the 2010 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.{{Cite web|url=https://rpiathletics.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/sonja-van-der-bliek/3722|title=Sonja van der Bliek - 2010-11 - Women's Ice Hockey|website=Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics}} In 2020, she was inducted into the RPI Athletics Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nyhockeyonline.com/5-to-be-inducted-into-rpi-athletics-hall-of-fame/|title=5 To Be Inducted Into RPI Athletics Hall of Fame|date=February 13, 2020}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecachockey.com/women/alumni/20172712_Van_Der_Bliek|title=Sonja van der Bliek Displays Great Spirit Between the Pipes for the Toronto Furies|date=December 27, 2017|website=ECAC Hockey}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2017/10/13/16459608/2017-2018-cwhl-season-preview-toronto-furies-womens-hockey-sonja-van-der-bliek|title=CWHL 2017-18 Season Preview: Toronto Furies|first=Jeff M.|last=Jones|date=October 13, 2017|website=The Ice Garden}} Across six years in the CWHL, van der Bliek played in 54 games.
After the CWHL folded, she signed with Brynäs in Sweden{{Cite web|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2018/5/20/17373826/q-a-with-brynas-ifs-sonja-van-der-bliek-cwhl-sdhl-toronto-furies|title=Q & A with Brynäs IF's Sonja van der Bliek|first=Meredith|last=Foster|date=May 20, 2018|website=The Ice Garden}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/malvakt-fran-kanada-ersatter-sara-grahn/|title=Målvakt från Kanada ersätter Sara Grahn|website=www.expressen.se|date=4 May 2018 }} In her first season, the team reached the SDHL playoffs, losing to Modo in the first round.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hallandsposten.se/1.5861469|title=Kanadensisk målvakt till Brynäs|date=May 4, 2018|website=hallandsposten.se}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/gavleborg/livet-i-en-ny-stad-for-kanadensiskorna-i-brynas|title=Brynäs kanadensiska spelare trivs i Gävle: "We love Swedish fika"|first=Lina|last=Abusagr|newspaper=SVT Nyheter |date=November 23, 2018|via=www.svt.se}} and retired from hockey in 2019.
Personal life
She is of Dutch and Norwegian descent.
References
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External links
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- Biographical information and career statistics from [https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/367220/sonja-van-der-bliek Elite Prospect]
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Category:Brampton Thunder players
Category:Toronto Furies players
Category:Ice hockey people from Toronto
Category:Canadian women's ice hockey goaltenders
Category:RPI Engineers women's ice hockey players
Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen
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