Bill Wensink
Bill Wensink (born July 15, 1958)[1] is a Canadian former ice hockey player. A Dutch Canadian, he spent 14 years playing in the Eredivisie and in two IIHF World Championships for the Netherlands national ice hockey team.
Wensink played in tier-I junior hockey, recording an assist and 2 penalty minutes in two games with Kingston Canadiens. Wensink joined Nijmegen Tigers in 1978, staying with the club until 1985. In his final year at Nijmegen, he played with his uncle John Wensink. He spent the next two years with Smoke Eaters Geleen and then for 1987-8 again for one last season for Nijmegen. Wensink spent this final four seasons with Rotterdam Panda's. Wensink played seven games in each in the 1987 World Ice Hockey Championships and the 1991 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Going scoreless in 1991, he recorded 2 goals and 2 assists in 1987.
References
- ^ "Bill Wensink". Society for International Hockey Research. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
Sources
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Canadian people of Dutch descent
- Dutch ice hockey players
- Eredivisie (ice hockey) players
- Geleen Smoke Eaters players
- Kingston Canadians players
- Nijmegen Tigers players
- Rotterdam Panda's players
- Dutch winter sports biography stubs
- European ice hockey biography stubs
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1950s births stubs