Bill Wensink

Bill Wensink
Bill Wensink
Born	July 15, 1958 (age 65); Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Relatives	John Wensink (cousin)
Height
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Right-handed
Played for	Kingston Canadians (1976-78); Nijmegen Tigers (1978-85); Smoke Eaters Geleen (1985-87); Nijmegen Tigers (1987-88); Rotterdam Panda's (1988-92)
National team	Netherlands

Bill Wensink (born July 15, 1958 in Kingston, Ontario)^[1]^[2] 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 cousin 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.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
^ "Bill Wensink". Society for International Hockey Research. Archived from the original on 2012-09-08. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

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