Alicia Blomberg

Alicia Blomberg
Personal information
Born (1989-04-27) April 27, 1989
Timmins, Ontario, Canada
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Ice hockey career
Position Forward
Shot Right
Played for Ottawa Gee Gees
Playing career 2008–2015
Sport
CountryCanada Canada
SportBall hockey
PositionForward
ShootsRight
Sports career
SportIce cross downhill
CompetitionCrashed Ice
Years active
2012–2015
Medal record
Women's ball hockey
ISBHF World Championship
Gold medal – first place2013 Canada
Gold medal – first place2015 Switzerland
Gold medal – first place2022 Canada
Bronze medal – third place2017 Czech Republic
Bronze medal – third place2026 Czech Republic
Women's ice cross downhill
Crashed Ice
Bronze medal – third place2014 Quebec City

Alicia Furletti-Blomberg (born 1989) is a Canadian ball hockey player and retired ice hockey player and ice cross downhill racer. As a member of the Canadian national ball hockey team, she is a three-time Ball Hockey World Championship gold medallist.

Blomberg participated in ice cross downhill competitions as part of Crashed Ice during 2012 to 2015. She won a Crashed Ice bronze medal in 2014.

Playing career

Ice hockey

Blomberg's college ice hockey career was played with the Ottawa Gee Gees women's ice hockey program of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS).

Her final appearance with the Gee-Gees took place on March 31, 2013 as the Gee-Gees took on the Czech Republic women's national ice hockey team[1] in an exhibition game in Rockland, Ontario, prior to the Czechs participating in the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship in nearby Ottawa. The final score was a 6-3 loss to the visiting Czechs.[2]

Ball hockey

As a member of the Canadian national ball hockey team, Blomberg has captured three world championship gold medals – in 2013, 2015, and 2022. Her first appearance for Canada was at the 2013 ISBHF World Championships in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Returning to the Canadian team in 2015, she contributed towards Canada going undefeated in the tournament, claiming the gold medal for the second consecutive time. In the gold medal game against the Czech Republic, Blomberg logged a goal and a pair of assists in the 5-1 final.[3] For her efforts, she was recognized as Canada's Player of the Game.[4] Blomberg tied fellow Canadian Jessie McCann for eighth in tournament scoring, logging five goals and three assists in seven games played.[5]

Ice cross downhill

Having competed in the Red Bull Crashed Ice competitions from 2012 to 2015, Blomberg achieved a podium finish in 2014, capturing the bronze medal in the world championships. Salla Kyhala of Finland captured the gold medal while fellow Canadian Jacqueline Legere won the silver medal.[6]

Awards and honours

  • Best Forward, 2013 ISBHF Worlds[7]
  • 2013 Ottawa Sports Awards, Individual Sport Award Winner: Ball Hockey[8]
  • 2013 University of Ottawa Sports Services President's Award (recognizing outstanding athletic, academic, and community achievement) [9]
  • 2015 CBHA Nationals, All-Star Team Selection[10]
  • Best Forward, 2015 ISBHF Worlds[11]
  • All-Tournament Team Selection, 2017 Ball Hockey World Championship[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Winter 2013 Edition". The Fulcrum at University of Ottawa. April 11, 2013. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Czech Republic 6 - University of Ottawa". Hockey Canada. March 31, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Game Protocol – Canada 5 : 1 Czech Republic". zug2015.com. June 28, 2016. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Local Female Alicia Blomberg wins Gold with Team Canada Ball Hockey". Timmins Press. July 6, 2015. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Tournament Statistics: Women". zug2015.com. n.d. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Dominant Dallago 2014 World Champion". Red Bull Crashed Ice. March 24, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  7. ↑ "2013 ISBHF World Championships, St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Women: Individual Awards". Goal Line News. June 9, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  8. ↑ "2013 Ottawa Sports Awards Program" (PDF). Ottawa Sports Awards. n.d. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Gee Gees Athletes and Alumni Recognized…". Ottawa Gee-Gees. February 4, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Awards 2015". Canadian Ball Hockey Association. n.d. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Goodbye Zug 2015! Next Up? Pardubice, Czech Republic in 2017!". Goal Line News. July 1, 2015. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  12. ↑ Kratochvíl, Marek (June 10, 2017). "All-stars and individual awards of the 2017 World Championship". ISBHF – International Street and Ball Hockey Federation. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
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