Ice hockey player
Siim Liivik | |||
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Born |
(1988-02-14) 14 February 1988 (age 36) Paide, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb) | ||
Position | Left wing | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
team Former teams |
Free Agent HIFK Espoo Blues Örebro HK KooKoo EC KAC | ||
National team |
Finland and Estonia | ||
NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2008–present |
Siim Liivik (born 14 February 1988) is an Estonian-Finnish professional ice hockey winger who is currently an unrestricted free agent.
Playing career
Liivik started his professional career with HIFK in 2008. Before joining the Helsinki-based club's first team, Liivik played in the United States with the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League. He has also represented HIFK at different youth levels.
He made his first appearance for HIFK in the 2008–09 season opener against local rivals Jokerit on 11 September 2008. On 30 September 2008 he scored his first SM-liiga goal when HIFK faced KalPa at home. Liivik won Finnish hockey championship in the 2010–11 season. After his first professional seasons with HIFK, Liivik transferred as a free agent to fellow Liiga outfit, the Espoo Blues on 8 April 2013.
After three seasons with the Blues and a short return stint with HIFK, Liivik signed his first contract abroad in agreeing to a two-year contract with Swedish club, Örebro HK, of the SHL on 27 April 2016.
International play
Liivik was a represented Finland national team in the World U20 Championships for in 2008. Liivik opted to join the Estonian national team in the November 2018 Baltic Challenge Cup.
Personal
Under his known nickname Märkä-Simo, Siim Liivik was featured in the music video of the 2011 single "Häissä" by Finnish rappers Jare & VilleGalle. The single released on the Monsp Finnish record label, proved very popular and reached the top of the Finnish Singles Chart. The official music video directed by andrei6000 features Märkä-Simo rapping with the duo.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2007–08 | Waterloo Black Hawks | USHL | 44 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2008–09 | HIFK | SM-l | 58 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2009–10 | HIFK | SM-l | 40 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2009–10 | Kiekko-Vantaa | Mestis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | HIFK | SM-l | 53 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 89 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | ||
2011–12 | HIFK | SM-l | 51 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 149 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||
2011–12 | KooKoo | Mestis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2012–13 | HIFK | SM-l | 46 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | Espoo Blues | Liiga | 54 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 110 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2014–15 | Espoo Blues | Liiga | 59 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | ||
2015–16 | Espoo Blues | Liiga | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2015–16 | HIFK | Liiga | 38 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
2016–17 | Örebro HK | SHL | 21 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2017–18 | KooKoo | Liiga | 42 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2018–19 | EC KAC | EBEL | 54 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 28 | ||
2019–20 | EC KAC | EBEL | 43 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
Liiga totals | 456 | 54 | 84 | 138 | 720 | 57 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 68 | ||||
EBEL totals | 97 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 38 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 34 |
International
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2008 | Finland | WJC | 5th | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Junior totals | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Achievements
SM-liiga
- Kanada-malja (Finnish Ice hockey champion): 2010–11
- EBEL-League (Austrian Ice hockey champion): 2018–19
References
- "Liivik's player profile" (in Finnish). Jatkoaika.com. 3 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- "Game by game" (in Finnish). Liiga. 30 September 2008. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- "Espoo Blues 2013-14 Roster". Espoo Blues. 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- "5 new players in OHK". Örebro HK. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- Music video of "Häissä" by Jare & VilleGalle featuring Märkä-Simo
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Liivik's player profile on SM-liiga's website (in Finnish)
- 1988 births
- EC KAC players
- Espoo Blues players
- Estonian emigrants to Finland
- Estonian ice hockey left wingers
- Finnish ice hockey left wingers
- HIFK (ice hockey) players
- Kiekko-Vantaa players
- KooKoo players
- Living people
- Örebro HK players
- Sportspeople from Paide
- Waterloo Black Hawks players
- Ice hockey people from Vantaa
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Austria
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Estonian expatriate ice hockey people
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Austria