Estonian-Finnish ice hockey player

Siim Liivik (born 14 February 1988) is an Estonian-Finnish professional ice hockey winger for EC KAC of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL).

Contents

• 1 Playing career
• 2 International career
• 3 Achievements
  • 3.1 SM-liiga
• 4 Career statistics
  • 4.1 Regular season and playoffs
  • 4.2 International
• 5 Personal
• 6 References
• 7 External links

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 career

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.

Achievements

SM-liiga

• Kanada-malja (Finnish Ice hockey champion): 2010–11
• EBEL-League (Austrian Ice hockey champion): 2018–19

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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.

References

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)