Siim Liivik

Siim Liivik (born 14 February 1988) is an Estonian-Finnish former professional ice hockey winger.

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 the 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 Swedish Hockey League (SHL) on 27 April 2016.

In 2020, Liivik announced his retirement as a player.

International play Liivik was a represented Finland national team in the World U20 Championships for in 2008. Liivik played with 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 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 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