Kim Hirschovits
Kim Hirschovits ( born May 9, 1982 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is since June 2013 at the Espoo Blues in the SM- liiga under contract.
Career
Kim Hirschovits began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior department of HIFK Helsinki for the first team, he made his debut in the SM- liiga in the 2000 /01 season. He remained point - and impunity in two games. In the following season, the Center continued in professional team HIFK in the SM- liiga through and increased to six goals and ten templates in 45 games. In the rest of the season, he also came to three inserts for Haukat in the subprime Mestis and ended the season finally at the North American Junior Team Chicago Steel, for which he scored two goals and assists in six games in the United States Hockey League.
In the sixth round as the 194th overall player selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2002 by the New York Rangers, for whom he never played, however. Instead, he returned to his native Finland, where he stood until 2006 for HIFK Helsinki of the SM - liiga in on the ice. In HIFK he could continuously increase during this period and developed into one of the leading players of his team. For the season 2006/ 07 moved within the SM- liiga Hirschovits to Jokerit Helsinki. There he was able to convince at first and was elected in September 2006 for the player of the month in the league. At the end of the season he reached with his new team the playoff final, in which he was subject, however Kärpät Oulu with Jokerit in the best- of-five series with a sweep. For good performance this season, he carried himself with 64 scorer points, including 21 goals, in.
After another season with Jokerit Helsinki, Hirschovits returned once more to HIFK Helsinki. There he was able to convince, especially in the 2008/ 09 season in which he scored 18 goals and 48 templates for HIFK in the main round in 58 games. Thus, he was both top scorer of the league, for which he received the Veli -Pekka Ketola - trophy, as well as best assist provider. In addition, he was elected in January 2009 Player of the Month SM liiga. In the following season the former national player Mannschaftakapitän was at HIFK. With 53 scorer points in 60 games he was able to build on the previous year's performance. For the 2010/11 season the Finn went for the first time abroad in Europe and signed a contract with Timrå IK in the Swedish Elitserien, where he was a newcomer at first assistant captain. In May 2011 Hirschovits received a new contract with his hometown club HIFK Helsinki, for which he completed 30 games until January 2013, before moving to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the KHL. With Torpedo he reached the KHL playoffs, scoring a total of 24 KHL games 12 points scorer.
In June 2012, Lulea HF of Hirschovits was signed up, but returned again in January 2013 in the KHL back when he was obliged by HK Dinamo Minsk. With Dinamo, he took part in the Nadezhda Cup 2013, because the club had missed the play-offs.
Since June 2013 he is with the Espoo Blues under contract.
Internationally
For Hirschovits Finland took part in the junior level only at the U20 World Youth Championship in 2002, where he won the bronze medal with his team. In the senior level, he stood in 2007, 2008 and 2009 in the squad of his country at the Euro Hockey Tour.
Awards and achievements
- 2002 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2006 SM liiga Player of the Month September
- 2007 Finnish runner with Jokerit Helsinki
- 2009 SM liiga Player of the Month January
- 2009 Veli -Pekka Ketola trophy -
- 2009 Most assists the SM- liiga
Statistics
(End of season 2010/11)