Likit Andersson

Likit Andersson
Date of birth	February 24, 1973
place of birth	Phitsanulok , Thailand
size	184 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1993-1996	Borås HC
1996-1997	Mörrum GoIS
1997-1998	Deggendorfer EC
1998-1999	TSV Erding
1999-2000	Trenton Titans
2000-2002	Augusta Lynx
2002-2003	Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam
2003-2004	Greensboro Generals
2004-2005	Bakersfield Condors Frölunda HC Borås HC
2005-2006	Stockton Thunder Trenton Titans South Carolina Stingrays
2006-2007	HC Eppan
2007-2008	Totempo HvIK
2008-2009	Cardiff Devils Newcastle Vipers

Likit Neimwan Andersson (born February 24, 1973 in Phitsanulok ) is a Thai - Swedish ice hockey player and coach .

Career

Likit Andersson was born in Thailand but grew up in Sweden. There he began his career as an ice hockey player at Borås HC , for whose professional team he was active from 1993 to 1996 in Division 1 , which was still second at the time . Then he played for a year for their league rivals Mörrum GoIS . From 1997 to 1999 the defender played for one season each for the German second division clubs Deggendorfer EC and TSV Erding . He spent the following three and a half years mostly in North America, where he was on the ice for the Trenton Titans and Augusta Lynx in the ECHL and the Detroit Vipers from the International Hockey League . He was particularly convincing in the ECHL and took part in the ECHL All-Star Game in 2001. In 2002 he also played three games for the Bracknell Bees from the British Ice Hockey Superleague . The 2002/03 season he started again in Augusta before he joined the Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam from the Dutch Eredivisie . At the end of the season, he immediately won the double of championship title and cup with the team .

In the 2003/04 season Andersson played for his ex-club Borås HC in the meanwhile third-rate Division 1 and for the Greensboro Generals from the ECHL. The 2004/05 season he started with the Bakersfield Condors from the ECHL and finished it at Borås HC in Division 1. He also came to two missions for the Frölunda HC from the Elitserien . In the following season , the left shooter appeared for the ECHL participants Stockton Thunder , Trenton Titans and South Carolina Stingrays . This was followed by one season each at HC Eppan from the Italian A2 series and at Totempo HvIK from the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen . He last appeared in the 2008/09 season for the Cardiff Devils and the Newcastle Vipers in the Elite Ice Hockey League in Great Britain, before ending his professional career at the age of 36. He then returned to Thailand and has since worked as a player-coach for the national team in his home country. He is also involved in the youth field and runs ice hockey schools in Thailand.

International

For Thailand , Andersson took part in the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia as a player-coach in 2010, 2011 and 2012 . In 2011 , he was also part of his country's ice hockey squad at the Asian Winter Games . In 2012 he was the head coach of the Thai U18 national team when it won the Challenge Cup of Asia.

Achievements and Awards

• 2001 ECHL All-Star Game
• 2003 Dutch champion with the Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam
• 2003 Dutch cup winner with the Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam

International

• 2010 Best Defender of the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
• 2011 Best Defender of the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
• 2011 Best Defender in the Premier Division of the Asian Winter Games
• 2012 U18 junior champion of the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia (as trainer)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ eurohockey.com, Ice Hockey in Thailand?

Web links

• Likit Andersson at hockeydb.com (English)
• Likit Andersson at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Likit Andersson at eurohockey.com