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Position	goaltender
Catches	left
Height Weight	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 177 lb (80 kg)
Elitserien Team F. Teams	HV 71 Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) Toledo Storm (ECHL)
Olympics	2006
World Championships	2002 2004 2005 2006 2008
Nationality	Swedish
Born	December 21st 1980, Gdynia, Poland
NHL Draft	102nd overall, 2000 Detroit Red Wings
Pro Career	1999 – present

Stefan Patryk Liv (born Patryk Śliz on December 21st 1980 in Gdynia, Poland) is a professional goaltender who plays in the Elitserien for HV 71. A Polish orphan, Liv was adopted by a swedish family when he was two years old. He kept his initial forename, Patryk, as his middle name.

Liv is an agile goaltender who currently holds the Elitserien's record for the most shutouts in the playoffs, with 6, four of which in the final; he established this mark in merely two seasons. Liv signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings, the team that had drafted him 102nd overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, in 2006. Despite being recalled twice by the Wings, he never saw any National Hockey League action; he played only with the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League and the Toledo Storm of the ECHL. Following that season, Liv inked a three years deal with his old HV 71 club.

In 2008, following a very strong year, Liv led HV 71 to the Elitserien's gold medal. His play had been stellar, with a 1.82 GAA and .938 save percentage record; that kind of brilliant play earned him his first Guldpucken award.

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