Nick Malík

Nick Malík was born on April 26, 2002 in Raleigh, USA. He is a Czech-American ice hockey goaltender currently playing with the Soo Greyhounds of the OHL. He is a prospect eligible for the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.

His father Marek is a former NHLer.

Club career
Malík began his junior career with the HC Vítkovice organisation. In 2018, he moved to the HC Oceláři Třinec organisation and made his senior debut during the 2018-19 season while he played 6 regular season games and 9 play-off games with the HC Oceláři Třinec under-19 team and 26 games with the HC Oceláři Třinec's farm club, the HC Frýdek-Místek of the Chance Liga.

Malík began the 2019-20 season with the HC Oceláři Třinec organisation while he played 2 games with the HC Oceláři Třinec of the Tipsport Extraliga and 19 games with the HC Frýdek-Místek of the Chance Liga. Then he moved to North America and finished the season by playing 16 games with the Soo Greyhounds of the OHL.

Malík decided to continue with the Soo Greyhounds in the 2020-21 season but was sent to the HC Frýdek-Místek of the Chance Liga for the beginning of the season due to the delayed start of the season in North America. He played 4 games with the HC Frýdek-Místek before moving back to the North America.

International career
Malík represented the Czech Republic at the 2017 and 2018 World U17 Hockey Challenge s (winning the bronze medals at the 2017 tournament) and at the 2020 and 2021 World Junior Championship s.