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Hannu Virta

#23 ZSC Lions / NLA - 97/98

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#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Brady Shaw	47	34	38	72
2.	Mattias Persson	45	14	44	58
3.	Marcus Olsson	44	28	29	57
4.	Josh MacDonald	44	26	31	57
5.	Rasmus T. Andersson	47	22	33	55

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Date of Birth

Mar 22, 1963

Position

Age

Height

5'11" / 181 cm

Place of Birth

Turku, FIN

Weight

181 lbs / 82 kg

Nation

Finland

Shoots

Youth Team

TPS

Status

Retired

Drafted

1981 round 2 #38 overall by Buffalo Sabres

Highlights

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Player Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1978-79	TPS U18	U18 SM-sarja	22	1	9	10	6		\|
1979-80	TPS U20	U20 SM-sarja	26	13	8	21	6		\|	Playoffs	5	2	3	5	0
1980-81	TPS U20	U20 SM-sarja	29	22	22	44	55		\|
	TPS	SM-liiga	1	0	1	1	0	-1	\|	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	4
	Finland U18	EJC-18	5	3	1	4	0		\|
1981-82	TPS	SM-liiga	36	5	12	17	6	27	\|	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	2
	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	3	0	1	1	4		\|	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	0
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7	1	7	8	4		\|
1982-83	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	74	13	24	37	18	7	\|	Playoffs	10	1	2	3	4
1983-84	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	70	6	30	36	12	15	\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	2
1984-85	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	51	1	23	24	16	-2	\|
1985-86	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	47	5	23	28	16	2	\|
1986-87	TPS “C”	SM-liiga	41	13	30	43	20	28	\|	Playoffs	5	0	3	3	2	-5
	Finland	WC	8	0	4	4	4	-4	\|
1987-88	TPS “C”	SM-liiga	44	10	28	38	20	17	\|
	Finland	CC	5	0	1	1	0	-4	\|
1988-89	TPS “C”	SM-liiga	43	7	25	32	30	43	\|	Playoffs	10	1	7	8	0	10
	Finland	WC	10	3	5	8	6	13	\|
1989-90	TPS “C”	SM-liiga	41	7	19	26	14	24	\|	Playoffs	9	0	6	6	10	5
1990-91	TPS “C”	SM-liiga	43	4	16	20	40	6	\|	Playoffs	9	4	2	6	4	9
	Finland “C”	WC	7	0	2	2	4		\|
1991-92	TPS “C”	SM-liiga	43	6	22	28	32	5	\|	Playoffs	3	1	4	5	0	3
1992-93	TPS “C”	SM-liiga	39	1	18	19	18	9	\|	Playoffs	12	2	2	4	14	1
1993-94	TPS “C”	SM-liiga	47	3	17	20	18	14	\|	Playoffs	10	0	3	3	6	5
	Finland	OG	8	2	1	3	2	1	\|
	Finland “A”	WC	8	1	4	5	6	16	\|
	Finland (all)	International	22	3	5	8	14		\|
1994-95	Grasshopper Club Zürich	NLB	36	12	18	30	14		\|	Playoffs	12	5	9	14	2
	Finland	WC	7	1	1	2	8	2	\|
1995-96	Grasshopper Club Zürich “C”	NLB	35	12	26	38	10		\|	Playoffs	10	1	6	7	6
	Finland	WC	6	0	6	6	4	8	\|
1996-97	TPS “C”	SM-liiga	48	7	14	21	24	30	\|	Playoffs	12	0	1	1	6	6
	Finland	WCup	4	1	0	1	6	0	\|
	Finland “A”	WC	8	0	3	3	4	1	\|
1997-98	ZSC Lions	NLA	38	3	20	23	8		\|	Relegation	8	1	5	6	6

Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1980-81	TPS U18	Viking Cup	-	-	-	-	-		\|
1993-94	Finland	Nissan Cup	3	0	0	0	0		\|
1996-97	TPS “C”	Euro HL	5	0	2	2	2	7	\|	Playoffs	4	1	3	4	0	7

Team Staff History

S	Team	League	Role on Team	Notes
1998-99	TPS	SM-liiga	Asst. Coach
1999-00	TPS	SM-liiga	Asst. Coach
2000-01	TPS	SM-liiga	Asst. Coach
2001-02	TPS	SM-liiga	Asst. Coach
	TPS	Spengler Cup	Asst. Coach
2002-03	TPS	SM-liiga	Asst. Coach
	TPS	Spengler Cup	Asst. Coach
2003-04	Blues	SM-liiga	Head Coach
	Finland	WC	Asst. Coach
2004-05	Blues	SM-liiga	Head Coach	Replaced by Pekka Rautakallio midseason
	Finland	WC	Asst. Coach
2005-06	TPS	SM-liiga	Asst. Coach
	Finland	OG	Asst. Coach
	Finland	WC	Asst. Coach
2006-07	TPS	SM-liiga	Asst. Coach
	Finland	WC	Asst. Coach
2007-08	TPS	SM-liiga	Head Coach
2008-09	TPS	SM-liiga	Head Coach	Replaced by Kai Suikkanen midseason
	HC Lugano	NLA	Head Coach	Hired in January, replacing John Slettvoll
2009-10	Finland U18	WJC-18	Team Manager
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	Team Manager
2010-11	Jokerit	SM-liiga	Asst. Coach
2011-12	Jokerit	SM-liiga	Asst. Coach
2012-13	Jokerit	SM-liiga	Asst. Coach
2013-14	Jokerit	Liiga	Asst. Coach
	Finland	EHT	Asst. Coach
	Finland	OG	Asst. Coach
	Finland	WC	Asst. Coach
2014-15	Jokerit	KHL	Asst. Coach
	Jokerit	Spengler Cup	Asst. Coach
2015-16	Jokerit	KHL	Asst. Coach
	Jokerit	Spengler Cup	Asst. Coach
2016-17	Jokerit	KHL	Asst. Coach
2017-18	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	Asst. Coach

Player Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
CC	1	5	0	1	1	0.20	0	-4	\|	0
EJC-18	1	5	3	1	4	0.80	0	-	\|	0
Euro HL	1	5	0	2	2	0.40	2	7	\|	1	4	1	3	4	1.00	0	7
International	1	22	3	5	8	0.36	14	-	\|	0
SM-liiga (Liiga)	11	426	63	202	265	0.62	222	202	\|	10	81	9	30	39	0.48	48	34
NHL	5	245	25	101	126	0.51	66	22	\|	3	17	1	3	4	0.24	6	-
Nissan Cup	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	\|	0
NLA (NL)	1	38	3	20	23	0.61	8	-	\|	1	8	1	5	6	0.75	6	-
OG	1	8	2	1	3	0.38	2	1	\|	0
NLB (SL)	2	71	24	44	68	0.96	24	-	\|	2	22	6	15	21	0.95	8	-
U18 SM-sarja	1	22	1	9	10	0.45	6	-	\|	0
U20 SM-sarja	2	55	35	30	65	1.18	61	-	\|	1	5	2	3	5	1.00	0	-
Viking Cup	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	0
WC	7	54	5	25	30	0.56	36	36	\|	0
WCup	1	4	1	0	1	0.25	6	0	\|	0
WJC-20	1	7	1	7	8	1.14	4	-	\|	0

Career Highlights

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Awards by season

1980-1981
- Viking Cup Most Valuable Player
1981-1982
1986-1987
1987-1988
- SM-liiga Most Shorthanded Goals (1)
1988-1989
1989-1990
1990-1991
1991-1992
- SM-liiga All-Star Team
1992-1993
- SM-liiga Champion
1993-1994
1994-1995
- World Championship Gold Medal
1995-1996
- World Championship Most Assists (6)
- World Championship Most Points by Defenseman (6)
1996-1997
2002-2003
- Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame (Jääkiekkoleijona) (#133)

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Player Connections

Player	Period	YearsYr	Teams
Esa Keskinen (F)	1980-1996	10	Finland, Finland (OG), Finland (Cup), Finland (all), Finland U18, TPS
Timo Jutila (D)	1980-1997	10	Buffalo Sabres, Finland, Finland (OG), Finland (CC), Finland (Cup), Finland (all), Finland U18, Finland U20
Jukka Vilander (F)	1981-1994	9	Finland, TPS
Mal Davis (F)	1982-1991	9	Buffalo Sabres, TPS
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