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Finland Ville Varakas

#8 HIFK / Liiga - 20/21

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Ville Varakas Facts

Date of Birth
Feb 13, 1984
Position
D
Age
39
Height
6'0" / 182 cm
Place of Birth
Helsinki, FIN
Weight
187 lbs / 85 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
HIFK
Status
Retired
Highlights
1-time U20 WJC Bronze Medal 1
1-time SHL Champion 1

Varakas is a defenseman with offensive ability, including a heavy shot and fine vision. Can level opponents with huge open-ice hits. His physicality sometimes gets out of control, resulting in a bad penalty. Skates very well.
- Erik K. Piri, EP (2013)

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Ville Varakas Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1998-99 HIFK U16 U16 SM-sarja 4 0 1 1 2 - |
1999-00 HIFK U16 U16 SM-sarja 13 4 10 14 34 - | Playoffs 2 1 0 1 12 -
2000-01 HIFK U18 U18 SM-sarja 31 2 6 8 80 - | Playoffs 4 0 0 0 0 -
2001-02 HIFK U18 U18 SM-sarja 16 4 4 8 34 - | Playoffs 8 1 3 4 12 -
HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 18 0 0 0 4 2 |
2002-03 HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 34 3 22 25 92 26 | Playoffs 10 3 3 6 10 10
2003-04 HIFK U20 “C” U20 SM-liiga 23 4 17 21 69 17 | Playoffs 10 2 7 9 10 7
HIFK SM-liiga 12 1 0 1 0 -2 |
Suomi U20 Mestis 8 0 2 2 16 -4 |
Finland U20 WJC-20 7 0 4 4 2 3 |
2004-05 HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 11 0 6 6 10 9 | Playoffs 3 2 0 2 8 -3
HIFK SM-liiga 16 0 1 1 4 -13 |
Pelicans SM-liiga 27 1 2 3 34 -11 |
2005-06 HC Znojemští Orli Czechia 3 0 0 0 0 2 |
HC Olomouc Czechia2 29 2 1 3 72 4 |
HIFK SM-liiga 14 0 0 0 6 1 |
2006-07 Sport Mestis 44 3 12 15 70 8 | Playoffs 8 0 3 3 4 4
2007-08 KalPa SM-liiga 55 3 7 10 95 -4 |
2008-09 KalPa SM-liiga 58 2 13 15 67 2 | Playoffs 12 0 1 1 14 -2
2009-10 KalPa SM-liiga 58 5 5 10 90 1 | Playoffs 12 0 1 1 12 -3
2010-11 Blues SM-liiga 60 5 26 31 75 -1 | Playoffs 17 0 6 6 66 5
2011-12 Blues SM-liiga 58 8 21 29 79 2 | Playoffs 16 0 5 5 16 6
2012-13 HIFK SM-liiga 46 6 19 25 44 -1 | Playoffs 7 1 1 2 4 4
2013-14 Växjö Lakers HC SHL 54 2 11 13 67 19 | Playoffs 12 0 4 4 4 4
2014-15 Växjö Lakers HC SHL 53 1 6 7 36 9 | Playoffs 18 2 3 5 6 8
2015-16 Växjö Lakers HC SHL 51 1 13 14 34 19 | Playoffs 13 0 2 2 22 -1
2016-17 Djurgårdens IF SHL 41 0 5 5 32 -8 | Playoffs 3 0 2 2 0 2
2017-18 HIFK “A” Liiga 42 1 12 13 49 5 | Playoffs 14 0 2 2 10 1
2018-19 HIFK “A” Liiga 60 3 17 20 38 6 | Playoffs 13 0 2 2 14 -6
2019-20 HIFK “A” Liiga 53 4 15 19 53 9 |
2020-21 HIFK “A” Liiga 47 3 4 7 18 12 | Playoffs 8 1 1 2 4 4

Ville Varakas Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2004-05 HIFK Spengler Cup 4 0 0 0 0 - |
2012-13 HIFK ET 7 0 4 4 10 - |
2014-15 Växjö Lakers HC Champions HL 6 0 4 4 0 3 |
2015-16 Växjö Lakers HC Champions HL 6 0 4 4 2 4 |
2016-17 Djurgårdens IF Champions HL 5 0 1 1 25 0 |
2017-18 HIFK Champions HL 4 0 0 0 8 -1 |
2018-19 HIFK Champions HL 6 0 0 0 6 -2 |
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Ville Varakas Game Log

Date Team Opp Score G A TP PIM +/- SOG PPG SHG TOI
Liiga
2021-05-05T18:30:00+0300 HIFK vs Tappara
2021-05-03T16:00:00+0300 HIFK @ TPS
2021-05-02T16:00:00+0300 HIFK @ TPS
2021-04-30T18:30:00+0300 HIFK vs TPS
2021-04-29T18:30:00+0300 HIFK vs TPS
2021-04-22T18:30:00+0300 HIFK @ Kärpät
2021-04-20T18:30:00+0300 HIFK vs Kärpät
2021-04-19T18:30:00+0300 HIFK vs Kärpät
2021-04-13T18:30:00+0300 HIFK vs Sport
2021-04-10T17:00:00+0300 HIFK @ Pelicans
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Ville Varakas Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
Champions HL 5 27 0 9 9 0.33 41 4 | 0
Czechia 1 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 | 0
Czechia2 1 29 2 1 3 0.10 72 4 | 0
ET 1 7 0 4 4 0.57 10 - | 0
Liiga (SM-liiga) 13 606 42 142 184 0.30 652 6 | 8 99 2 19 21 0.21 140 9
Mestis 2 52 3 14 17 0.33 86 4 | 1 8 0 3 3 0.38 4 4
SHL 4 199 4 35 39 0.20 169 39 | 4 46 2 11 13 0.28 32 13
Spengler Cup 1 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 - | 0
U16 SM-sarja 2 17 4 11 15 0.88 36 - | 1 2 1 0 1 0.50 12 -
U18 SM-sarja 2 47 6 10 16 0.34 114 - | 2 12 1 3 4 0.33 12 -
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 4 86 7 45 52 0.60 175 54 | 3 23 7 10 17 0.74 28 14
WJC-20 1 7 0 4 4 0.57 2 3 | 0
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Ville Varakas Connections

Player Period Teams
Lennart Petrell (F) 1999-2021 11 Finland U20, HIFK, HIFK U16, HIFK U18, HIFK U20, Suomi U20
Arttu Luttinen (F) 1998-2013 9 Blues, HIFK, HIFK U16, HIFK U18, HIFK U20
Hannu Pikkarainen (D) 1998-2006 7 HIFK, HIFK U16, HIFK U18, HIFK U20
Heikki Laine (F) 2000-2011 7 Blues, HIFK, HIFK U18, HIFK U20
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DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
10/19/2021
10/19/2021 Confirmed HIFK Retired
02/13/2019
02/13/2019 Extension HIFK HIFK
05/09/2017
05/09/2017 Confirmed Djurgårdens IF HIFK
04/20/2016
04/20/2016 Confirmed Växjö Lakers HC Djurgårdens IF
01/06/2014
01/06/2014 Extension Växjö Lakers HC Växjö Lakers HC
04/09/2013
04/09/2013 Confirmed HIFK Växjö Lakers HC
05/03/2012
05/03/2012 Confirmed Blues HIFK
05/06/2010
05/06/2010 Confirmed KalPa Blues

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