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Finland Ville Varakas
#8 HIFK / Liiga - 20/21
1-time U20 WJC Bronze Medal 1
1-time SHL Champion 1
Date of Birth
Feb 13, 1984
Position
D
Age
40
Height
6'0" / 182 cm
Place of Birth
Helsinki, FIN
Weight
187 lbs / 85 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
HIFK
Status
Retired

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* |

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 * * * * * *

Ville Varakas Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
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