Tony Virta
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Tony Virta (born June 18, 1972, in Hämeenlinna, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the Minnesota Wild as their fourth-round pick in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.
Virta is currently playing for Jokerit in the SM-liiga. On December 5, 2005, Virta received a serious knee injury from a failed hip check against him in a game against Ilves, but recovered to play in the last games of the season.
In the summer of 2001 Virta signed with Färjestads BK, but before the season had started he signed with the NHL club Minnesota Wild, who had drafted the same summer, and therefore never played a game for Färjestad.
[edit] Awards
- Lasse Oksanen trophy for best player during the SM-liiga regular season - 2001
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1991–92 | HPK | SM-liiga | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1992–93 | HPK | SM-liiga | 48 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 35 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1993–94 | HPK | SM-liiga | 47 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 50 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1994–95 | HPK | SM-liiga | 43 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 75 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1995–96 | HPK | SM-liiga | 48 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 31 | ||
| 1996–97 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 48 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 40 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1997–98 | TPS | SM-liiga | 48 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | TPS | SM-liiga | 54 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | ||
| 1999–00 | TPS | SM-liiga | 53 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 2000–01 | TPS | SM-liiga | 56 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 2001–02 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 67 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 2001–02 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002–03 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 39 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002–03 | Södertälje SK | Elitserien | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 31 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003–04 | HPK | SM-liiga | 55 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 81 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2004–05 | Zürich | Swiss | 40 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 14 | ||
| 2004–05 | GCK Lions | Swiss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005–06 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 36 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 48 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL totals | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Preceded by Timo Pärssinen |
Winner of the Lasse Oksanen trophy 2000–01 |
Succeeded by Janne Ojanen |
Categories: 1972 births | Deutsche Eishockey-Liga players | Finnish ice hockey players | Frankfurt Lions players | Houston Aeros players | HPK players | Jokerit players | Färjestads BK players | Living people | Minnesota Wild draft picks | Minnesota Wild players | Nationalliga A players | Södertälje SK players | TPS players
