Eemil Viro

Eemil Viro
Born (2002-04-03) 3 April 2002 (age 22)
Vantaa, Finland
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 168 lb (76 kg; 12 st 0 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Former teams		 Detroit Red Wings
Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)
HC TPS
NHL draft 70th overall, 2020
Detroit Red Wings
Playing career 2019–present

Eemil Viro (born 3 April 2002) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Grand Rapids Griffins and the Toledo Walleye in the American Hockey League (AHL) and ECHL, respectively as a prospect of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL).[1] Viro was drafted 70th overall by the Red Wings in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. He formerly playing in the Finnish Liiga with HC TPS.

Playing career

On 21 May 2021, Viro was signed by the Red Wings to a three-year, entry-level contract.[2]

Personal life

Viro's twin sister, Eerika Viro, plays ringette in the Finnish semi-professional ringette league SM Ringette, (formerly known as Ringeten SM-sarja [fi]), for VG-62 (ringette).[3] More recently she played for the Finland national ringette team's, 2022 Team Finland Junior (U21) team which competed in the 2022 World Ringette Championships and won against Team Canada U21.

Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing  Finland
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Canada

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2018–19 HC TPS Jr. A 4 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
2019–20 HC TPS Jr. A 15 1 5 6 14 2 2 0 2 0
2019–20 HC TPS Liiga 29 0 3 3 8 — — — — —
2020–21 HC TPS Liiga 53 4 10 14 24 13 3 1 4 31
2021–22 HC TPS Liiga 52 3 4 7 55 15 2 3 5 4
2022–23 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 48 1 7 8 14 — — — — —
2022–23 Toledo Walleye ECHL 5 0 3 3 2 13 1 1 2 4
2023–24 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 32 1 5 6 6 — — — — —
Liiga totals 134 7 17 24 87 28 5 4 9 31

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2018 Finland U17 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 0 0 0 2
2019 Finland HG18 4th 3 0 0 0 0
2021 Finland WJC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 0 2 2 4
2022 Finland WJC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 0 1 1 4
Junior totals 23 0 3 3 10

References

  1. ^ "Eemil Viro at eliteprospects.com".
  2. ^ "Red Wings agree to terms with Eemil Viro on entry-level contract". Detroit Red Wings. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  3. ^ Palm, Susanna (18 May 2018). "Kaksoset matkalla huipulle: Keskinäinen kannustus kirittää". Rannikkoseutu.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 31 January 2021.


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