Eemil Viro

Eemil Viro (born 3 April 2002) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Viro was drafted 70th overall by the Detroit 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 Detroit Red Wings to a three-year, entry-level contract. He played out the duration of his contract within the Red Wings organization with affiliates, the Grand Rapids Griffins in the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL.

As a pending restricted free agent with the Red Wings, Viro returned to Europe in signing a two-year contract with Swedish outfit, Malmö Redhawks of the SHL, on 5 June 2025.

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), for VG-62 (ringette). 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.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs 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 — — — — — 2024–25 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 62 1 4 5 40 1 0 0 0 0 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 6 0 0 0 2 2019 Finland HG18 4th 3 0 0 0 0 2021 Finland WJC 7 0 2 2 4 2022 Finland WJC 7 0 1 1 4 Junior totals 23 0 3 3 10