Joonas Vihko

Joonas Vihko (born April 6, 1981) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey winger.

Vihko began his career with Kiekko-Vantaa before moving to his hometown team HIFK in 1998. Having played in U18 and U20 level he eventually made his way up to the senior team. In 2004-05 he was loaned out to HC Salamat and in 2005-06 he moved to SaiPa for a brief tenure. He then signed with HPK and after four seasons he moved to Sweden to sign for Luleå HF.

Vihko was drafted 103rd overall in the 2002 NHL entry draft by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim but never signed a contract and remained in Finland. He has represented Finland at U20 level.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1996–97 Kiekko–Vantaa FIN.2 U18 2 1 0 1 2 — — — — — 1998–99 HIFK FIN U18 31 15 14 29 10 3 1 1 2 0 1998–99 HIFK FIN U20 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1999–2000 HIFK FIN U20 38 12 15 27 36 3 0 0 0 0 2000–01 HIFK FIN U20 27 23 17 40 85 7 5 2 7 18 2000–01 HIFK SM-liiga 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2001–02 HIFK SM-liiga 48 13 11 24 89 — — — — — 2001–02 HIFK FIN U20 — — — — — 2 0 2 2 4 2002–03 HIFK SM-liiga 50 14 11 25 20 1 0 0 0 2 2003–04 HIFK SM-liiga 52 9 8 17 56 13 3 5 8 6 2004–05 HIFK SM-liiga 51 5 11 16 24 4 0 0 0 2 2004–05 HC Salamat Mestis 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2005–06 HIFK SM-liiga 14 1 1 2 6 — — — — — 2005–06 SaiPa SM-liiga 42 19 10 29 59 8 4 0 4 29 2006–07 HPK SM-liiga 46 10 12 22 36 2 0 1 1 0 2007–08 HPK SM-liiga 48 7 17 24 68 — — — — — 2008–09 HPK SM-liiga 57 12 9 21 84 6 1 1 2 8 2009–10 HPK SM-liiga 56 25 15 40 50 17 6 8 14 2 2010–11 Luleå HF SEL 54 11 17 28 14 13 6 0 6 4 2011–12 Luleå HF SEL 50 5 7 12 18 5 1 0 1 0 2012–13 Luleå HF SEL 49 15 8 23 12 15 2 1 3 6 2013–14 HPK Liiga 58 11 16 27 36 3 0 0 0 0 2014–15 HPK Liiga 59 12 10 22 40 — — — — — 2015–16 Ilves Liiga 58 10 15 25 16 — — — — — 2016–17 Ilves Liiga 6 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2016–17 Sport Liiga 23 1 1 2 2 — — — — — 2017–18 Tölzer Löwen GER.2 36 17 12 29 14 — — — — — SM-liiga/Liiga totals 671 149 147 296 590 54 14 15 29 49 SEL totals 153 31 32 63 44 33 9 1 10 10