Tea Villilä

Tea Sonja-Anastasia Villilä (born 16 April 1991) is a Finnish ice hockey defenseman. She plays in the Auroraliiga (called Naisten Liiga until 2024) with Kiekko-Espoo. A member of the Finnish national team during 2010 to 2015, she won a bronze medal at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship and was part of the Finnish delegation at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

International career As a junior player with the Finnish national under-18 team, Villilä participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championships in 2008 and 2009. She was selected as a top-three player for Finland by the coaches at the 2009 tournament.

She represented Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2009 Winter Universiade in Harbin, China and contributed one goal and three assists to Finland's bronze medal finish.

Villilä made her debut with the Finnish senior national team at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2011, where she won a bronze medal. She also participated in the World Championship tournaments in 2012 and 2013, at which Finland finished in fourth place.

She represented Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Playing in a limited role, she recorded 38 minutes, 20 seconds on ice across six games (an average of 6 minutes, 23 seconds per game) and did not score any points.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2008 Finland U18 WC18 6th 5 0 3 3 12 2009 Finland U18 WC18 5th 5 0 0 0 16 2011 WC 6 0 1 1 4 2012 Finland WC 4th 6 0 1 1 6 2013 Finland WC 4th 6 0 0 0 6 2014 Finland OG 5th 6 0 0 0 4 Junior totals 10 0 3 3 28 Senior totals 24 0 2 2 20 Source: