Tony Virta

Tony Virta (born June 18, 1972) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the Minnesota Wild as their fourth-round pick in the 2001 NHL entry draft.

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.

Awards Lasse Oksanen trophy for best player during the SM-liiga regular season - 2001

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1988–89 HPK FIN.2 U20 10 6 2 8 0 — — — — — 1989–90 HPK FIN.2 U20 17 1 16 17 40 — — — — — 1990–91 HPK FIN.2 U20 28 17 34 51 42 14 7 13 20 20 1991–92 HPK FIN U20 35 24 31 55 114 — — — — — 1991–92 HPK SM-l 23 1 2 3 0 — — — — — 1992–93 HPK SM-l 48 9 8 17 35 12 1 0 1 0 1993–94 HPK SM-l 47 17 16 33 50 — — — — — 1994–95 HPK SM-l 43 9 24 33 75 — — — — — 1995–96 HPK SM-l 48 15 19 34 12 9 1 3 4 31 1996–97 Frankfurt Lions DEL 48 13 13 26 40 8 1 2 3 56 1997–98 TPS SM-l 48 17 15 32 26 3 0 0 0 0 1998–99 TPS SM-l 54 16 27 43 32 10 6 6 12 8 1999–2000 TPS SM-l 53 14 37 51 57 11 2 7 9 6 2000–01 TPS SM-l 56 27 32 59 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 SEL 5 2 1 3 31 — — — — — 2003–04 HPK SM-l 55 18 20 38 81 8 0 3 3 6 2004–05 GCK Lions SUI.2 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2004–05 ZSC Lions NLA 40 10 14 24 12 14 7 6 13 14 2005–06 Jokerit SM-l 36 7 12 19 48 — — — — — 2006–07 Jokerit SM-l 26 5 10 15 18 10 0 10 10 4 2007–08 Jokerit SM-l 56 10 23 33 67 14 1 6 7 10 2008–09 HPK SM-l 50 8 15 23 65 6 1 2 3 6 2009–10 HPK SM-l 34 4 14 18 28 — — — — — 2009–10 Leksands IF Allsv 17 6 6 12 8 — — — — — 2011–12 PaKa FIN.4 1 2 4 6 2 — — — — — 2014–15 HauSi FIN.5 3 2 10 12 0 — — — — — SM-l totals 677 177 274 451 618 93 14 42 56 77

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1992 Finland WJC 7 0 1 1 10 2000 Finland WC 9 1 1 2 0 2001 Finland WC 9 2 6 8 2 2003 Finland WC 2 0 0 0 0 2004 Finland WC 7 0 1 1 0 Junior totals 7 0 1 1 10 Senior totals 27 3 8 11 2