Jarkko Varvio

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FinlandFinland  Jarkko Varvio Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 28, 1972
place of birth Tampere , Finland
size 177 cm
Weight 83 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1992 , 2nd round, 34th position
Minnesota North Stars
Career stations
until 1991 Ilves Tampere
1991-1993 HPK Hämeenlinna
1993-1995 Dallas Stars
Kalamazoo Wings
1994 HPK Hämeenlinna
1995-1997 Lukko Rauma
1997-1998 Tappara Tampere
1998-1999 HV 71 Jönköping
AIK Solna
1999-2000 SC Rapperswil-Jona
AIK Solna
2000-2001 TPS Turku
2001-2004 REV Bremerhaven
2004-2005 EV Ravensburg

Jarkko Varvio (born April 28, 1972 in Tampere ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who played for the Dallas Stars in the National Hockey League from 1989 to 2005, among others .

Career

Jarkko Varvio began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Ilves Tampere , for whose professional team he was active in the SM-liiga from 1989 to 1991 and with whom he was runner-up in 1990. The winger then joined Ilves' league rivals HPK Hämeenlinna . With his new club he was also runner-up in 1993. In the 1992 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the second round as the 24th player in total by the Minnesota North Stars , but initially stayed with HPK for another year. In the 1993/94 season he finally made his debut in the National Hockey League for the Dallas Stars , the successor team to the Minnesota North Stars relocated in the summer of 1993. In his rookie year , he scored two goals in eight games and made three assists. The Finnish international spent most of the season with Dallas' farm team from the International Hockey League , the Kalamazoo Wings . The 1994/95 season , which was shortened due to a lockout , began in Finland at his ex-club HPK Hämeenlinna and ended with the Stars in the NHL and the Kalamazoo Wings in the IHL.

From 1995 to 1998 Varvio was under contract in the SM-liiga with Lukko Rauma and Tappara Tampere after he had not made his breakthrough in the NHL . He then spent the 1998/99 season in the Swedish Elitserien at HV 71 Jönköping and AIK Solna . He started the 1999/2000 season in the Swiss National League A at SC Rapperswil-Jona and finished it again at AIK Solna in the Elitserien. In the following season he won the Finnish championship title for the first time with the TPS Turku . From 2001 to 2004, the right-shooter played for REV Bremerhaven , with whom he was relegated to the third-class ice hockey league in the 2002/03 season. Following the 2004/05 season , which he had spent in the major league at EV Ravensburg , he ended his career at the age of 33.

International

For Finland , Varvio took part in the junior European championship in 1990, as well as the junior world championships in 1991 and 1992 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the 1992 , 1993 and 1997 World Championships .

He was particularly convincing in 1992. First he was the top scorer at the Junior World Championship with seven goals. Then he was at the A World Championship for seniors with ten scorer points, including nine goals, in eight games he did not lead his team to win the silver medal, but also became the top scorer and top scorer of the tournament, as well as in the All-Star team elected.

Achievements and Awards

International

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season 2 13 3 4th 7th 4th
NHL playoffs - - - - - -
SM liiga main round 9 324 128 92 220 142
SM liiga playoffs 4th 34 8th 4th 12 16
Elitserien main round 2 66 22nd 20th 42 24
Elitserien Playoffs - - - - - -

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personal data
SURNAME Varvio, Jarkko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Tampere , Finland