Jukka Virtanen (ice hockey player)

Jukka Virtanen
Date of birth	July 15, 1959
place of birth	Turku , Finland
size	184 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1979-1983	Ässät Pori
1983-1993	TPS Turku

Jukka Einar Virtanen (born July 15, 1959 in Turku ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player .

Career

Jukka Virtanen began his career as a hockey player with Ässät Pori , for whose professional team he was active from 1979 to 1983 in the SM-liiga , the highest Finnish league. The defender then moved to TPS Turku , with whom he was Finnish champion four times in 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1993 . Following the 1992/93 season , he ended his career at the age of 34.

International

Virtanen took part in the World Championships in 1986 and 1987 for Finland . He was also part of his country's squad at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , where he and his team won the silver medal.

Achievements and Awards

• 1989 Finnish champion with TPS Turku
• 1990 Finnish champion with TPS Turku
• 1991 Finnish champion with TPS Turku
• 1993 Finnish champion with TPS Turku

International

• 1988 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games

SM liiga statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	14th	507	43	70	113	304
Playoffs	12	93	12	6th	18th	52

Web links

• Jukka Virtanen at hockeydb.com (English)
• Jukka Virtanen at eurohockey.com
• Jukka Virtanen at eliteprospects.com (English)