Vili Sopanen

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Vili Sopanen
Date of birth October 21, 1987
place of birth Valkeala , Finland
size 191 cm
Weight 99 kg
position wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2007 , 6th round, 177th position
New Jersey Devils
Career stations
until 2010 Pelicans
2010-2011 JYP Jyväskylä
2011 Luleå HF
2011-2017 Pelicans
2017-2018 Helsingfors IFK
2018 ERC Ingolstadt
2018-2019 Schwenninger Wild Wings
since 2019 Rauman Lukko

Vili Juhani Sopanen (born October 21, 1987 in Valkeala ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with Rauman Lukko in the Liiga since February 2019 .

Career

Vili Sopanen grew up in Lahti and became a scorer at the Liiga club Pelicans there . In the 2007 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected by the New Jersey Devils in the sixth round as 177th player. Despite this, except for the 2010/11 season and the 2017/18 season before his move to ERC Ingolstadt, he was only under contract with his home club, with the exception of loans to cooperation partners.

On June 11, 2018, he agreed on a one-year contract with ERC Ingolstadt , a team from the German Ice Hockey League (DEL). In November of the same year he moved to the Schwenninger Wild Wings within the league . About two months later he left the Black Forest club and returned to Finland, where he was signed by Rauman Lukko .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cannone for Ingolstadt. ERC Ingolstadt , June 11, 2018, accessed on October 31, 2018 .
  2. ↑ SK: Regional Sport Black Forest: Another Finn for the Wild Wings: Vili Sopanen is coming! November 29, 2018, accessed December 26, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Vili Sopanen leaves Wild Wings at her own request. In: hockeyweb.de. February 3, 2019, accessed September 3, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Sopanen, Vili
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sopanen, Vili Juhani (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Valkeala , Finland