Eemil Viro

Eemil Viro (born 3 April 2002) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Grand Rapids Griffins and the Toledo Walleye in the American Hockey League (AHL) and ECHL, respectively as a prospect of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL).[1] Viro was drafted 70th overall by the Red Wings in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. He formerly playing in the Finnish Liiga with HC TPS.

Eemil Viro
Born (2002-04-03) 3 April 2002
Vantaa, Finland
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 168 lb (76 kg; 12 st 0 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Former teams		 Detroit Red Wings
Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)
HC TPS
NHL Draft 70th overall, 2020
Detroit Red Wings
Playing career 2019–present

Playing career

On 21 May 2021, Viro was signed by the Red Wings to a three-year, entry-level contract.[2]

Personal life

Viro's twin sister, Eerika Viro, plays ringette in the Finnish semi-professional ringette league SM Ringette, (formerly known as Ringeten SM-sarja), for VG-62 (ringette).[3] More recently she played for the Finland national ringette team's, 2022 Team Finland Junior (U21) team which competed in the 2022 World Ringette Championships and won against Team Canada U21.

Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing  Finland
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 Canada
Bronze medal – third place2021 Canada

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeague GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
2018–19HC TPSJr. A 40110 —————
2019–20HC TPSJr. A 1515614 22020
2019–20HC TPSLiiga 290338 —————
2020–21HC TPSLiiga 534101424 1331431
2021–22HC TPSLiiga 5234755 152354
2022–23Grand Rapids GriffinsAHL 4817814 —————
2022–23Toledo WalleyeECHL 50332 131124
Liiga totals 1347172487 2854931

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2018 Finland U17 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 0 0 0 2
2019 Finland HG18 4th 3 0 0 0 0
2021 Finland WJC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 0 2 2 4
2022 Finland WJC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 0 1 1 4
Junior totals 23 0 3 3 10

References
  1. "Eemil Viro at eliteprospects.com".
  2. "Red Wings agree to terms with Eemil Viro on entry-level contract". Detroit Red Wings. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  3. Palm, Susanna (18 May 2018). "Kaksoset matkalla huipulle: Keskinäinen kannustus kirittää". Rannikkoseutu.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
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