Tea Villilä

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Tea Villilä
Born (1991-04-16) 16 April 1991 (age 33)
Hyvinkää, Finland
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
Auroraliiga team
Former teams
Kiekko-Espoo
Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs
HPK Hämeenlinna
National teamFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Playing career 2007present
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Switzerland
Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Harbin Ice hockey

Tea Sonja-Anastasia Villilä (born 16 April 1991) is a Finnish ice hockey defenseman. She plays in the Auroraliiga (called Naisten Liiga until 2024) with Kiekko-Espoo. A member of the Finnish national team during 2010 to 2015, she won a bronze medal at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship and was part of the Finnish delegation at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

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International career

As a junior player with the Finnish national under-18 team, Villilä participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championships in 2008 and 2009. [1] She was selected as a top-three player for Finland by the coaches at the 2009 tournament.

She represented Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2009 Winter Universiade in Harbin, China and contributed one goal and three assists to Finland's bronze medal finish.

Villilä made her debut with the Finnish senior national team at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2011, where she won a bronze medal. [2] She also participated in the World Championship tournaments in 2012 and 2013, at which Finland finished in fourth place. [3] [4] [5]

She represented Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Playing in a limited role, she recorded 38 minutes, 20 seconds on ice across six games (an average of 6 minutes, 23 seconds per game) and did not score any points. [6]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2006–07 HPK N. I-div. 822414
2007–08Jää-Ahmat U17U17 SMs20000
2007–08 Espoo Blues NSMs 1526830932518
2008–09Jää-Ahmat U18U18 II-div.20000
2008–09Espoo BluesNSMs160997660330
2009–10Espoo BluesNSMs1534728120002
2010–11HPKNSMs1311314661348
2011–12 UMD Bulldogs NCAA 3218984
2012–13UMD BulldogsNCAA2814532
2013–14UMD BulldogsNCAA282111330
2014–15UMD BulldogsNCAA3017820
2015–16HPKNSMs2062228241000012
2016–17 Espoo United NSMs273172063102578
2017–18Espoo Blues NSML 296162250100004
2018–19Espoo BluesNSML164101440
2019–20 Kiekko-Espoo NSML24013133061348
2020–21 Kiekko-EspooNSML278132136903337
2021–22 Kiekko-EspooNSML2221618201223512
2022–23 Kiekko-EspooNSML3142125481117814
2023–24 Kiekko-EspooNSML219132220101348
NCAA totals11853035166
Naisten Liiga totals27648173221471111113243131

International

YearTeamEventResult GPGAPtsPIM
2008 Finland U18 WC18 6th503312
2009 Finland U18WC185th500016
2011 Finland WC Bronze medal icon.svg60114
2012 FinlandWC4th60116
2013 FinlandWC4th60006
2014 Finland OG 5th60004
Junior totals1003328
Senior totals2402220

Source: [7]

See also

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References

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  2. "2011 IIHF World Women Championship – Player Statistics by Team: FIN - Finland" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation . 25 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  3. IIHF (2011). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2012. Fenn/M&S. p. 557. ISBN   978-0-7710-9598-6.
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  5. "2013 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: FIN - Finland" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation . 9 April 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  6. "Sochi 2014, Ice Hockey, Women – Player Statistics by Team: FIN - Finland" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation . 18 February 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  7. Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 680. ISBN   9780986796470.