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- ↑ "Teemu Virtala VHL-liigaan" [Teemu Virtala to the VHL League]. Kainuun Sanomat (in Finnish). July 30, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ↑ "Teemu Virtala Kazakstaniin "jatkuvalle koeajalle"". Kainuun Sanomat (in Finnish). June 18, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
