Hannu Virta

Born on: March 22, 1963
Birth place: Turku, Finland
Defenseman, shoots left
5 ' 11" (181 cm) | 183 lb (83 kg)

Drafted by: Buffalo Sabres, 2. round (#38 overall), in 1981 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	18	1981	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	TPS Turku defeated HIFK Helsinki 2‑0 in a best of three bronze medal series.
	18	1982	Team Finland	U20 World Championship	Minnesota, United States ‑ Manitoba and Ontario, Canada
	19	1982	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	Tappara Tampere defeated TPS Turku 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series.
	26	1989	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	TPS Turku defeated JYP Jyv�skyl� 4‑1 in a best of seven gold medal series.
	27	1990	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	TPS Turku defeated Ilves Tampere 4‑2 in a best of seven gold medal series.
	28	1991	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	TPS Turku defeated KalPa Kuopio 4‑1 in a best of seven gold medal series.
	30	1993	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	TPS Turku defeated HPK H�meenlinna 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series.
	30	1994	Team Finland	Olympics - Lillehammer	Lillehammer, Norway
	31	1994	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	Jokerit Helsinki defeated TPS Turku 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series.
	31	1994	Team Finland	World Championship	Bolzano, Canazei and Milan, Italy
	32	1995	Team Finland	World Championship	Stockholm and G�vle, Sweden
	33	1997	TPS Turku	European Hockey League	TPS Turku defeated Dynamo Moscow 5‑2 in the gold medal game.
	34	1997	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	Jokerit Helsinki defeated TPS Turku 3‑0 in a best of five gold medal series.
IIHF U20 World Championship Medals
IIHF World Championship Medals
Olympic Medals
Finnish Championship Medals
European Hockey League Medals

		Overall						Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Date	Game	Score	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	SHOTS	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
Mar 29, 1986	BUF @ BOS	(1-2)	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%										1	0.0%
Mar 30, 1986	BOS @ BUF	(5-3)	0	0	0	2	-1					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%										1	0.0%
Apr 1, 1986	BUF @ HFD	(3-5)	0	1	1	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100.0%										0	0.0%
Apr 4, 1986	MTL @ BUF	(2-4)	0	1	1	2	1					0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0%										4	0.0%
Apr 5, 1986	BUF @ MTL	(2-4)	0	1	1	0	-2					0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0%										3	0.0%
	GAME LOG

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1980‑81	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	17	1	0	1	1	0	-1	0		0
1981‑82	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	18	36	5	12	17	6	27	0		0
1981‑82	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	18	3	0	1	1	4	-4	0	0	0	0.0
1982‑83	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	19	74	13	24	37	18	6	2	2	1	7.7
1983‑84	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	20	70	6	30	36	12	13	4	0	0	6.1
1984‑85	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	21	51	1	23	24	16	-1	0	0	0	1.8
1985‑86	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	22	47	5	23	28	16	2	1	0	0	6.2
1986‑87	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	23	41	13	30	43	20	27	4	0	2
1987‑88	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	24	44	10	28	38	20	17	5	1	2
1988‑89	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	25	43	7	25	32	30	43	2	0	2
1989‑90	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	26	41	7	19	26	14	24	2	0	1
1990‑91	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	27	43	4	16	20	40	6	1	0	0
1991‑92	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	28	43	6	22	28	32	5	1	0	1
1992‑93	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	29	39	1	18	19	18	9	0	0	0
1993‑94	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	30	47	3	17	20	18	14	1	0	0
1996‑97	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	33	48	7	14	21	24	30	2	0	3
1996‑97	TPS Turku	European Hockey League	33	5	0	2	2	2	7	0	0	0
1997‑98	ZSC Lions	NLA	34	38	3	20	23	8
	Liiga Totals			426	63	202	265	222	201	18	1	11
	NHL Totals			245	25	101	126	66	16	7	2	1	6.2
	NLA Totals			38	3	20	23	8
	European Hockey League Totals			5	0	2	2	2	7	0	0	0

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1980‑81	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	17	4	0	1	1	4		0		0
1981‑82	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	18	7	1	1	2	2		0		0
1981‑82	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	18	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0	0.0
1982‑83	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	19	10	1	2	3	4	3	0	0	0	7.7
1983‑84	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	20	3	0	0	0	2	-5	0	0	0	0.0
1986‑87	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	23	5	0	3	3	2	-5	0	0	0
1988‑89	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	25	10	1	7	8	0	10	1	0	0
1989‑90	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	26	9	0	6	6	10	5	0	0	0
1990‑91	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	27	9	4	2	6	4	9	0	1	0
1991‑92	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	28	3	1	4	5	0	3	0	0	0
1992‑93	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	29	12	2	2	4	14	1	1	0	0
1993‑94	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	30	10	0	3	3	6	5	0	0	0
1996‑97	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	33	12	0	1	1	6	6	0	0	0
1996‑97	TPS Turku	European Hockey League	33	4	1	2	3	0	4	1	0	1
	Liiga Totals			81	9	30	39	48	34	2	1	0
	NHL Totals			17	1	3	4	6	-3	0	0	0	4.8
	European Hockey League Totals			4	1	2	3	0	4	1	0	1

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1982	18	7	1	5	6	4
Team Finland - World Championship 1987	24	8	0	4	4	4	-4
Team Finland - Canada Cup 1987	24	5	0	1	1	0	-4	0	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - World Championship 1989	26	10	3	5	8	6	13
Team Finland - World Championship 1991	28	7	0	2	2	4	1
Team Finland - Olympics ‑ Lillehammer 1994	30	8	2	1	3	2	1
Team Finland - World Championship 1994	31	8	1	4	5	6	16
Team Finland - World Championship 1995	32	7	1	1	2	8	2
Team Finland - World Championship 1996	33	6	0	6	6	4	8
Team Finland - World Cup 1996	33	4	1	0	1	6	0	1	0	0	12.5
Team Finland - World Championship 1997	34	8	0	3	3	4	1
World Championship Totals		54	5	25	30	36	37
World Cup Totals		9	1	1	2	6	-4	1	0	0	6.3
Olympics Totals		8	2	1	3	2	1
U20 World Championship Totals		7	1	5	6	4

Team	Age	GP	A	P	PIM	+/-
Team Finland - Izvestia Tournament 1986	23	4	0	0	0
Team Finland - Izvestia Tournament 1990	27	2	0	0	2
Team Finland - Nissan Cup 1994	30	3	0	0	0
Team Finland - Nissan Cup 1994	31	3	0	0	2
Team Finland - Izvestia Tournament 1994	31	4	0	0	8	8
Team Finland - Deutschland Cup 1995	32	3	0	0	0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 1996	33	3	2	2	0	1
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Izvestia Tournament 1996	33	2	1	1	0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 1997	33	4	1	1	2	2
Izvestia Tournament Totals		10	0	0	10	8
EHT Totals		9	4	4	2	3
Nissan Cup Totals		6	0	0	2
Deutschland Cup Totals		3	0	0	0