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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 team  Finland
Playing career 2007–present
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Switzerland
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 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.

International career

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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

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Regular season and playoffs

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    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2006–07 HPK N. I-div. 8 2 2 4 14
2007–08 Jää-Ahmat U17 U17 SMs 2 0 0 0 0
2007–08 Espoo Blues NSMs 15 2 6 8 30 9 3 2 5 18
2008–09 Jää-Ahmat U18 U18 II-div. 2 0 0 0 0
2008–09 Espoo Blues NSMs 16 0 9 9 76 6 0 3 3 0
2009–10 Espoo Blues NSMs 15 3 4 7 28 12 0 0 0 2
2010–11 HPK NSMs 13 1 13 14 6 6 1 3 4 8
2011–12 UMD Bulldogs NCAA 32 1 8 9 84
2012–13 UMD Bulldogs NCAA 28 1 4 5 32
2013–14 UMD Bulldogs NCAA 28 2 11 13 30
2014–15 UMD Bulldogs NCAA 30 1 7 8 20
2015–16 HPK NSMs 20 6 22 28 24 10 0 0 0 12
2016–17 Espoo United NSMs 27 3 17 20 63 10 2 5 7 8
2017–18 Espoo Blues NSML 29 6 16 22 50 10 0 0 0 4
2018–19 Espoo Blues NSML 16 4 10 14 40
2019–20 Kiekko-Espoo NSML 24 0 13 13 30 6 1 3 4 8
2020–21 Kiekko-Espoo NSML 27 8 13 21 36 9 0 3 3 37
2021–22 Kiekko-Espoo NSML 22 2 16 18 20 12 2 3 5 12
2022–23 Kiekko-Espoo NSML 31 4 21 25 48 11 1 7 8 14
2023–24 Kiekko-Espoo NSML 21 9 13 22 20 10 1 3 4 8
NCAA totals 118 5 30 35 166
Naisten Liiga totals 276 48 173 221 471 111 11 32 43 131

International

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Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2008 Finland U18 WC18 6th 5 0 3 3 12
2009 Finland U18 WC18 5th 5 0 0 0 16
2011 Finland WC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 0 1 1 4
2012 Finland WC 4th 6 0 1 1 6
2013 Finland WC 4th 6 0 0 0 6
2014 Finland OG 5th 6 0 0 0 4
Junior totals 10 0 3 3 28
Senior totals 24 0 2 2 20

Source: [7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2009 IIHF World Women U18 Championship – Player Statistics by Team: FIN - Finland" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  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.
  4. ^ "2012 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: FIN - Finland" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 14 April 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  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.
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