| Birth date | 3 April 2002 (age 24) |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Vantaa, Finland |
| Height | 6 ft |
| Height in | 0 |
| Weight lb | 168 |
| Position | Defence |
| Shoots | Left |
| League | SHL |
| Team | Malmö Redhawks |
| Former teams | HC TPS |
| Draft (2020) | 70th overall |
| Draft team | Detroit Red Wings |
| Career start | 2019 |
Eemil Viro (born 3 April 2002) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).[1] Viro was drafted 70th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2020 NHL entry draft. He formerly playing in the Finnish Liiga with HC TPS.
Playing career
On 21 May 2021, Viro was signed by the Detroit Red Wings to a three-year, entry-level contract.[2] He played out the duration of his contract within the Red Wings organization with affiliates, the Grand Rapids Griffins in the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL.
As a pending restricted free agent with the Red Wings, Viro returned to Europe in signing a two-year contract with Swedish outfit, Malmö Redhawks of the SHL, on 5 June 2025.[3]
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).[4] 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.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2018–19 | HC TPS | Jr. A | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | HC TPS | Jr. A | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | HC TPS | Liiga | 29 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | HC TPS | Liiga | 53 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 31 | ||
| 2021–22 | HC TPS | Liiga | 52 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2022–23 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 48 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Toledo Walleye | ECHL | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2023–24 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 32 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2024–25 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 62 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Liiga totals | 134 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 87 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 31 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Finland | U17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2019 | Finland | HG18 | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Finland | WJC | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2022 | Finland | WJC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Junior totals | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||||
References
- ^ "Eemil Viro at eliteprospects.com"
- ^ "Red Wings agree to terms with Eemil Viro on entry-level contract". Detroit Red Wings. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "Eemil Viro signs two-year deal with Redhawks: "A perfect place"" (in Swedish). Malmö Redhawks. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ Palm, Susanna (18 May 2018). "Kaksoset matkalla huipulle: Keskinäinen kannustus kirittää" (in Finnish). Rannikkoseutu.fi. Retrieved 31 January 2021.