Tea Sonja-Anastasia Villilä (born 16 April 1991) is a Finnish ice hockey defenseman, currently serving as alternate captain of Kiekko-Espoo in the Naisten Liiga (NSML). 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.
| Tea Villilä | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
16 April 1991 Hyvinkää, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NSML team Former teams |
Kiekko-Espoo Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs HPK Hämeenlinna | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| Playing career | 2007–present | ||
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Medal record | |||
International career edit
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 edit
Regular season and playoffs edit
| 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 | |||||||
| NCAA totals | 118 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 166 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Naisten Liiga totals | 276 | 48 | 173 | 221 | 471 | 101 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 123 | ||||
International edit
| 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 | 
|
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]
References edit
- ^ "2009 IIHF World Women U18 Championship – Player Statistics by Team: FIN - Finland" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ IIHF (2011). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2012. Fenn/M&S. p. 557. ISBN 978-0-7710-9598-6.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 680. ISBN 9780986796470.
External links edit
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Tea Villilä at Olympedia
