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Finland Ville Varakas

#8 HIFK / Liiga - 20/21

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Scoring Leaders
# Player GP G A TP
1. Oula Palve 60 20 44 64
2. Jerry Turkulainen 60 21 42 63
3. Eemeli Suomi 58 21 38 59
4. Teemu Turunen 60 30 27 57
5. Anton Levtchi 55 19 38 57
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Ville Varakas Facts

Date of Birth
Position
D
Age
40
Height
6'0" / 182 cm
Place of Birth
Weight
187 lbs / 85 kg
Nation
Shoots
L
Youth Team
Status
Retired
Highlights
1-time U20 WJC Bronze Medal 1
1-time SHL Champion 1

Varakas is a defenseman with offensive ability, including a heavy shot and fine vision. Can level opponents with huge open-ice hits. His physicality sometimes gets out of control, resulting in a bad penalty. Skates very well.
- Erik K. Piri, EP (2013)

Ville Varakas Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1998-99 HIFK U16 U16 SM-sarja 4* 0* 1* 1* 2* -* |
1999-00 HIFK U16 U16 SM-sarja 13* 4* 10* 14* 34* -* | Playoffs 2 1 0 1 12 -
2000-01 HIFK U18 U18 SM-sarja 31* 2* 6* 8* 80* -* | Playoffs 4 0 0 0 0 -
2001-02 HIFK U18 U18 SM-sarja 16* 4* 4* 8* 34* -* | Playoffs 8 1 3 4 12 -
HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 18* 0* 0* 0* 4* 2* |
2002-03 HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 34* 3* 22* 25* 92* 26* | Playoffs 10 3 3 6 10 10
2003-04 HIFK U20 “C” U20 SM-liiga 23* 4* 17* 21* 69* 17* | Playoffs 10 2 7 9 10 7
HIFK SM-liiga 12* 1* 0* 1* 0* -2* |
Suomi U20 Mestis 8* 0* 2* 2* 16* -4* |
Finland U20 WJC-20 7* 0* 4* 4* 2* 3* |
2004-05 HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 11* 0* 6* 6* 10* 9* | Playoffs 3 2 0 2 8 -3
HIFK SM-liiga 16* 0* 1* 1* 4* -13* |
Pelicans SM-liiga 27* 1* 2* 3* 34* -11* |
2005-06 HC Znojemští Orli Czechia 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* 2* |
HC Olomouc Czechia2 29* 2* 1* 3* 72* 4* |
HIFK SM-liiga 14* 0* 0* 0* 6* 1* |
2006-07 Sport Mestis 44* 3* 12* 15* 70* 8* | Playoffs 8 0 3 3 4 4
2007-08 KalPa SM-liiga 55* 3* 7* 10* 95* -4* |
2008-09 KalPa SM-liiga 58* 2* 13* 15* 67* 2* | Playoffs 12 0 1 1 14 -2
2009-10 KalPa SM-liiga 58* 5* 5* 10* 90* 1* | Playoffs 12 0 1 1 12 -3
2010-11 Blues SM-liiga 60* 5* 26* 31* 75* -1* | Playoffs 17 0 6 6 66 5
2011-12 Blues SM-liiga 58* 8* 21* 29* 79* 2* | Playoffs 16 0 5 5 16 6
2012-13 HIFK SM-liiga 46* 6* 19* 25* 44* -1* | Playoffs 7 1 1 2 4 4
2013-14 Växjö Lakers HC SHL 54* 2* 11* 13* 67* 19* | Playoffs 12 0 4 4 4 4
2014-15 Växjö Lakers HC SHL 53* 1* 6* 7* 36* 9* | Playoffs 18 2 3 5 6 8
2015-16 Växjö Lakers HC SHL 51* 1* 13* 14* 34* 19* | Playoffs 13 0 2 2 22 -1
2016-17 Djurgårdens IF SHL 41* 0* 5* 5* 32* -8* | Playoffs 3 0 2 2 0 2
2017-18 HIFK “A” Liiga 42* 1* 12* 13* 49* 5* | Playoffs 14 0 2 2 10 1
2018-19 HIFK “A” Liiga 60* 3* 17* 20* 38* 6* | Playoffs 13 0 2 2 14 -6
2019-20 HIFK “A” Liiga 53* 4* 15* 19* 53* 9* |
2020-21 HIFK “A” Liiga 47* 3* 4* 7* 18* 12* | Playoffs 8 1 1 2 4 4

Ville Varakas Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2004-05 HIFK Spengler Cup 4* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2012-13 HIFK ET 7* 0* 4* 4* 10* -* |
2014-15 Växjö Lakers HC Champions HL 6* 0* 4* 4* 0* 3* |
2015-16 Växjö Lakers HC Champions HL 6* 0* 4* 4* 2* 4* |
2016-17 Djurgårdens IF Champions HL 5* 0* 1* 1* 25* 0* |
2017-18 HIFK Champions HL 4* 0* 0* 0* 8* -1* |
2018-19 HIFK Champions HL 6* 0* 0* 0* 6* -2* |
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Ville Varakas Game Log

Date Team Opp Score G A TP PIM +/- SOG PPG SHG TOI
Liiga
2021-05-05T18:30:00+0300 HIFK vs Tappara
2021-05-03T16:00:00+0300 HIFK @ TPS
2021-05-02T16:00:00+0300 HIFK @ TPS
2021-04-30T18:30:00+0300 HIFK vs TPS
2021-04-29T18:30:00+0300 HIFK vs TPS
2021-04-22T18:30:00+0300 HIFK @ Kärpät
2021-04-20T18:30:00+0300 HIFK vs Kärpät
2021-04-19T18:30:00+0300 HIFK vs Kärpät
2021-04-13T18:30:00+0300 HIFK vs Sport
2021-04-10T17:00:00+0300 HIFK @ Pelicans
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Ville Varakas Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
Champions HL 5 27* 0* 9* 9* 0.33* 41* 4* | 0 * * * * * *
Czechia 1 3* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* 2* | 0 * * * * * *
Czechia2 1 29* 2* 1* 3* 0.10* 72* 4* | 0 * * * * * *
ET 1 7* 0* 4* 4* 0.57* 10* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Liiga (SM-liiga) 13 606* 42* 142* 184* 0.30* 652* 6* | 8 99 2 * 19 * 21 * 0.21 * 140 * 9 *
Mestis 2 52* 3* 14* 17* 0.33* 86* 4* | 1 8 0 * 3 * 3 * 0.38 * 4 * 4 *
SHL 4 199* 4* 35* 39* 0.20* 169* 39* | 4 46 2 * 11 * 13 * 0.28 * 32 * 13 *
Spengler Cup 1 4* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM-sarja 2 17* 4* 11* 15* 0.88* 36* -* | 1 2 1 * 0 * 1 * 0.50 * 12 * - *
U18 SM-sarja 2 47* 6* 10* 16* 0.34* 114* -* | 2 12 1 * 3 * 4 * 0.33 * 12 * - *
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 4 86* 7* 45* 52* 0.60* 175* 54* | 3 23 7 * 10 * 17 * 0.74 * 28 * 14 *
WJC-20 1 7* 0* 4* 4* 0.57* 2* 3* | 0 * * * * * *
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Ville Varakas Connections

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DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
10/19/2021
10/19/2021 Confirmed HIFK Retired
02/13/2019
02/13/2019 Extension HIFK HIFK
05/09/2017
05/09/2017 Confirmed Djurgårdens IF HIFK
04/20/2016
04/20/2016 Confirmed Växjö Lakers HC Djurgårdens IF
01/06/2014
01/06/2014 Extension Växjö Lakers HC Växjö Lakers HC
04/09/2013
04/09/2013 Confirmed HIFK Växjö Lakers HC
05/03/2012
05/03/2012 Confirmed Blues HIFK
05/06/2010
05/06/2010 Confirmed KalPa Blues

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