Joonas Vihko

Joonas Vihko
Born	(1981-04-06) April 6, 1981 Helsinki, Finland
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position	Left wing
Shot	Right
Played for	HIFK SaiPa HPK Luleå HF Ilves Vaasan Sport Tölzer Löwen
NHL draft	103rd overall, 2002 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Playing career	2001–2018

Joonas Vihko (born April 6, 1981) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey winger.

Vihko began his career with Kiekko-Vantaa before moving to his hometown team HIFK in 1998. Having played in U18 and U20 level he eventually made his way up to the senior team. In 2004-05 he was loaned out to HC Salamat and in 2005-06 he moved to SaiPa for a brief tenure. He then signed with HPK and after four seasons he moved to Sweden to sign for Luleå HF.

Vihko was drafted 103rd overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim but never signed a contract and remained in Finland. He has represented Finland at U20 level.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1996–97	Kiekko–Vantaa	FIN.2 U18		2	1	0	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	HIFK	FIN U18		31	15	14	29	10		3	1	1	2	0
1998–99	HIFK	FIN U20		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1999–2000	HIFK	FIN U20		38	12	15	27	36		3	0	0	0	0
2000–01	HIFK	FIN U20		27	23	17	40	85		7	5	2	7	18
2000–01	HIFK	SM-liiga		3	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	HIFK	SM-liiga		48	13	11	24	89		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	HIFK	FIN U20		—	—	—	—	—		2	0	2	2	4
2002–03	HIFK	SM-liiga		50	14	11	25	20		1	0	0	0	2
2003–04	HIFK	SM-liiga		52	9	8	17	56		13	3	5	8	6
2004–05	HIFK	SM-liiga		51	5	11	16	24		4	0	0	0	2
2004–05	HC Salamat	Mestis		1	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	HIFK	SM-liiga		14	1	1	2	6		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	SaiPa	SM-liiga		42	19	10	29	59		8	4	0	4	29
2006–07	HPK	SM-liiga		46	10	12	22	36		2	0	1	1	0
2007–08	HPK	SM-liiga		48	7	17	24	68		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	HPK	SM-liiga		57	12	9	21	84		6	1	1	2	8
2009–10	HPK	SM-liiga		56	25	15	40	50		17	6	8	14	2
2010–11	Luleå HF	SEL		54	11	17	28	14		13	6	0	6	4
2011–12	Luleå HF	SEL		50	5	7	12	18		5	1	0	1	0
2012–13	Luleå HF	SEL		49	15	8	23	12		15	2	1	3	6
2013–14	HPK	Liiga		58	11	16	27	36		3	0	0	0	0
2014–15	HPK	Liiga		59	12	10	22	40		—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	Ilves	Liiga		58	10	15	25	16		—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	Ilves	Liiga		6	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	Sport	Liiga		23	1	1	2	2		—	—	—	—	—
2017–18	Tölzer Löwen	GER.2		36	17	12	29	14		—	—	—	—	—
SM-liiga/Liiga totals				671	149	147	296	590		54	14	15	29	49
SEL totals				153	31	32	63	44		33	9	1	10	10

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database