Tea Villilä

Tea Villilä
Born	(1991-04-16) 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
Auroraliiga team Former teams	Kiekko-Espoo Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs HPK Hämeenlinna
National team	Finland
Playing career	2007–present
Medal record World Championship 2011 Switzerland Universiade 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

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. 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. She also participated in the World Championship tournaments in 2012 and 2013, at which Finland finished in fourth place.

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.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				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

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:

See also

• List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for Finland
• List of Finnish women in North American collegiate ice hockey

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
• Tea Villilä at Olympedia (archive)