Joonas Vihko

{{Short description|Finnish ice hockey player (born 1981)}}

{{BLP sources|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| team =

| league =

| prospect_team =

| prospect_league =

| played_for = HIFK
SaiPa
HPK
Luleå HF
Ilves
Vaasan Sport
Tölzer Löwen

| image = Vihko Joonas HPK 2009 1.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| position = Left wing

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 176

| shoots = Right

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|4|6|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Helsinki, Finland

| draft = 103rd overall

| draft_year = 2002

| draft_team = Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

| career_start = 2001

| career_end = 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.[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/csl.php?tid=1434 Lulea HF's 2010-11 Roster]

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

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1996–97

| Kiekko–Vantaa

| FIN.2 U18

| 2

1012

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1998–99

| HIFK

| FIN U18

| 31

15142910

| 3

1120
1998–99

| HIFK

| FIN U20

| 1

0000

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1999–2000

| HIFK

| FIN U20

| 38

12152736

| 3

0000
2000–01

| HIFK

| FIN U20

| 27

23174085

| 7

52718
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2000–01

| HIFK

| SM-liiga

| 3

0002

| —

2001–02

| HIFK

| SM-liiga

| 48

13112489

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| HIFK

| FIN U20

| —

| 2

0224
2002–03

| HIFK

| SM-liiga

| 50

14112520

| 1

0002
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2003–04

| HIFK

| SM-liiga

| 52

981756

| 13

3586
2004–05

| HIFK

| SM-liiga

| 51

5111624

| 4

0002
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2004–05

| HC Salamat

| Mestis

| 1

0002

| —

2005–06

| HIFK

| SM-liiga

| 14

1126

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005–06

| SaiPa

| SM-liiga

| 42

19102959

| 8

40429
2006–07

| HPK

| SM-liiga

| 46

10122236

| 2

0110
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| HPK

| SM-liiga

| 48

7172468

| —

2008–09

| HPK

| SM-liiga

| 57

1292184

| 6

1128
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| HPK

| SM-liiga

| 56

25154050

| 17

68142
2010–11

| Luleå HF

| SEL

| 54

11172814

| 13

6064
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011–12

| Luleå HF

| SEL

| 50

571218

| 5

1010
2012–13

| Luleå HF

| SEL

| 49

1582312

| 15

2136
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2013–14

| HPK

| Liiga

| 58

11162736

| 3

0000
2014–15

| HPK

| Liiga

| 59

12102240

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2015–16

| Ilves

| Liiga

| 58

10152516

| —

2016–17

| Ilves

| Liiga

| 6

0002

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2016–17

| Sport

| Liiga

| 23

1122

| —

2017–18

| Tölzer Löwen

| GER.2

| 36

17122914

| —

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | SM-liiga/Liiga totals

! 671

! 149

! 147

! 296

! 590

! 54

! 14

! 15

! 29

! 49

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! colspan="3" | SEL totals

! 153

! 31

! 32

! 63

! 44

! 33

! 9

! 1

! 10

! 10

References

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