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.822414––––– 2007–08 Jää-Ahmat U17 U17 SMs20000––––– 2007–08 Espoo Blues NSMs1526830932518 2008–09 Jää-Ahmat U18 U18 II-div.20000––––– 2008–09 Espoo Blues NSMs160997660330 2009–10 Espoo Blues NSMs1534728120002 2010–11 HPK NSMs1311314661348 2011–12 UMD Bulldogs NCAA3218984––––– 2012–13 UMD Bulldogs NCAA2814532––––– 2013–14 UMD Bulldogs NCAA282111330––––– 2014–15 UMD Bulldogs NCAA3017820––––– 2015–16 HPK NSMs2062228241000012 2016–17 Espoo United NSMs273172063102578 2017–18 Espoo Blues NSML296162250100004 2018–19 Espoo Blues NSML164101440––––– 2019–20 Kiekko-Espoo NSML24013133061348 2020–21 Kiekko-Espoo NSML278132136903337 2021–22 Kiekko-Espoo NSML2221618201223512 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 8NCAA totals11853035166–––––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 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
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