Jarkko Varvio
Jarkko Varvio ( born April 28, 1972 in Tampere ) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player who has played in its active period from 1989 to 2005 included for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League.
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Career
Jarkko Varvio began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior department of Ilves Tampere, for the first team he to 1991 in the SM- liiga was active from 1989 and with which he was runner-up in 1990. Subsequently, the winger Ilves ' League rivals HPK Hämeenlinna joined. With his new club, he was also runner-up in 1993. Already in NHL Entry Draft 1992, he was selected in the second round than a total of 24 players from the Minnesota North Stars, but initially remained another year at HPK. In the season 1993/94 he finally made his debut in the National Hockey League for the Dallas Stars, the successor to the team relocated in the summer of 1993 Minnesota North Stars. In his rookie year, he scored two goals in eight games and had three assists. The majority of the playtime spent the Finnish national team, however, at Dallas ' farm team in the International Hockey League, the Kalamazoo Wings. The basis of a lockout shortened season 1994/95 he started in Finland with his former club HPK Hämeenlinna and finished it at the Stars in the NHL and the Kalamazoo Wings of the IHL.
From 1995 to 1998, Varvio after the breakthrough in the NHL he had not succeeded in the SM- liiga in Lukko Rauma and Tampere Tappara under contract. The 1998/99 season he spent subsequently in the Swedish Elitserien during HV 71 Jönköping and AIK Solna. The 1999/2000 season, he started in the Swiss National League A for SC Rapperswil -Jona and finished it again when AIK in the Elitserien. The following season he won with the TPS Turku for the first time the Finnish championship. From 2001 to 2004 played the right shooter for the REV Bremerhaven, with which he descended in the 2002/03 season in the third-class ice hockey league. Following the 2004/05 season, he had spent in the big leagues when EV Ravensburg, he ended his career at the age of 33 years.
Internationally
For Finland Varvio took the newcomers at the European Junior Championships in 1990 and the Junior World Championships in 1991 and 1992 in part. In the senior level, he stood in his country's squad at the World Championships in 1992, 1993 and 1997.
Especially in 1992 he was able to convince. First, he was the top scorer at the World Youth Championship with seven gates. Connecting he was with the A World Championship of seniors with ten scorer points, including nine goals in eight games, he led his team not to win the silver medal, but was itself also top scorer and top scorer of the tournament, as well as in the All-Star team selected.