Jake Virtanen Children: Does Jake Virtanen Have Kids?

A former player with EHC Visp of the Swiss League, Jacob Virtanen is a professional ice hockey player from Canada (SL). Sixth overall in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, the Vancouver Canucks selected Virtanen.

Prior to the 2016–17 season, Virtanen received a training camp invitation from the Canucks but showed up overweight. When he arrived, Virtanen weighed 231 pounds despite being told to maintain a weight of 213 throughout the offseason. After spending 10 games with the Canucks, Virtanen was transferred to the Utica Comets, where he spent the majority of the season.

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Virtanen was unable to sign a deal with an NHL team due to his off-season status as an unsigned free agent and the pending sexual misconduct charges against him. On September 7, 2021, Virtanen signed a one-year contract with Russian team Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League as the 2021–22 season got begin overseas (KHL).

Due to a “breach of contract,” Virtanen was dismissed from his Spartak Moscow contract on March 7, 2022, at a time when numerous international KHL players had already quit the league following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February of that year.