The Lukko Liiga team will be strengthened next season by a strong center forward, reports Satakunnan Kansa.

The newspaper reported on Sunday that Lukko has signed a player contract for next season with Santeri Virtanen, 26, who is currently representing Kiekko-Espoo for the second season. Virtanen’s contract has been confirmed to the newspaper by several different insider sources.

Virtanen has played 35 games in the current Liiga season with stats of 6+13=19. Last season, Virtanen scored 32 points with 11+21 in 51 regular season games.

Virtanen has also previously represented SaiPa and Ilves in the Liiga.

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