former_teams height_ft weight_lb shoots birth_place draft_year team image_size position draft_team league height_in birth_date image article_title draft name career_start
blues jyväskylä hershey bears lowell lock monsters lukko rauma jyp 6 220 left nurmijärvi , finland 2001 Ässät pori 230px defence colorado avalanche liiga 3 18 february 1982 viitanen mikko jyp 2011 1.jpg mikko viitanen
 149th overall mikko viitanen 2000
mikko viitanen

mikko viitanen -lrb- born february 18 , 1982 -rrb- is a finnish professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for Ässät pori of the finnish liiga.he was drafted 149th overall by the colorado avalanche in the 2001 nhl entry draft .
viitanen previously played seven seasons with jyp , joining from fellow liiga club lukko rauma in 2009 .
on april 23 , 2015 , viitanen joined his fourth finnish liiga club , in agreeing to a two-year contract with Ässät pori .
