Jake Virtanen

According to reports out of Switzerland, Abbotsford's Jake Virtanen has irritated his EHC Visp teammates and will not be joining the team for the Swiss ...

He appeared in six preseason games with the Oilers and collected two assists to go along with six shots on goal. He also inked a professional tryout with the Edmonton Oilers in September, but he failed to earn a spot on that team. Following that altercation, Eigenmann reportedly contacted EHC Visp management and stated that either Virtanen has to go or the rest of the team will quit.

Jake Virtanen is on the outs with Swiss team EHC Visp after reportedly getting into an altercation with a teammate during a game.

It was Virtanen’s latest NHL setback after he was [bought out by the Vancouver Canucks](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canucks-buyout-jake-virtanen-contract) in the 2021 offseason. [Canucks put him on leave](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canucks-place-virtanen-on-leave-sexual-misconduct-allegations) on May 1, 2021, after sexual misconduct allegations became public. Virtanen was [charged with sexual assault](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/ex-canucks-jake-virtanen-assault) in January, and [found not guilty in July](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/jake-virtanen-not-guilty-assault). Virtanen has been scratched in the two games since. [signed a two-year contract](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/ex-canucks-jake-virtanen-signs-swiss-team) with Visp in November after [failing to earn a contract](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/jake-virtanen-tryout-oilers-ends) on his training camp try-out with the Edmonton Oilers last September. [According to SwissHockeyNews.ch](https://swisshockeynews.ch/index.php/shn/12-swiss-ice-hockey/nlb/32012-ehc-visp-confirms-putting-jake-virtanen-on-the-market), the team has hit the trade market in the hopes of facilitating his move to another organization, a week before the start of the league’s playoffs.

Virtanen has been scratched for Visp's last two games, and now Le Matin has reported that he's been made available for trade. According to the report, teammate ...

Virtanen joined Visp in the fall and has 14 goals and 25 points, but Le Matin reports that tensions with teammates and a “selfish” attitude has led to him being on the trade block. A British Columbia jury has found former Virtanen not guilty of sexual assault [over the summer.](/news/b-c-jury-finds-former-vancouver-canucks-forward-jake-virtanen-not-guilty-in-sexual-assault-trial) Virtanen started the season on a tryout contract with the Edmonton Oilers, but was released without a deal and instead went back over to Europe.

According to a report by Swiss newspaper Le Matin, the former NHL forward recently had an altercation with an EHC Visp teammate on the bench during a Swiss ...

Virtanen started the season on a trial contract with the Edmonton Oilers, but was released without a deal and returned to Europe instead. He was eventually bought out by the Canucks in 2020-21 after a sexual assault court case came to light. Virtanen joined Visp in the fall and has 14 goals and 25 points, but Le Matin reports that tensions with his teammates and a « selfish » attitude have led him to be on the trading block.