Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Virtanen bụ onye nke isii họpụtara na 2014 NHL Entry Draft site na Vancouver Canucks. Ọ bụ onye egwuregwu mbụ a mụrụ na British Columbia nke ndị Canucks họpụtara na agba nke mbụ kemgbe Cam Neely na 1983
Ọ dị mma. Na July 25, 2014, Virtanen kwupụtara na ya bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta ntinye na Canucks site na Twitter. Mgbe ọ na-ede banyere nkwekọrịta ya, o kwuru, sị, "ụdị nsọpụrụ ịbanye na Vancouver Canucks! Ọ ga-amasị m ikele ndị niile nyeere m aka iru ebe a ọkachasị ezinụlọ m!!" Ọ laghachiri na Hitmen maka afọ ikpeazụ ya nke nnukwu hockey obere oge tupu e kenyeghachi ya na ngalaba Canucks 'American Hockey League (AHL), Utica Comets, na-esote mkpochapụ WHL Playoff ha. Virtanen sonyeere ndị Comets na 2015 Calder Cup playoffs lineup na May 18, ebe o mere egwuregwu mbụ ya n'oge Egwuregwu 6 nke Western Conference Semifinals. Mgbe ọ nwesịrị mmeri 2 na 1 na Oklahoma City Barons, o kwuru na ọ bụ "nnukwu ahụmịhe na oge na-akpali akpali na otu nnukwu ụmụ okorobịa. Ụmụ okorobịa nọ n'elu ebe a buru ibu karị, egwuregwu ahụ dịkwa ngwa. Egwuregwu ahụ bụ ihe na-akpali akpali na ndị na-akwado ya dị ịtụnanya n'ebe a. Ọnọdụ e nwere n'ebe ahụ a na-agba ọsọ bụ nnọọ ihe ịtụnanya". Ọ gara n'ihu na-egwu egwu na Comets n'oge ha na-agbapụ, na-emecha dekọọ enyemaka ọkachamara mbụ ya na ihe mgbaru ọsọ Sven Bärtschi na Egwuregwu 3 nke Western Conference Finals megide Grand Rapids Griffins.