Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Virtanen akasarudzwa 6th yakazara mu2014 NHL Entry Draft neVancouver Canucks. Akanga ari mutambi wokutanga akaberekerwa muBritish Columbia akasarudzwa mumutambo wokutanga neCanucks kubvira Cam Neely muna 1983
. Musi waChikunguru 25, 2014, Virtanen akazivisa kuti akanga asaina chibvumirano chekutanga neCanucks kuburikidza ne Twitter. Paakanga achinyora nezvechibvumirano chake akati, "kukudzwa kwakadai kusaina neVancouver Canucks! Ndinoda kutenda munhu wose akandibatsira kusvika pano kunyanya mhuri yangu!!" Akadzokera kuHitmen kwegore rake rekupedzisira rechikuru junior hockey asati aendeswa kuCanucks 'American Hockey League (AHL) mubatanidzwa, iyo Utica Comets, zvichitevera kubviswa kwavo muWHL Playoff. Virtanen pakarepo akabatana neComet's 2015 Calder Cup playoffs lineup musi waMay 18, kwaakaita nyanzvi yake yekutanga panguva yeMutambo 6 weWestern Conference Semifinals. Kutevera kurasikirwa ne2 ku1 kuOklahoma City Barons, akati "yakanga iri chiitiko chikuru uye nguva inonakidza neboka guru revakomana. Vakomana vari pamusoro apa vakakura zvikuru uye mutambo wacho unokurumidza zvikuru. Mutambo wacho wakanga uchinakidza uye vateveri vakanga vachishamisa pano. Mugariro uri panhandare yacho unoshamisa". Akaenderera mberi achitamba neComet panguva yavo yekusimudzira, pakupedzisira achinyora rake rekutanga rehunyanzvi kubatsira pachinangwa chaSven Bärtschi muMutambo 3 weWestern Conference Finals vachipesana neGrand Rapids Griffins.