Ville Leino
| Ville Leino | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 6, 1983 , Savonlinna, FIN |
| Height Weight | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb) |
| Position | Left wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| NHL team F. teams | Philadelphia Flyers Detroit Red Wings Jokerit HPK Ilves SaPKo |
| NHL Draft | Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2002–present |
Ville Leino (born October 6, 1983 in Savonlinna, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockeyforward, currently playing for the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League.
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[edit] Playing career
Leino started playing men's hockey at age 17 for his hometown team SaPKo in the Suomi-sarja. He was recruited into the SM-liiga by Ilves, and later moved on to HPK, where he led the team in scoring in the 2005-06 season when HPK won their first SM-liiga championship.
In 2007, Leino was signed by Jokerit. In his first season with the team, he broke the franchise record for most points in the regular season when he surpassed Timo Sutinen's record of 73[1]. He went on to finish second in scoring, and won the Lasse Oksanen trophy for the best player during the regular season.[2]
On May 10, 2008, Leino signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings.[3][4] Due to the Wings salary cap issues, Leino was then assigned to affiliate the Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL. Red Wings coach Mike Babcock commented that Leino was the "best player" he had ever sent to the minors.[5] Ville was eventually recalled from the Griffins on January 29, 2009.[6]
In the first period of his NHL debut on January 31, 2009, Leino scored a goal against goaltender José Théodore in a 4-2 loss to the Washington Capitals. Leino is one of the few players that have scored a goal in their first NHL appearance.[7]
Leino signed a one-way, two-year extension with the Red Wings on July 6, 2009.
On February 6, 2010, Ville Leino was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Norwegian defenceman Ole-Kristian Tollefsen and a 5th-round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. [8]
[edit] Awards
- SM-liiga -All-Star 2006[9] and 2008[10]
- SM-liiga -player of the month, January 2006 and October 2007
- SM-liiga -Lasse Oksanen trophy for best player of the regular season, 2008
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2000–01 | SaPKo | Suomi-sarja | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | SaPKo | Suomi-sarja | 15 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Ilves | SM-l | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Ilves | SM-l | 54 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2004–05 | Ilves | SM-l | 56 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | HPK | SM-l | 56 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 65 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | ||
| 2006–07 | HPK | SM-l | 50 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 73 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 31 | ||
| 2007–08 | Jokerit | SM-l | 55 | 28 | 49 | 77 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 8 | ||
| 2008–09 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 57 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | ||
| 2008–09 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 42 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| SM-l totals | 294 | 69 | 136 | 205 | 214 | 49 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 49 | ||||
| NHL totals | 68 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| AHL totals | 57 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | ||||
[edit] International play
Leino made his international debut on Team Finland on the 2006–07 Euro Hockey Tour.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.jatkoaika.com/smliiga.php?ottelu=21371&versio=raportti}
- ^ http://www.sm-liiga.fi/arkisto/jokerit/jokerien-ville-leino-runkosarjan-paras-pelaaja.html
- ^ "Red Wings Sign Leino From Finnish Elite League". The Canadien Press. TSN.ca. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=237420. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- ^ "Leino signs 1-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings". redwings.nhl.com. 2008-05-10. http://redwings.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=363098&page=NewsPage&service=page. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
- ^ "Heres the deal: Ericsson,Helm and Leino sent down". detroitfreepress.com. 2008-10-07. http://blog.mlive.com/snapshots/2008/10/heres_the_deal_downey_waived_e.html. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
- ^ "Red Wings recall Ville Leino, Aaron Downey, as Brad Stuart placed on IR". mlive.com. 2009-01-29. http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2009/01/red_wings_recall_ville_leino_a.html. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
- ^ "Ovechkin takes over as Capitals extend Wings' skid to five". cbssportline.com. 2009-01-31. http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/gamecenter/recap/NHL_20090131_DET@WAS. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
- ^ "RED WINGS TRADE LEINO TO FLYERS FOR TOLLEFSEN". TSN. 2010-02-06. http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=309159. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
- ^ http://www.jatkoaika.com/smliiga.php?sivu=uutiset&id=5623
- ^ http://www.sm-liiga.fi/palkinnot/all-stars-joukkue.html
[edit] External links
- Ville Leino's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- Ville Leino's NHL player profile
- Jatkoaika.com player profile (in Finnish)
| Preceded by Cory Murphy | Winner of the Lasse Oksanen trophy 2007–08 | Succeeded by Juuso Riksman |
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