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Ville Pokka

#22 EHC München / DEL - 25/26

Date of Birth

Jun 03, 1994

Position

Age

Height

6'0" / 183 cm

Place of Birth

Tornio, FIN

Weight

198 lbs / 90 kg

Nation

Finland

Shoots

Youth Team

TIHC

Contract

25/26

Drafted

2012 round 2 #34 overall by New York Islanders

Agency

PREMIUM

Brothers: Sami Pokka & Tomi Pokka
Nephews: Rasmus Pokka, Onni Pietola

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Ville Pokka Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2008-09	TIHC U16 “A”	U16 SM-sarja Q	10*	2*	4*	6*	10*	-*	\|
	TIHC U16 “A”	U16 I-divisioona	20*	13*	20*	33*	20*	-*	\|
2009-10	Kärpät U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	4*	2*	5*	7*	4*	-*	\|
	Kärpät U16	U16 SM-sarja	9*	5*	9*	14*	0*	-*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	2	2	0	-
	Kärpät U18	U18 SM-sarja	20*	0*	5*	5*	10*	-*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	4	-
	Finland U16 (all) “A”	International-Jr	16*	4*	11*	15*	10*	-*	\|
2010-11	Kärpät U18	U18 SM-sarja	3*	0*	2*	2*	0*	-*	\|	Playoffs	9	0	7	7	8	-
	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-liiga	32*	6*	15*	21*	16*	4*	\|	Relegation	1	0	1	1	2	0
	Kärpät	SM-liiga	2*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-2*	\|
	Kiekko-Laser	Mestis	3*	0*	3*	3*	0*	3*	\|
	Finland U17	WHC-17	5*	1*	0*	1*	4*	-*	\|
	Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	5*	0*	1*	1*	4*	-*	\|
	Finland U18	WJC-18	6*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-2*	\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	15*	0*	3*	3*	33*	-3*	\|
2011-12	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-liiga	4*	3*	4*	7*	2*	2*	\|
	Kärpät	SM-liiga	35*	0*	3*	3*	12*	-3*	\|	Playoffs	9	0	3	3	2	1
	Kiekko-Laser	Mestis	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
	Finland U18	WJC-18	7*	1*	5*	6*	4*	2*	\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	4*	2*	3*	5*	2*	3*	\|
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7*	1*	3*	4*	4*	3*	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	12*	2*	5*	7*	4*	-*	\|
2012-13	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-liiga	3*	0*	0*	0*	4*	2*	\|
	Kärpät	SM-liiga	47*	6*	6*	12*	8*	2*	\|	Playoffs	3	0	2	2	0	0
	Finland U20	WJC-20	6*	2*	4*	6*	2*	10*	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	14*	2*	6*	8*	2*	8*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	1*	\|
2013-14	Kärpät	Liiga	54*	6*	21*	27*	16*	32*	\|	Playoffs	16	2	9	11	10	7
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7*	1*	3*	4*	4*	7*	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	12*	2*	5*	7*	9*	-*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	3*	0*	0*	0*	2*	0*	\|
2014-15	Rockford IceHogs	AHL	68*	8*	22*	30*	16*	0*	\|	Playoffs	8	0	3	3	0	-4
2015-16	Rockford IceHogs	AHL	76*	10*	35*	45*	24*	0*	\|	Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0	-6
	Finland	WC	10*	0*	2*	2*	0*	5*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	10*	0*	2*	2*	0*	5*	\|
2016-17	Rockford IceHogs	AHL	76*	6*	24*	30*	35*	-25*	\|
	Finland	WCup	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-2*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	5*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-2*	\|
2017-18	Rockford IceHogs	AHL	46*	4*	18*	22*	20*	3*	\|
	Belleville Senators	AHL	23*	3*	8*	11*	8*	2*	\|
	Finland	WC	8*	0*	0*	0*	0*	4*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	13*	1*	2*	3*	0*	7*	\|
2018-19	Avangard Omsk	KHL	61*	7*	10*	17*	8*	13*	\|	Playoffs	19	2	1	3	6	3
	Finland (all)	International	4*	1*	0*	1*	0*	0*	\|
2019-20	Avangard Omsk	KHL	62*	1*	12*	13*	18*	13*	\|	Playoffs	6	1	1	2	0	-3
	Finland (all)	International	5*	0*	3*	3*	2*	0*	\|
2020-21	Avangard Omsk	KHL	31*	4*	9*	13*	8*	10*	\|	Playoffs	24	1	4	5	10	5
	Finland	WC	10*	0*	2*	2*	4*	6*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	15*	0*	2*	2*	4*	4*	\|
2021-22	Avangard Omsk	KHL	39*	3*	8*	11*	16*	4*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	2	3
	Finland	OG	6*	1*	2*	3*	0*	5*	\|
	Finland	WC	8*	0*	2*	2*	0*	2*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	26*	1*	5*	6*	0*	-1*	\|
2022-23	Färjestad BK	SHL	49*	4*	18*	22*	45*	9*	\|
	Finland	WC	8*	1*	1*	2*	0*	1*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	16*	1*	1*	2*	2*	-1*	\|
2023-24	EHC Biel-Bienne	NL	18*	0*	4*	4*	4*	-8*	\|
	SC Bern	NL	16*	0*	6*	6*	6*	0*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	2	1
	Finland (all)	International	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
2024-25	Kärpät	Liiga	23*	2*	4*	6*	4*	-1*	\|
2025-26	EHC München	DEL	33*	5*	16*	21*	6*	10*	\|
	Projected	DEL	52*	8*	25*	33*	9*	16*	\|

Ville Pokka Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2011-12	Kärpät	ET	5*	0*	1*	1*	4*	-*	\|
	Finland U18	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	5*	2*	3*	5*	2*	3*	\|
2012-13	Kärpät	ET	6*	1*	0*	1*	0*	-*	\|
2013-14	Kärpät	ET	7*	1*	3*	4*	2*	-*	\|
	Finland	EHT	3*	0*	0*	0*	2*	0*	\|
2017-18	Finland	EHT	5*	1*	2*	3*	0*	3*	\|
2018-19	Finland	EHT	4*	1*	0*	1*	0*	0*	\|
2019-20	Finland	EHT	5*	0*	3*	3*	2*	0*	\|
2020-21	Finland	EHT	5*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-2*	\|
2021-22	Finland	EHT	8*	0*	1*	1*	0*	-2*	\|
2022-23	Färjestad BK	Champions HL	7*	0*	2*	2*	0*	-1*	\|
	Finland	EHT	4*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
2023-24	EHC Biel-Bienne	Champions HL	8*	1*	5*	6*	4*	-5*	\|
	Finland	EHT	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
2024-25	Kärpät	Spengler Cup	2*	0*	1*	1*	0*	-1*	\|

Ville Pokka Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	4	289*	31*	107*	138*	0.48*	103*	-20*	\|	2	11	0 *	4 *	4 *	0.36 *	0 *	-10 *
Champions HL	2	15*	1*	7*	8*	0.53*	4*	-6*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
DEL	1	33*	5*	16*	21*	0.64*	6*	10*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EHT	8	37*	2*	6*	8*	0.22*	4*	-1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
ET	3	18*	2*	4*	6*	0.33*	6*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup)	1	5*	2*	3*	5*	1.00*	2*	3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International	11	102*	4*	15*	19*	0.19*	10*	13*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	5	78*	12*	34*	46*	0.59*	64*	8*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
KHL	4	193*	15*	39*	54*	0.28*	50*	40*	\|	4	51	4 *	7 *	11 *	0.22 *	18 *	8 *
Liiga (SM-liiga)	5	161*	14*	34*	48*	0.30*	42*	28*	\|	3	28	2 *	14 *	16 *	0.57 *	12 *	8 *
Mestis	2	3*	0*	3*	3*	1.00*	0*	3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NL	1	34*	0*	10*	10*	0.29*	10*	-8*	\|	1	5	0 *	0 *	0 *	0.00 *	2 *	1 *
OG	1	6*	1*	2*	3*	0.50*	0*	5*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
SHL	1	49*	4*	18*	22*	0.45*	45*	9*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Spengler Cup	1	2*	0*	1*	1*	0.50*	0*	-1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 I-divisioona	1	20*	13*	20*	33*	1.65*	20*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 SM-sarja	1	9*	5*	9*	14*	1.56*	0*	-*	\|	1	2	0 *	2 *	2 *	1.00 *	0 *	- *
U16 SM-sarja Q	2	14*	4*	9*	13*	0.93*	14*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U18 SM-sarja	2	23*	0*	7*	7*	0.30*	10*	-*	\|	2	14	0 *	7 *	7 *	0.50 *	12 *	- *
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	3	39*	9*	19*	28*	0.72*	22*	8*	\|	1	1	0 *	1 *	1 *	1.00 *	2 *	0 *
WC	5	44*	1*	7*	8*	0.18*	4*	18*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WCup	1	3*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	-2*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WHC-17	1	5*	1*	0*	1*	0.20*	4*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-18	2	13*	1*	5*	6*	0.46*	6*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	3	20*	4*	10*	14*	0.70*	10*	20*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Ville Pokka Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2008-2009
- U16 Pohjola Camp Roster (TIHC)
2010-2011
- U18 SM-sarja Bronze Medal
2012-2013
- U20 WJC Best Plus/Minus (+10)
- U20 WJC Top 3 Player on Team
2013-2014
2014-2015
- AHL All-Rookie Team
2015-2016
- World Championship Silver Medal
2018-2019
- KHL Playoffs Most Blocked Shots (73)
2019-2020
- KHL Most Blocked Shots (161)
2020-2021
- KHL Gagarin Cup Champion
- World Championship Silver Medal
2021-2022
- Olympic Gold Medal
- World Championship Gold Medal

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
09/11/2025
09/11/2025	Confirmed	Kärpät	EHC München
12/19/2024
12/19/2024	Confirmed	No team	Kärpät
01/31/2024
01/31/2024	Confirmed	EHC Biel-Bienne	SC Bern
12/01/2023
12/01/2023	Loan	EHC Biel-Bienne	SC Bern
06/08/2023
06/08/2023	Confirmed	Färjestad BK	EHC Biel-Bienne
06/05/2022
06/05/2022	Confirmed	Avangard Omsk	Färjestad BK
04/29/2019
04/29/2019	Extension	Avangard Omsk	Avangard Omsk
05/08/2018
05/08/2018	Confirmed	Belleville Senators	Avangard Omsk
02/15/2018
02/15/2018	Confirmed	Chicago Blackhawks	Ottawa Senators
06/28/2017
06/28/2017	Extension	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Blackhawks
10/04/2014
10/04/2014	Confirmed	New York Islanders	Chicago Blackhawks
05/28/2014
05/28/2014	Confirmed	Kärpät	New York Islanders
01/09/2012
01/09/2012	Extension	Kärpät	Kärpät

Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2012, 1 #23 overall by Avangard Omsk in the KHL Draft

Cult/Star player for Kärpät

2011-2012: Kiekko-Laser ceased operations during the season and all player statistics were removed from official data. Unofficial statistics: GP 9, G 1, A 7, TP 8, PIM 0, +/- 4.