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Finland Ville Leino

#23 Växjö Lakers HC / SHL - 16/17
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Player Facts
Date of Birth
Oct 06, 1983
Position
LW/RW
Age
39
Height
6'1" / 186 cm
Place of Birth
Savonlinna, FIN
Weight
183 lbs / 83 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
SaPKo
Status
Retired
Agency
PREMIUM
Highlights
1-time Liiga Golden Helmet 1
2-time Liiga All-Star Team 2
1-time Liiga Best Player of Regular Season (Lasse Oksanen Award) 1
1-time Liiga Champion 1

Leino is a skilled player who can play any forward position. Has good hands, puck control, and passing ability. Moves the puck with great confidence and likes to hold on to it and do fancy stuff at times. Defensive game and skating is not quite as impressive. (EP 2012)

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S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2000-01 SaPKo U18 U18 I-divisioona 5 4 8 12 25 - |
SaPKo U20 U20 I-divisioona 19 14 12 26 0 - |
SaPKo Suomi-sarja 2 0 0 0 0 - |
2001-02 SaPKo U20 U20 I-divisioona 26 36 36 72 14 - | Playoffs 4 2 5 7 2 -
SaPKo Suomi-sarja 15 6 6 12 4 - |
2002-03 Ilves U20 U20 SM-liiga 11 6 5 11 14 -4 | Relegation 15 8 16 24 10 -
Ilves SM-liiga 23 1 1 2 0 -8 |
2003-04 Ilves U20 U20 SM-liiga 5 4 6 10 6 5 |
Ilves SM-liiga 54 9 15 24 26 6 | Playoffs 7 1 1 2 4 1
2004-05 Ilves SM-liiga 56 8 11 19 32 6 | Playoffs 7 1 0 1 2 -3
2005-06 HPK SM-liiga 56 12 31 43 65 22 | Playoffs 13 3 9 12 4 5
2006-07 HPK SM-liiga 50 11 29 40 73 6 | Playoffs 8 1 9 10 31 6
2007-08 Jokerit SM-liiga 55 28 49 77 18 34 | Playoffs 14 8 11 19 8 7
2008-09 Detroit Red Wings NHL 13 5 4 9 6 5 | Playoffs 7 0 2 2 0 2
Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 57 15 31 46 18 2 | Playoffs 10 3 10 13 10 0
2009-10 Detroit Red Wings NHL 42 4 3 7 6 -10 |
Philadelphia Flyers NHL 13 2 2 4 4 2 | Playoffs 19 7 14 21 6 10
2010-11 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 81 19 34 53 22 14 | Playoffs 11 3 2 5 0 -1
2011-12 Buffalo Sabres NHL 71 8 17 25 16 -2 |
2012-13 Buffalo Sabres NHL 8 2 4 6 6 0 |
2013-14 Buffalo Sabres NHL 58 0 15 15 10 -16 |
2014-15 Medvescak Zagreb KHL 28 7 8 15 28 -1 |
Kloten Flyers NLA 4 0 1 1 0 0 |
Finland (all) International 3 0 0 0 2 -1 |
2015-16 Dinamo Riga KHL 39 3 9 12 8 7 |
Växjö Lakers HC SHL 17 2 12 14 2 5 | Playoffs 13 0 3 3 8 -2
2016-17 Växjö Lakers HC SHL 44 8 15 23 14 7 | Playoffs 6 0 2 2 2 2
Tournament Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2006-07 HPK ECC 3 1 4 5 0 4 |
Finland EHT 9 0 0 0 0 -4 |
2007-08 Finland EHT 9 0 0 0 2 -1 |
2014-15 Medvescak Zagreb Spengler Cup 3 0 0 0 0 -1 |
Finland EHT 3 0 0 0 2 -1 |
2016-17 Växjö Lakers HC Champions HL 7 0 2 2 2 -3 |
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Player Career Totals
League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 1 57 15 31 46 0.81 18 2 | 1 10 3 10 13 1.30 10 0
Champions HL 1 7 0 2 2 0.29 2 -3 | 0
ECC 1 3 1 4 5 1.67 0 4 | 0
EHT 3 21 0 0 0 0.00 4 -6 | 0
International 1 3 0 0 0 0.00 2 -1 | 0
KHL 2 67 10 17 27 0.40 36 6 | 0
SM-liiga (Liiga) 6 294 69 136 205 0.70 214 66 | 5 49 14 30 44 0.90 49 16
NHL 6 286 40 79 119 0.42 70 -7 | 3 37 10 18 28 0.76 6 11
NLA (NL) 1 4 0 1 1 0.25 0 0 | 0
SHL 2 61 10 27 37 0.61 16 12 | 2 19 0 5 5 0.26 10 0
Spengler Cup 1 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 -1 | 0
Suomi-sarja 2 17 6 6 12 0.71 4 - | 0
U18 I-divisioona 1 5 4 8 12 2.40 25 - | 0
U20 I-divisioona 2 45 50 48 98 2.18 14 - | 1 4 2 5 7 1.75 2 -
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 2 16 10 11 21 1.31 20 1 | 1 15 8 16 24 1.60 10 -
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Player Connections
Player Period Teams
Jukka Laamanen (D) 2002-2008 5 Finland, HPK, Ilves
Eero Väre (G) 2000-2007 4 HPK, SaPKo, SaPKo U20
Cory Murphy (D) 2003-2017 4 Ilves, Växjö Lakers HC
Ville Koistinen (D) 2002-2015 4 Finland, Finland (all), Ilves, Ilves U20
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DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
10/03/2017
10/03/2017 Confirmed Växjö Lakers HC Retired
04/19/2016
04/19/2016 Extension Växjö Lakers HC Växjö Lakers HC
01/16/2016
01/16/2016 Confirmed Dinamo Riga Växjö Lakers HC
12/15/2015
12/15/2015 Confirmed Dinamo Riga Unknown
07/24/2015
07/24/2015 Confirmed Kloten Flyers Dinamo Riga
02/13/2015
02/13/2015 Confirmed Medvescak Zagreb Kloten Flyers
10/12/2014
10/12/2014 Confirmed Buffalo Sabres Medvescak Zagreb
07/01/2011
07/01/2011 Confirmed Philadelphia Flyers Buffalo Sabres
02/06/2010
02/06/2010 Confirmed Detroit Red Wings Philadelphia Flyers
07/06/2009
07/06/2009 Extension Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings
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Cult/Star player for Grand Rapids Griffins

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