Ville Hostikka

Ville Hostikka
Date of birth	March 21, 1985
place of birth	Lappeenranta , Finland
size	190 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	#1
Catch hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2003 , 6th lap, 193rd position Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
until 2004	SaiPa Lappeenranta
2004-2005	Lukko Rauma
2005-2010	SaiPa Lappeenranta
2010–2012	Kärpät Oulu
2012-2013	HC Slovan Bratislava
2013-2014	TPS Turku
since 2014	Vaasan Sport

Ville Hostikka (born March 21, 1985 in Lappeenranta ) is a Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with Vaasan Sport in the Liiga since July 2014 .

Career

Ville Hostikka (left) in February 2011

Ville Hostikka started his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of SaiPa Lappeenranta . For the 2003/04 season , the goalkeeper made the leap into the professional squad of SaiPa, but was initially without use and instead continued to play in the junior division. It was similar for him in the following season with league rivals Lukko Rauma , where he also only played for the A-Juniors, but did not receive an ice age in the SM-liiga. After his return to SaiPa, he was regularly in the goal of the club's professional team in the SM-liiga from 2006, but over the years also ran for league rivals KalPa Kuopio and Forssan Palloseura , SaPKo Savonllina , Mikkelin Jukurit and TuTo Hockey from the second Finnish League, the Mestis on. Further stations were VEU Feldkirch from the National League , the second division in Austria and the Frederikshavn White Hawks from the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen .

In November 2010, Hostikka moved to Kärpät Oulu within the SM-liiga . There he finally prevailed as a regular goalkeeper. For the 2012/13 season the Finn was signed by HC Slovan Bratislava from the Continental Hockey League , but only completed one KHL and four European trophy games for Slovan, so he left the club in early January 2013 and a few days later from TPS Turku was committed.

International

For Finland Hostikka took part in the U18 World Junior Championship in 2003 , but remained without use as a substitute goalkeeper.

Career statistics

				Regular season										Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	S.	U	N	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%		Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
2006/07	SaiPa	SM-liiga		6th	3	0	2	334	6th	12	1.08	95.20		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	KalPa	SM-liiga		2	0	1	1	122	8th	0	3.93	87.69		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	SaiPa	SM-liiga		8th	3	1	4th	481	32	0	3.99	86.44		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	SaiPa	SM-liiga		14th	3	1	8th	713	37	1	3.11	90.12		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	SaiPa	SM-liiga		21st	4th	1	12	1062	56	2	3.16	90.89		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	SaiPa	SM-liiga		3	1	0	1	147	7th	0	2.85	92.47		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Kärpät	SM-liiga		15th	7th	5	2	865	28	2	1.94	93.55		3	1	2	199	8th	0	2.41	92.98
2011/12	Kärpät	SM-liiga		33	14th	4th	14th	1949	74	2	2.28	92.13		1	0	1	38	1	0	1.57	95.24
SM-liiga total				100	35	12	42	5540	226	9	2.45	91.83		4th	1	3	237	9	0	2.28	94.11

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

• Ville Hostikka at hockeydb.com (English)
• Ville Hostikka at eliteprospects.com (English)