Ville Pokka

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FinlandFinland  Ville Pokka Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 3, 1994
place of birth Tornio , Finland
size 182 cm
Weight 97 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
KHL Junior Draft 2012 , 1st round, 23rd position
HK Awangard Omsk
NHL Entry Draft 2012 , 2nd round, 34th position
New York Islanders
Career stations
until 2009 Tornion IHC
2009-2014 Oulun Kärpät
2014-2018 Rockford IceHogs
2018 Belleville Senators
since 2018 HK Awangard Omsk

Ville Pokka (born June 3, 1994 in Tornio ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with HK Awangard Omsk from the Continental Hockey League since May 2018 .

Career

Pokka went through the youth department of his home club Tornion IHC up to the C-Juniors . He then moved to Oulun Kärpät . From his junior forge, the defender made the leap into the first team in 2010, which was based in the SM-liiga . For the 2011/12 season he secured a regular place in the squad there. In the summer of 2012, which ensured New York Islanders in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft , the rights to his person in the second round 34th.

Pokka remained in Oulu until the summer of 2014 and developed into a leading player in the team. In his senior year with the team, he celebrated winning the Finnish championship with Oulu and also won the Matti Keinonen trophy . In May he finally signed a contract with the Islanders. Before he appeared for New York, however, he was handed over to the Chicago Blackhawks in October 2014 , which also received TJ Brennan and the transfer rights to goalkeeper Anders Nilsson as part of the transfer business . In return, Nick Leddy moved to New York. The Blackhawks immediately sent Pokka to the American Hockey League after the transfer , where Pokka plays for their farm team, Rockford IceHogs . At the end of the 2014/15 season he was appointed to the AHL All-Rookie Team .

After three and a half years in the organization of the Blackhawks, in which he had no appearance in the NHL, Pokka was given to the Ottawa Senators in February 2018 in exchange for Christopher DiDomenico .

After four years in North America, in which he remained without an NHL appearance, Pokka decided to return to Europe in May 2018 and joined the HK Awangard Omsk from the Continental Hockey League .

International

At the international level, Pokka played in numerous tournaments for his home country. During his junior years, he competed in the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2011 , the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2011 , the U18 Junior World Championships in 2011 and 2012, and the U20 Junior World Championships in 2012 , 2013 and 2014 . The only medal win he could celebrate with the juniors was winning the U20 World Junior Championship in 2014.

In the senior division, the defender was part of the squad at the 2016 World Cup in Russia . There he won the silver medal with the Finnish team. Because of his achievements, Pokka was also appointed to the Finnish squad at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2010/11 Oulun Kärpät A-Juniors SM-liiga 32 6th 15th 21st 16 1 1 0 1 1 2
2010/11 Kiekko laser Mestis 3 0 3 3 0 - - - - -
2010/11 Oulun Kärpät SM-liiga 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2011/12 Oulun Kärpät A-Juniors SM-liiga 4th 3 4th 7th 2 - - - - -
2011/12 Kiekko laser Mestis 9 1 7th 8th 0 - - - - -
2011/12 Oulun Kärpät SM-liiga 35 0 3 3 12 9 0 3 3 2
2012/13 Oulun Kärpät A-Juniors SM-liiga 3 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
2012/13 Oulun Kärpät SM-liiga 47 6th 6th 12 8th 3 0 2 2 0
2013/14 Oulun Kärpät Liiga 54 6th 21st 27 16 16 2 9 11 10
2014/15 Rockford IceHogs AHL 68 8th 22nd 30th 16 8th 0 3 3 0
2015/16 Rockford IceHogs AHL 76 10 35 45 24 3 0 1 1 0
2016/17 Rockford IceHogs AHL 76 6th 24 30th 35 - - - - -
2017/18 Rockford IceHogs AHL 46 4th 18th 22nd 20th - - - - -
2017/18 Belleville Senators AHL 23 3 8th 11 8th - - - - -
2018/19 HK Awangard Omsk KHL 61 7th 10 17th 8th 19th 2 1 3 6th
2019/20 HK Awangard Omsk KHL
A-Juniors SM-liiga total 39 9 19th 28 22nd 1 0 1 1 2
Mestis total 12 1 10 11 0 - - - - -
SM-liiga / Liiga total 138 12 30th 42 38 28 2 14th 16 12
AHL total 289 31 107 138 103 11 0 4th 4th 0
KHL total 61 7th 10 17th 8th 19th 2 1 3 6th

International

Represented Finland at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2011 Finland U17-WHC 7th place 5 1 0 1 4th
2011 Finland U18 World Cup 5th place 6th 0 0 0 2
2011 Finland HIMT 4th Place 5 2 3 5 2
2012 Finland U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 1 3 4th 4th
2012 Finland U18 World Cup 4th Place 7th 1 5 6th 4th
2013 Finland U20 World Cup 7th place 6th 2 4th 6th 2
2014 Finland U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 1 3 4th 4th
2016 Finland WM 2nd place, silver 10 0 2 2 0
2016 Finland World cup 8th place 3 0 0 0 0
2018 Finland WM 5th place 8th 0 0 0 0
Juniors overall 43 8th 18th 26th 22nd
Seniors total 21st 0 2 2 0

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Senators acquire defender Ville Pokka from Chicago for Chris DiDomenico. nhl.com, February 15, 2018, accessed on February 16, 2018 .
Logo of HK Awangard Omsk
Squad of HK Awangard Omsk in the 2020/21 season
personal data
SURNAME Pokka, Ville
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Tornio , Finland