Ville Leino
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Leino with Dinamo Riga in 2015.
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| Born |
6 October 1983 Savonlinna, Finland |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
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SHL team Former teams |
Växjö Lakers Ilves HPK Jokerit Detroit Red Wings Philadelphia Flyers Buffalo Sabres KHL Medveščak Zagreb Kloten Flyers Dinamo Riga |
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| National team |
 Finland
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| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2002–present | ||
Ville Leino (born 6 October 1983) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing with Växjö Lakers in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He has also previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Philadelphia Flyers and Buffalo Sabres.
At age 17, Leino started playing for his hometown hockey team SaPKo in the Suomi-sarja. He was then recruited to 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, where he was switched from centre to wing. In his first season with the team, he broke the club record for most points in the regular season when he surpassed Timo Sutinen's record of 73. He went on to finish second in scoring, and won the Lasse Oksanen trophy for the best player during the regular season in the SM-liiga.
On 10 May 2008, Leino signed a one-year contract with the NHL's Detroit Red Wings. Due to the Red Wings' salary cap issues, however, Leino was assigned to the team's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins. Then-Red Wings Head Coach Mike Babcock commented that Leino was the "best player" he had ever sent to the minors. Ville was eventually recalled from the Griffins on 29 January 2009.
In the first period of his NHL debut on 31 January 2009, Leino scored a goal against goaltender José Théodore in a 4–2 loss to the Washington Capitals.
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