Ville Leino

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ville Leino
Occupation	Ice Hockey Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 6, 1983(1983-10-06)
Age	41
Birthplace	Savonlinna
Country	Finland
Birth City	Southern Savonia
Horoscope	Libra

Ville Leino Biography

Ville Leino is one of the most popular and richest Ice Hockey Player who was born on October 6, 1983 in Savonlinna, Southern Savonia, Finland. Ville Leino (born 6 October 1983) is an Finnish ex-professional ice hockey player. He been a part of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Philadelphia Flyers and Buffalo Sabres.

On May 10, the 10th of May, 2008 Leino agreed to sign a single-year deal with the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings. In the wake of Red Wings’ salary cap problems but Leino received a transfer to its American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate which is called the Grand Rapids Griffins. The then-Red Wings Head Coach Mike Babcock commented that Leino was the “best player” he had ever sent to minors. Ville was eventually removed to the Griffins on the 29th of 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.

On 6 February 2010, Leino was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Norwegian defenceman Ole-Kristian Tollefsen and a fifth-round draft pick in 2011. Leino had two goals and two assists in 14 games with the Flyers during the regular season. He then began the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs out of the lineup as a healthy scratch, but injuries to Simon Gagné and Jeff Carter forced Leino into action. Forming the most offensively-productive line in the playoffs alongside Daniel Brière and Scott Hartnell, Leino scored seven goals and 14 assists for 21 points in 19 games, tying the rookie record for most points in the Stanley Cup playoffs held by Dino Ciccarelli.

In 2007 Leino was hired by Jokerit and was transferred from center to the wing. In his first year in the club Leino beat the record of Jokerit for the most points during the regular season. He overtook Timo Sutinen’s mark of 73. He finished 2nd in scoring and was awarded the Lasse Oksanen award for the most outstanding player in the regular season of the SM-liiga.

Ville Leino Net Worth

Ville Leino is one of the richest Ice Hockey Player from Finland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ville Leino 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At the age of 17, Leino began playing hockey for his local team SaPKo in the Suomi Sarja. Leino was later recruited to the SM-liiga team by Ilves then later transferred to HPK where he was the captain of the team’s scoring efforts during the 2005-06 season as HPK took home their first SM-liiga championship.

Leino was the first international player to play for Finland during 2007-06 Euro Hockey Tour.

Leino signed a one-way, two-year extension with the Red Wings on 6 July 2009.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Ville Leino height 6 ft 1 in Ville weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Ville Leino Dating?

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On 3 October 2017, Leino announced his retirement.

Facts & Trivia

Ville Ranked on the list of most popular Ice Hockey Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Finland. Ville Leino celebrates birthday on October 6 of every year.