Shoots Right Name Ville Pokka Height 1.83 m Positions Defenseman | Playing career Weight 85 kg Date joined 2014 | |
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NHL team (P)Cur. teamFormer teams Chicago BlackhawksRockford IceHogs (AHL)Karpat NHL Draft 34th overall, 2012New York Islanders Similar People Ted Dent, Joel Quenneville, Jonathan Toews, Andrew Allen | ||
Wjc lukas sieber dirty hit on ville pokka dec 30th 2012
Ville Pokka (born June 3, 1994) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Rockford IceHogs in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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Pokka played with Karpat in the SM-Liiga during the 2010–11 season. He was drafted 23rd overall by Avangard Omsk in the 2012 KHL Junior Draft and 34th overall by the New York Islanders in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.
On May 28, 2014, Pokka was signed to a three-year entry-level contract with the Islanders.
Prior to the 2014–15 season, on October 4, 2014, Pokka was traded, along with T. J. Brennan and Anders Nilsson by the Islanders to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Nick Leddy and Kent Simpson. He was then directly assigned to AHL affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs.
Ville pokka interview after draft
