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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).
Playing career
Pokka played with Kärpät 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.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2010–11 | Kärpät | SM-l | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Kärpät | SM-l | 35 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | Kärpät | SM-l | 47 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Kärpät | Liiga | 54 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 | ||
| 2014–15 | Rockford IceHogs | AHL | 68 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Rockford IceHogs | AHL | 76 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Liiga totals | 138 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 38 | 28 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 12 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Finland | WHC17 | 7th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2011 | Finland | WJC18 | 5th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2011 | Finland | IH18 | 4th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2012 | Finland | WJC18 | 4th | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2012 | Finland | WJC | 4th | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2013 | Finland | WJC | 7th | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2014 | Finland | WJC |  | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2016 | Finland | WC |  | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Finland | WCH | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 43 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 22 | ||||
| Senior totals | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||