Played For: | SaiPa KalPa Oulun Kärpät HC Slovan Bratislava TPS Vaasan Sport |
Position: | Goaltender |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 3 |
Weight Lb: | 198 |
Catches: | Left |
Birth Date: | 21 March 1985 |
Draft: | 193rd overall |
Draft Year: | 2003 |
Draft Team: | Philadelphia Flyers |
Career Start: | 2003 |
Career End: | 2016 |
Ville Hostikka (born March 21, 1985) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the Liiga and Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the sixth round, 193rd overall, of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
Ville Hostikka had participated in as many as 17 games with SaiPa prior to the termination of an agreement on 9 November 2010. He also had played for such Finnish ice hockey teams as Forssa, KalPa, Lukko, Mestis and SaPKo as well as Austrian Feldkirch and Danish Frederikshavn White Hawks.[1]
In the 2011 European Trophy, although he did not record any shutouts, Hostikka won the regulation round's goaltending league in save percentage for goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes, although his team, Oulun Kärpät, finished fifth in the East Division and missed the following playoffs.
He played one game for HC Slovan Bratislava of the KHL.[2]
In 2013 he played only one full match in the regular season with JYP Jyvaskyla.[3]