Ville Heinola
Ville Heinola is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman for the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League while under contract to the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League. He was ranked as one of the top international skaters eligible for the 2019 NHL entry draft. Heinola was drafted 20th overall by the Jets.
Playing career
On 15 July 2019, Heinola was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Winnipeg Jets.Heinola impressively made the Jets roster out of training camp. He became the first player of the 2019 NHL entry draft to register an NHL point during the Jets first game of the 2019–20 season against the New York Rangers on 3 October 2019. Heinola scored his first career NHL goal on 8 October against Matt Murray of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Heinola posted 5 points through 8 games before he was reassigned to AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose. After appearing in 3 games with the Moose, Heinola was loaned to continue development with his Finnish club Lukko for the remainder of the season on 8 November.