Philadelphia - - Flyers forward Ville Leino has had a whirlwind season. He had trouble fitting in early on and got very little ice time. Then all of a sudden this former scoring champ of the Finnish Elite League caught fire, got tons of power play time, and has been a top-notch scorer. He’s tied the club rookie scoring record previously help by Bryan Propp and now he has been one of the team’s most reliable scorers in the Stanley Cup. What’s his secret? How has he had this kind of success against Hawks goalie Antti Niemi?

In 2008 the Finnish forward happened to be in the SM Liiga playoffs against Niemi’s Pelicans. Did that familiarity help him rack up the three points (two of them are goals) he has so far in the Stanley Cup?


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