Ville NIEMINEN
Shoots: Left
Height: 6' 00"
Weight:200 lbs
Born: April 6, 1977 - Tampere, Finland
Transactions
Colorado's fourth choice (78th overall) in the 1997 Entry Draft
Career
Played in his first NHL game 1/29/00 at St. Louis...
Established personal bests for assists (30) and points (51) in a season in 1999-00...
Became the first Hershey Bear to undergo corrective Lasik refractive eye surgery when he underwent the procedure 6/5/00...
Tied for third on the Bears with 24 goals in 1998-99...
His +6 rating was tied for second-best on the Bears during the 1997-98 season...
Favorite other sport is Kroatian Football and the WWF...
Lists Road Trip as his favorite movie he saw this past summer...
Nickname is "Nemo".
