Ville Husso

Born in Helsinki, Finland on February 6, 1995, Ville Husso was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the fourth round of the 2014 NHL Draft, 94th overall. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound left-catching goaltender took a measured path to the NHL, but once he arrived, he made his presence felt quickly in a Blues uniform.

Husso's first full season of NHL action came in 2020-21, when he went 9-6-0 with a 3.21 GAA and .893 save percentage across 17 appearances in St. Louis. The following season, 2021-22, marked the high-water mark of his career to date: in 40 games, he posted a 25-7-0 record with a 2.56 GAA, a .919 save percentage, and 2 shutouts — numbers that placed him among the most productive goaltenders in the league that winter.

It was during that 2021-22 campaign that InGoal Magazine and Blues goaltending coach David Alexander pulled back the curtain on Husso's game-day preparation. InGoal Magazine has covered Ville Husso in one drill breakdown ^[1], an InGoal members-only piece by Kevin Woodley that details the morning skate routine Alexander ran with Husso and the philosophy behind it. Alexander described a deliberate effort to build game-like movement into warm-up drills from the very first rep: "One of the things I've learned in the League and that's where you grow as a coach too is you start to understand there's never really static shooting in the NHL. Feet and hands are moving all the time, so on a game day I don't like to have a goalie's feet anchored into the ice receiving shots." The full drill sequence — including the face-off starting point, passing-play patterns, and rebound-and-recovery work — is available to InGoal subscribers ^[1].

Alexander also noted Husso's work with the stick specifically, describing his ability to make precise five-hole adjustments as a feature of the drills. The full breakdown of how those details were structured and coached lives behind the click ^[1].

After two seasons in St. Louis, Husso moved to the Detroit Red Wings. In 2022-23, his first year in Detroit, he appeared in 56 games — the most of his NHL career — and went 26-22-0 with a 3.11 GAA, .896 save percentage, and 4 shutouts, the highest single-season shutout total of his career. The following season, 2023-24, he played 19 games for the Red Wings, going 9-5-0.

A limited 2024-25 campaign saw Husso appear in just four games for Anaheim, going 1-1-0 with a 2.99 GAA and .925 save percentage. In the current 2025-26 season, Husso is wearing number 33 for the Anaheim Ducks and has appeared in 20 games, posting a 10-8-2 record with a 3.25 GAA and .884 save percentage.

Across 165 NHL regular season appearances, Husso has compiled 81 wins, 54 losses, 21 overtime losses, a 3.07 GAA, a .899 save percentage, and 7 shutouts.