This first season has been a blast for Ville Sato-Maki. Ultimately the goals were to be a contributing member of the locker room and I think Sato-Maki met that expectation, being named an alternate and being a positive factor in the Vancouver Whalers locker room. On the ice, Ville had 41 points in 66 games. Being built as a two-way forward, this is some good point totals and defensively he was the 3rd best plus/minus on the team, behind two defenders no less. On the faceoff circle, he held his own pretty well with a 52.6 faceoff percentage. Looking at blocks, hits, and takeaways, he wasn't the best at blocks so expecting that to increase maybe from where it sits at 35, hits could do better too, but Sato-Maki isn't much of a hitter. Lastly, the takeaways were at 50, second highest for forwards on the team. Overall, a solid rookie season that has led into a respectable playoff.