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Saana Valkama Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1994-06-27 Country: Finland
Signed Professionally
AIK · SDHL

Set Commitment

NCAA Division I

NCAA D3 / D2

Career Trajectory
Dashed = raw PPG  ·  ■ Solid blue = age-adjusted NCAAe-PPG  ·  ■ Green = actual college PPG
Junior Seasons
Season Team League GP G A Pts PPG NCAAe-PPG Age-Adj D3e-PPG Age-Adj
2010-11 Team Kuortane SMLIIGA-W 16 8 4 12 0.750 0.2844 0.2844 — —
2011-12 Team Kuortane SMLIIGA-W 16 17 7 24 1.500 0.5688 0.5688 — —
2012-13 Team Kuortane SMLIIGA-W 14 9 11 20 1.429 0.5417 0.5417 — —
2013-14 Team Kuortane SMLIIGA-W 28 11 12 23 0.821 0.3115 0.3115 — —
2014-15 Ilves SMLIIGA-W 28 11 13 24 0.857 0.3250 0.3250 — —
2019-20 Linköping HC SDHL 36 12 10 22 0.611 0.7058 0.7058 — —
2020-21 Leksands IF SDHL 36 5 5 10 0.278 0.3209 0.3209 — —
2021-22 AIK SDHL 36 9 12 21 0.583 0.6737 0.6737 — —
2022-23 AIK SDHL 32 5 7 12 0.375 0.4331 0.3296 — —
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow
College Seasons (Historical)
Season School Div Conference Year GP G A Pts PPG
2018-19 Vermont D1 — — 34 6 9 15 0.441
2017-18 Vermont D1 HEA-W JR 31 6 8 14 0.452
2016-17 Vermont D1 HEA-W SO 35 7 17 24 0.686
2015-16 Vermont D1 HEA-W FR 35 7 4 11 0.314
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.27
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.31
2015-16 · Vermont
+14.9% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 33 comparables)

0%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
100%
Club / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#706
Forward overall
#30
Forward born in 1994

D1 Comparables

Emily Bergland
USHS-MN-W · 2013-14 · 2.04 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.33 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Catherine Skaja
USHS-MN-W · 2012-13 · 2.08 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.34 D1 FR PPG)
0.33 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Rebekah Kolstad
USHS-MN-W · 2012-13 · 2.09 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Sylvia Marolt
USHS-MN-W · 2012-13 · 2.12 PPG
→ Bemidji State
0.34 No data
NCAAe PPG
Demi Gardner
USHS-MN-W · 2012-13 · 2.12 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Emily Bergland
Bemidji State ·
0.114 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Catherine Skaja
Minnesota ·
0.342 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Rebekah Kolstad
North Dakota ·
0.057 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG

How to read this: NCAAe and D3e factors convert a player's junior PPG into expected NCAA scoring at the D1 or D3 level. Harder conferences → lower projected PPG for the same player. A strong junior player (e.g. USHL 0.90 PPG) will project much higher in NESCAC than Big Ten because the D3 scoring environment is lower-difficulty.

Strength factor: conferences above 1.0 are harder than average; below 1.0 are easier. The formula is: Base NCAAe PPG ÷ Conference Strength = Projected PPG.