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Nelli Laitinen Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2002-04-29 Country: Finland
Signed Professionally
Kiekko-Espoo · SMLIIGA-W

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
2016-17 KJT Haukat SMLIIGA-W 1 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2017-18 — SMLIIGA-W 14 2 1 3 0.214 0.0813 0.0813 — —
2018-19 Kiekko-Espoo SMLIIGA-W 27 12 27 39 1.444 0.5477 0.5477 — —
2019-20 Kiekko-Espoo SMLIIGA-W 28 7 24 31 1.107 0.4198 0.4198 — —
2020-21 Kiekko-Espoo SMLIIGA-W 24 13 24 37 1.542 0.5846 0.5846 — —
2021-22 Kiekko-Espoo SMLIIGA-W 23 7 24 31 1.348 0.5111 0.5111 — —
■ 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
2025-26 Minnesota D1 WCHA-W SR 33 10 20 30 0.909
2024-25 Minnesota D1 WCHA-W JR 42 3 19 22 0.524
2023-24 Minnesota D1 WCHA-W SO 39 6 17 23 0.590
2022-23 Minnesota D1 WCHA-W FR 31 3 16 19 0.613
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.54
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.61
2022-23 · Minnesota
+13.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 27 comparables)

19%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
81%
Club / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#85
Defenseman overall
#19
Defenseman born in 2002
#23
in SMLIIGA-W

D1 Comparables

Briana Mastel
NE-Prep-Girls · 2012-13 · 1.04 PPG
→ Harvard (0.26 D1 FR PPG)
0.48 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Kendra Nealey
USHS-W · 2013-14 · 2.14 PPG
→ Cornell (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.62 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Anna Wright
NE-Prep-Girls · 2012-13 · 0.86 PPG
→ Maine
0.40 No data
NCAAe PPG
Meghan Turner
USHS-W · 2012-13 · 2.17 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.35 D1 FR PPG)
0.56 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Megan Wolfe
USHS-MN-W · 2012-13 · 2.40 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.72 D1 FR PPG)
0.36 Elite D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Briana Mastel
Harvard ·
0.258 Average D
actual D2/3 PPG
Kendra Nealey
Cornell ·
0.212 Average D
actual D2/3 PPG
Anna Wright
Maine ·
0.000 No data
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.