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Kasper Björkqvist Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1997-07-10 Country: Finland
2016 · Round 2, Pick #61  ·  Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins
Signed Professionally
Ilves · Liiga

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
2020-21 KooKoo Liiga 44 11 15 26 0.591 1.4772 1.4772 5.0794 5.0794
2022-23 Kärpät Liiga 36 5 5 10 0.278 0.6945 0.7144 2.3880 2.4564
2023-24 Kärpät Liiga 46 4 9 13 0.283 0.7065 0.7044 2.4293 2.4220
2024-25 Ilves Liiga 35 1 2 3 0.086 0.2142 0.2061 0.7367 0.7088
■ 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 Providence D1 HockeyEast JR 42 17 13 30 0.714
2017-18 Providence D1 HockeyEast SO 40 16 7 23 0.575
2016-17 Providence D1 HockeyEast FR 30 3 6 9 0.300

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

8%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
92%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#6286
Forward overall
#301
Forward born in 1997
#907
in Liiga

D2/3 Comparables

Brendan Bell
Hamilton · 2010-11
0.333 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Manny Gialedakis
SUNY Oswego · 2017-18
0.750 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Luke Simpson
St. Scholastica · 2017-18
0.929 Strong
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.