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Heidi Niskanen Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1993-11-12 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
2011-12 Kiekko-Espoo SMLIIGA-W 29 8 23 31 1.069 0.4054 0.4744 — —
2012-13 Kiekko-Espoo SMLIIGA-W 27 7 25 32 1.185 0.4494 0.5200 — —
■ 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
2015-16 RPI D1 ECAC-W — 0 0 0 0 0.000

NCAAe Rankings

#129
Defenseman overall
#26
Defenseman born in 1993
#41
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

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.