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Roni Kuukasjärvi Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2009-04-08 Country: Finland
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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
2025-26 Ilves U20 SM-Liiga-Jr 34 0 14 14 0.412 0.2232 0.2517 0.6224 0.7018
2026-27 Ilves U20 SM-Liiga-Jr 6 0 5 5 0.833 0.4516 0.4902 1.2595 1.3673
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

25%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
5%
Age-Out / Club
68%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#5750
Defenseman overall
#129
Defenseman born in 2009
#752
in SM-Liiga-Jr

D1 Comparables

Matt Nuttle
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.67 PPG
→ Cornell
0.41 No data
NCAAe PPG
Will Butcher
NTDP-U18 · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ Denver (0.42 D1 FR PPG)
0.39 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Ian McCoshen
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.83 PPG
→ Boston College (0.37 D1 FR PPG)
0.52 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Mark Friedman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ Bowling Green (0.49 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Matias Cleland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.62 PPG
→ New Hampshire (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.36 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Joshua Burke
Amherst · 2018-19
0.692 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Mickey Gilchrist
Middlebury · 2002-03
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Connor Armour
Adrian · 2011-12
1.357 Elite
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.