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Luca Santala Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2009-07-28 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 Kiekko-Espoo U20 SM-Liiga-Jr 25 7 5 12 0.480 0.2602 0.2974 0.7259 0.8296
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

38%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
8%
Age-Out / Club
55%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#20306
Forward overall
#68
Forward born in 2009
#599
in SM-Liiga-Jr

D1 Comparables

Anders Bjork
NTDP-U18 · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.54 D1 FR PPG)
0.33 Average
NCAAe PPG
Dylan Larkin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Michigan (1.34 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Elite
NCAAe PPG
Dylan Gambrell
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Denver (1.15 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Elite
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Stevens
NTDP-U18 · 2012-13 · 0.31 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.33 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Chris Wilkie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.28 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Declan House
Franklin Pierce · 2017-18
0.467 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Keenan Lund
Augsburg · 2014-15
0.739 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Paul Rodrigues
SUNY Oswego · 2005-06
0.893 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.