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Vinny Saponari Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1990-02-15 Country: USA
2008 · Round 3, Pick #94  ·  Atlanta Thrashers
Signed Professionally
Eispiraten Crimmitschau · DEL2

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
2006-07 USNTDP Juniors NAHL 35 9 10 19 0.543 0.1995 0.2225 0.5730 0.6390
2007-08 — NTDP-U18 43 12 19 31 0.721 0.5358 0.5188 2.6900 2.6046
2010-11 Dubuque Fighting Saints USHL 56 18 46 64 1.143 0.6742 0.5980 3.4326 3.0445
2018-19 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 43 9 9 18 0.419 1.0465 1.0482 3.5490 3.5547
2019-20 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 50 8 23 31 0.620 1.5500 1.5500 5.2565 5.2565
2020-21 EC Kassel Huskies DEL2 20 4 19 23 1.150 1.5405 1.5405 2.0636 2.0636
2021-22 Augsburger Panther DEL 46 12 12 24 0.522 1.3043 1.0723 4.4231 3.6364
2022-23 Augsburger Panther DEL 39 3 12 15 0.385 0.9615 0.7622 3.2607 2.5849
2023-24 Eispiraten Crimmitschau DEL2 51 11 30 41 0.804 1.0769 0.7178 1.4425 0.9615
2024-25 Eispiraten Crimmitschau DEL2 46 10 22 32 0.696 0.9320 0.5735 1.2484 0.7682
■ 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
2012-13 Northeastern D1 HockeyEast SR 34 7 22 29 0.853
2011-12 Northeastern D1 HockeyEast JR 34 7 16 23 0.676
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.53
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.68
2011-12 · Northeastern
+28.3% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

18%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
82%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#12655
Forward overall
#515
Forward born in 1990

D2/3 Comparables

Rihards Marenis
Aurora · 2024-25
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Logan Day
Endicott · 2024-25
1.333 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Mike Connolly
Buffalo State · 2023-24
0.412 Average
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.