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Sam Tikka Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1985-04-02 Country: USA
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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
2003-04 — NAHL 50 4 9 13 0.260 0.0924 0.0943 0.2742 0.2797
2004-05 Fairbanks Ice Dogs NAHL 56 4 18 22 0.393 0.1396 0.1354 0.4144 0.4021
2005-06 Fairbanks Ice Dogs NAHL 58 5 18 23 0.397 0.1409 0.1297 0.4183 0.3851
■ 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
2009-10 St. Norbert D3 NCHA SR 30 3 4 7 0.233
2008-09 St. Norbert D3 NCHA JR 27 3 6 9 0.333
2007-08 St. Norbert D3 NCHA SO 31 6 4 10 0.323
2006-07 St. Norbert D3 NCHA FR 19 1 6 7 0.368
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.12
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.37
2006-07 · St. Norbert
+195.7% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#11309
Defenseman overall
#1187
Defenseman born in 1985
#3872
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Michael Holland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.09 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Carter Foguth
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.04 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Bryce Witman
Fredonia · 2018-19
0.150 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Steve Zierke
Wisconsin-River Falls · 2010-11
0.375 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Colin O'Connor
Buffalo State · 2015-16
0.421 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.