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Niklas Nevalainen Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1993-06-28 Country: Finland
Signed Professionally
Liiga

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 Ässät U20 SM-Liiga-Jr 48 13 22 35 0.729 0.3952 0.3911 1.1028 1.0913
2012-13 Dubuque Fighting Saints USHL 60 5 28 33 0.550 0.3244 0.3099 1.6519 1.5780
2017-18 Sport Liiga 57 0 16 16 0.281 0.7017 0.7581 2.4129 2.6070
2018-19 Sport Liiga 47 4 14 18 0.383 0.9575 0.9987 3.2923 3.4341
2019-20 Sport Liiga 55 2 11 13 0.236 0.5910 0.5910 2.0321 2.0321
2020-21 — Liiga 26 0 2 2 0.077 0.1922 0.1922 0.6610 0.6610
■ 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
2016-17 St. Cloud State D1 NCHC SR 28 1 9 10 0.357
2015-16 St. Cloud State D1 NCHC JR 39 2 21 23 0.590
2014-15 St. Cloud State D1 NCHC SO 34 0 7 7 0.206
2013-14 St. Cloud State D1 NCHC FR 35 2 6 8 0.229
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.32
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.23
2013-14 · St. Cloud State
-29.3% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 20 comparables)

⭐ Elite profile — high probability of D1 placement; comparable to top-end prospects
20%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
80%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#1236
Defenseman overall
#272
Defenseman born in 1993

D2/3 Comparables

Neil Trimm
Neumann · 2003-04
1.800 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Arkhip Ledenkov
St. Scholastica · 2018-19
1.636 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Brandon Osmundson
Utica · 2018-19
1.448 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.