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Niklas Folin Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1994-01-21 Country: Sweden
Signed Professionally
Västerås IK · Allsvenskan

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
2010-11 Frölunda HC U20 SHL-J20 11 0 1 1 0.091 0.0507 0.0549 0.1310 0.1418
2011-12 Frölunda HC U20 SuperElit 42 3 15 18 0.429 0.1650 0.1728 0.5572 0.5837
2012-13 USHL 45 0 7 7 0.156 0.0991 0.0975 0.4663 0.4587
2013-14 Omaha Lancers USHL 43 3 13 16 0.372 0.2370 0.2220 1.1151 1.0447
2014-15 Omaha Lancers USHL 43 3 13 16 0.372 0.2370 0.2104 1.1151 0.9898
2023-24 MoDo Hockey SHL 44 1 2 3 0.068
2024-25 Västerås IK Allsvenskan 42 1 3 4 0.095
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
2017-18 UMass Lowell D1 HockeyEast JR 19 1 1 2 0.105
2016-17 UMass Lowell D1 HockeyEast SO 18 0 1 1 0.056
2015-16 UMass Lowell D1 HockeyEast FR 35 0 9 9 0.257
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.20
before college
Actual FR PPG
0.26
2015-16 · UMass Lowell
+26.7% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#3866
Defenseman overall
#792
Defenseman born in 1994

D1 Comparables

USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.64 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.70 PPG
→ Robert Morris (0.32 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

SUNY Oswego · 2003-04
0.652 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
St. Norbert · 2007-08
0.682 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
SUNY Potsdam · 2005-06
0.960 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.