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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 0.0505 0.0547 0.1211 0.1311
2011-12 Frölunda HC U20 SuperElit 42 3 15 18 0.429 0.1691 0.1771 0.5821 0.6098
2012-13 — USHL 45 0 7 7 0.156 0.0918 0.0903 0.4673 0.4596
2013-14 Omaha Lancers USHL 43 3 13 16 0.372 0.2195 0.2056 1.1176 1.0470
2014-15 Omaha Lancers USHL 43 3 13 16 0.372 0.2195 0.1948 1.1176 0.9920
2018-19 Västerviks IK Allsvenskan 32 2 3 5 0.156 0.3905 0.3927 1.4655 1.4736
2019-20 Västerviks IK Allsvenskan 39 2 2 4 0.103 0.2565 0.2565 0.9626 0.9626
2020-21 HC Vita Hästen Allsvenskan 40 2 7 9 0.225 0.5625 0.5625 2.1109 2.1109
2021-22 MoDo Hockey Allsvenskan 32 1 3 4 0.125 0.3125 0.2738 1.1727 1.0275
2022-23 MoDo Hockey Allsvenskan 49 0 7 7 0.143 0.3573 0.2930 1.3407 1.0994
2023-24 MoDo Hockey SHL 44 1 2 3 0.068 0.1705 0.1450 0.8899 0.7570
2024-25 Västerås IK Allsvenskan 42 1 3 4 0.095 0.2380 0.1742 0.8932 0.6538
■ 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
0.19
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.26
2015-16 · UMass Lowell
+36.8% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

2%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
98%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#4808
Defenseman overall
#865
Defenseman born in 1994

D2/3 Comparables

Rihards Marenis
Aurora · 2023-24
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Logan Day
Endicott · 2024-25
1.333 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Brendan Bell
Hamilton · 2010-11
0.333 Developing
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.