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Joel Janatuinen Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1995-02-02 Country: Finland
Signed Professionally
HPK · 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
2013-14 Kiekko-Espoo U20 SM-Liiga-Jr 46 22 26 48 1.044 0.5656 0.5458 1.5773 1.5220
2014-15 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 53 21 29 50 0.943 0.5565 0.5227 2.8309 2.6589
2019-20 TPS Liiga 35 9 5 14 0.400 1.0000 1.0000 3.4377 3.4377
2020-21 TPS Liiga 45 8 8 16 0.356 0.8890 0.8890 3.0561 3.0561
2021-22 HPK Liiga 57 10 14 24 0.421 1.0527 0.9781 3.6191 3.3627
2022-23 HPK Liiga 26 3 0 3 0.115 0.2885 0.2616 0.9918 0.8995
2023-24 HPK Liiga 6 0 1 1 0.167 0.4167 0.3647 1.4327 1.2540
■ 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
2018-19 North Dakota D1 NCHC SR 14 1 2 3 0.214
2017-18 North Dakota D1 NCHC JR 36 6 7 13 0.361
2016-17 North Dakota D1 NCHC SO 36 8 11 19 0.528
2015-16 North Dakota D1 NCHC FR 35 4 5 9 0.257
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.50
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.26
2015-16 · North Dakota
-48.1% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

5%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
92%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#3353
Forward overall
#199
Forward born in 1995

D2/3 Comparables

Ben Blasko
Nazareth · 2017-18
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Rihards Marenis
Aurora · 2021-22
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Shaquille Merasty
Adrian · 2016-17
1.357 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.