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Sami Tavernier Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1997-04-25 Country: Finland
Signed Professionally
KalPa · 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
2014-15 HIFK U20 SM-Liiga-Jr 45 7 20 27 0.600 0.3252 0.3397 0.9074 0.9478
2015-16 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 15 0 0 0 0.000
2020-21 KalPa Liiga 24 2 3 5 0.208 0.5208 0.5208 1.7906 1.7906
2021-22 KalPa Liiga 43 3 5 8 0.186 0.4650 0.4838 1.5989 1.6636
2022-23 KalPa Liiga 7 0 3 3 0.429 1.0715 1.0910 3.6843 3.7514
2023-24 KalPa Liiga 42 5 2 7 0.167 0.4167 0.4111 1.4330 1.4138
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
2019-20 Merrimack D1 HockeyEast SR 34 6 15 21 0.618
2018-19 Merrimack D1 HockeyEast JR 33 4 12 16 0.485
2017-18 Merrimack D1 HockeyEast SO 36 8 13 21 0.583
2016-17 Merrimack D1 HockeyEast FR 36 8 10 18 0.500
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.30
before college
Actual FR PPG
0.50
2016-17 · Merrimack
+68.2% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

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

NCAAe Rankings

#7061
Forward overall
#331
Forward born in 1997

D2/3 Comparables

University of New England · 2017-18
1.654 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Adrian · 2015-16
1.357 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Nazareth · 2017-18
1.000 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.