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Alex Niestrom Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1989-04-07 Country: USA
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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
2008-09 Owatonna Express NAHL 15 1 6 7 0.467 0.1715 0.1669 0.4926 0.4795
2009-10 Albert Lea Thunder NAHL 57 12 13 25 0.439 0.1611 0.1503 0.4629 0.4320
■ 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
2013-14 St. Thomas D3 CCHA SR 27 10 2 12 0.444
2012-13 St. Thomas D3 CCHA JR 20 5 0 5 0.250
2011-12 St. Thomas D3 CCHA SO 21 1 5 6 0.286
2010-11 St. Thomas D3 CCHA FR 11 0 4 4 0.364
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.13
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.36
2010-11 · St. Thomas
+170.7% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#31377
Forward overall
#1045
Forward born in 1989
#2915
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Will Suter
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Bentley (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Tyler Fletcher
Marian · 2005-06
0.556 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Brad Dormiedy
SUNY Oswego · 2005-06
0.440 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Sammy Nardicchio
Trine · 2016-17
0.500 Average
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.