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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 0.1733 0.1687 0.4941 0.4810
2009-10 Albert Lea Thunder NAHL 57 12 13 25 0.439 0.1629 0.1520 0.4644 0.4334
■ 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 — SR 27 10 2 12 0.444
2012-13 St. Thomas D3 — JR 20 5 0 5 0.250
2011-12 St. Thomas D3 — SO 21 1 5 6 0.286
2010-11 St. Thomas D3 — FR 11 0 4 4 0.364
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.14
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.36
2010-11 · St. Thomas
+167.7% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#24832
Forward overall
#977
Forward born in 1989
#2700
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Bob Kinne
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.48 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Bradley Duwe
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.65 PPG
→ Alaska Anchorage (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.21 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Ricky DeRosa
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.71 PPG
→ Penn State (0.38 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Average
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
Trevor Veneklase
SUNY Cortland · 2018-19
0.400 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.