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Sami Salminen Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1993-04-12 Country: Finland
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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
2010-11 HIFK U20 SM-Liiga-Jr 30 15 21 36 1.200 0.6392 0.6836 1.6963 1.8141
2011-12 Jokerit U20 SM-Liiga-Jr 41 21 24 45 1.098 0.5847 0.5724 1.5516 1.5190
2012-13 Wichita Falls Wildcats NAHL 48 13 14 27 0.562 0.2089 0.2054 0.5956 0.5857
■ 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
2016-17 Northern Michigan D1 WCHA SR 23 1 5 6 0.261
2015-16 Northern Michigan D1 WCHA JR 14 0 2 2 0.143
2014-15 Northern Michigan D1 WCHA SO 29 6 6 12 0.414
2013-14 Northern Michigan D1 WCHA FR 29 2 8 10 0.345
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.30
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.34
2013-14 · Northern Michigan
+14.4% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#4483
Forward overall
#179
Forward born in 1993

D1 Comparables

Tyler Poulsen
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.60 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tommy Schutt
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.28 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Gage Hough
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.39 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Kyle Bauman
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.70 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Average
NCAAe PPG
Stanislav Dzakhov
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.27 PPG
→ Niagara (0.44 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Alex Laplante
New England College · 2017-18
0.704 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Mark Smith
Southern New Hampshire · 2002-03
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Paul Conter
Southern Maine · 2005-06
0.864 Strong
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.