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Yan Kuznetsov Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2002-03-09 Country: Russia
2020 NHL Draft Round 2, Pick #50  ·  Calgary Flames Calgary Flames
Signed Professionally

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
2018-19 — USHL 34 0 4 4 0.118 0.0694 0.0760 0.3465 0.3795
2021-22 — QMJHL 25 2 11 13 0.520 0.2587 0.2442 1.3868 1.3090
■ 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
2020-21 UConn D1 HockeyEast SO 16 1 5 6 0.375
2019-20 UConn D1 HockeyEast FR 34 2 9 11 0.324
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.07
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.32
2019-20 · UConn
+351.2% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

45%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
38%
Age-Out / Club
18%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

D1 Comparables

Taylor Fleming
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.48 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.17 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Victor Newell
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Harvard (0.67 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Connor Murphy
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ Cornell (0.20 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Victor Björkung
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Max Everson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.31 PPG
→ Harvard (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Patrick Noonan
Southern Maine · 2021-22
1.133 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Justin Joy
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2001-02
0.966 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Luke Moodie
SUNY Oswego · 2007-08
0.926 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.