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Iivari Räsänen Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2001-05-23 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
2018-19 Tappara U20 SM-Liiga-Jr 49 6 25 31 0.633 0.3429 0.3709 0.9563 1.0344
2019-20 Muskegon Lumberjacks USHL 45 4 14 18 0.400 0.2360 0.2360 1.2003 1.2003
2024-25 KalPa Liiga 33 1 3 4 0.121 0.3030 0.3501 1.0416 1.2036
■ 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
2023-24 Quinnipiac D1 ECAC SR 39 4 7 11 0.282
2022-23 Quinnipiac D1 ECAC JR 41 2 13 15 0.366
2021-22 Quinnipiac D1 ECAC SO 40 0 5 5 0.125
2020-21 Quinnipiac D1 ECAC FR 25 1 7 8 0.320
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.35
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.32
2020-21 · Quinnipiac
-8.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

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

NCAAe Rankings

#3425
Defenseman overall
#809
Defenseman born in 2001

D2/3 Comparables

Shaquille Merasty
Adrian · 2014-15
1.357 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Jason Zaleski
Buffalo State · 2013-14
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Craig Cowie
Neumann · 2011-12
0.607 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.