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Merril Steenari Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2004-01-18 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
2021-22 Sioux Falls Stampede USHL 58 1 6 7 0.121 0.0712 0.0739 0.3625 0.3762
2022-23 Sioux Falls Stampede USHL 20 1 2 3 0.150 0.0885 0.0873 0.4505 0.4441
2023-24 Fargo Force USHL 43 7 6 13 0.302 0.1783 0.1669 0.9079 0.8500
2024-25 Fargo Force USHL 61 29 12 41 0.672 0.3965 0.3510 2.0186 1.7868
■ 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
2025-26 Colorado College D1 NCHC FR 16 0 0 0 0.000

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

57%
NCAA D1
8%
NCAA D2/D3
30%
Age-Out / Club
5%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#11065
Forward overall
#467
Forward born in 2004
#993
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Dylan Walchuk
WHL · 2012-13 · 0.86 PPG
→ Northern Michigan (0.42 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Average
NCAAe PPG
David Goodwin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.67 PPG
→ Penn State (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Average
NCAAe PPG
Will Suter
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Bentley (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Trevor Mingoia
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.91 PPG
→ Union (0.33 D1 FR PPG)
0.47 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Carlos Amestoy
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Maine
0.39 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Arvega Hovsepyan
Salve Regina · 2023-24
1.385 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Quinn Waller
Adrian · 2006-07
1.586 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Luke Moodie
SUNY Oswego · 2008-09
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.