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Samo Meritähti Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2003-03-06 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
2020-21 Sport U20 SM-Liiga-Jr 9 0 3 3 0.333 0.1806 0.1806 0.5040 0.5040
2021-22 Sport U20 SM-Liiga-Jr 40 8 17 25 0.625 0.3387 0.3451 0.9452 0.9631
2022-23 Tri-City Storm USHL 57 3 4 7 0.123 0.0724 0.0682 0.3688 0.3475
2023-24 Tri-City Storm USHL 19 1 6 7 0.368 0.2173 0.1940 1.1065 0.9878
■ 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 Augustana D1 CCHA — 37 2 2 4 0.108
2024-25 Providence D1 HockeyEast — 0 0 0 0 0.000

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

60%
NCAA D1
8%
NCAA D2/D3
20%
Age-Out / Club
12%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#6641
Defenseman overall
#1588
Defenseman born in 2003

D1 Comparables

Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Michael Holland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.09 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Carter Foguth
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.04 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Rick Varone
SUNY Oswego · 2003-04
0.652 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
David Coyle
Castleton · 2024-25
0.731 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Francis Rose
Western Connecticut · 2024-25
0.708 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.