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Valeri Kneib Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2002-11-29 Country: Russia
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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 Potomac Patriots USPHL-Premier 39 21 19 40 1.026 0.1157 0.1169 0.3489 0.3527
2022-23 Potomac Patriots USPHL-Premier 28 14 27 41 1.464 0.1652 0.1589 0.4982 0.4791
■ 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 Beloit D3 WIAC — 24 8 6 14 0.583
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.12
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.58
2025-26 · Beloit
+379.7% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

40%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#7810
Forward overall
#362
Forward born in 2002
#308
in USPHL-Premier

D1 Comparables

Cullen Hurley
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.21 No data
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Max Birkinbine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Air Force (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tayler Munson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.31 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.35 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Average
NCAAe PPG
Alexander Dahl
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.21 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Neil Musselwhite
SUNY Oswego · 2005-06
0.500 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Mike Macdonald
SUNY Geneseo · 2000-01
0.769 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Scott Voisin
SUNY Potsdam · 2007-08
0.700 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.