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Liam Valente Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2003-05-23 Country: Sweden
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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 Linköping HC U20 SuperElit 12 1 3 4 0.333 0.1306 0.1306 0.4094 0.4094
2021-22 Linköping HC U20 SuperElit 44 19 26 45 1.023 0.4007 0.3991 1.2562 1.2512
■ 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 Western Michigan D1 NCHC SR 39 20 15 35 0.897
2024-25 Western Michigan D1 NCHC — 42 14 19 33 0.786
2023-24 Providence D1 HockeyEast — 29 4 5 9 0.310
2022-23 Providence D1 HockeyEast — 30 3 8 11 0.367
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.34
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.37
2022-23 · Providence
+7.3% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

42%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
15%
Age-Out / Club
42%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#7714
Forward overall
#298
Forward born in 2003

D1 Comparables

Brandon Hawkins
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.97 PPG
→ Bowling Green (0.77 D1 FR PPG)
0.40 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Jake Montgomery
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha
0.35 No data
NCAAe PPG
Drew Smolcynski
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.69 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.44 D1 FR PPG)
0.42 Average
NCAAe PPG
Dylan Steman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ Michigan Tech (0.49 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Average
NCAAe PPG
Ray Pigozzi
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.64 PPG
→ UMass (0.55 D1 FR PPG)
0.39 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Nicholas Stevens
Wisconsin-Stout · 2019-20
0.826 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Carter Krenke
Saint John's · 2022-23
0.704 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Jaden Davis
Aurora · 2022-23
1.031 Elite
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.