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Kasper Vähärautio Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2002-10-02 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
2019-20 Jokerit U20 SM-Liiga-Jr 25 0 3 3 0.120 0.0650 0.0650 0.1782 0.1782
2020-21 Jokerit U20 SM-Liiga-Jr 19 0 6 6 0.316 0.1709 0.1709 0.4690 0.4690
2021-22 Jokerit U20 SM-Liiga-Jr 32 9 11 20 0.625 0.3383 0.3375 0.9283 0.9262
■ 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 Michigan Tech D1 CCHA SR 11 0 0 0 0.000
2024-25 Michigan Tech D1 CCHA JR 36 0 4 4 0.111
2023-24 Michigan Tech D1 CCHA SO 37 0 2 2 0.054
2022-23 Michigan Tech D1 CCHA FR 3 0 0 0 0.000

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

15%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
32%
Age-Out / Club
50%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#5454
Defenseman overall
#1388
Defenseman born in 2002
#754
in SM-Liiga-Jr

D1 Comparables

Ryan Murray
WHL · 2012-13 · 0.74 PPG
→ Hamline (0.28 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Mike McKee
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Nelson Armstrong
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Tommy Davis
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Princeton (0.29 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Niklas Nevalainen
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ St. Cloud State (0.23 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Mike DeMarco
Buffalo State · 2001-02
1.240 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Joona Juntunen
Saint Mary's (MN) · 2022-23
0.826 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Erik Caron
St. Michael's College · 2002-03
1.280 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.