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Tom Willander Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2005-02-09 Country: Sweden
2023 NHL Draft Round 1, Pick #11  ·  Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Canucks
⚠️ Aging Out 2025-26: Turns 20 before Dec 31, 2025 — final eligible junior season.
Signed Professionally
SHL

Set Commitment

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 — SuperElit 12 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2022-23 — SuperElit 39 4 21 25 0.641 0.2511 0.2620 0.7873 0.8215
■ 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
2024-25 Boston University D1 HockeyEast — 39 2 22 24 0.615
2023-24 Boston University D1 HockeyEast — 38 4 21 25 0.658
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.25
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.66
2023-24 · Boston University
+166.0% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

45%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
15%
Age-Out / Club
40%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

D1 Comparables

Clark Kuster
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ St. Cloud State
0.30 No data
NCAAe PPG
Jack Stander
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Canisius (0.17 D1 FR PPG)
0.21 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Mark Auk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Michigan Tech (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Roy
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.30 PPG
→ Michigan Tech (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Will Butcher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Denver (0.42 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Strong D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Hunter Schneider
Wisconsin-River Falls · 2012-13
0.600 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Jack Billings
Salve Regina · 2013-14
1.381 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Gavin Payne
St. Thomas · 2014-15
0.600 Average
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.