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Heidi Niskanen Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1993-11-12 Country: Finland

NCAA-W Projection

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NCAA Division I Women's

Projected PPG — WCHA-W

0.52

Strong (0.45–0.70)

Base NCAAe-W PPG0.5018

Conf. Strength0.994

Year Adj (FR)×0.87

Confidencemedium

Seasons Used2

NCAA D3W / D2W

No valid junior or college data

D1W / D3W Likelihood

Career Trajectory

Dashed = raw PPG · ■ Solid = age-adjusted NCAAe-W PPG · ■ Green = actual college PPG

Pre-College Seasons

Most women's college players come directly from high school hockey. Junior or HS season stats below (when available on Elite Prospects).

Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PPG	NCAAe-W PPG	Age-Adjusted
2011-12	Kiekko-Espoo	SMLIIGA-W	29	8	23	31	1.069	0.4054	0.4744
2012-13	Kiekko-Espoo	SMLIIGA-W	27	7	25	32	1.185	0.4494	0.5200

NCAAe-W = points/game translated to NCAA-W equivalent · COVID-flagged seasons in yellow

College Seasons

Season	School	Conference	Year	GP	G	A	Pts	PPG
2015-16	RPI	ECAC-W	—	0	0	0	0	0.000

Historical Comparables (NCAA-W)

Player	League · Season · PPG	FR College PPG	School
Briana Mastel	NE-Prep-Girls · 2012-13 · 1.04 PPG	0.258	Harvard
Kendra Nealey	USHS-W · 2013-14 · 2.14 PPG	0.212	Cornell
Anna Wright	NE-Prep-Girls · 2012-13 · 0.86 PPG	0.000	Maine
Meghan Turner	USHS-W · 2012-13 · 2.17 PPG	0.351	Quinnipiac

Women's college hockey projections draw primarily on high school and junior stats when available. Because most women go directly from HS to college, projections with limited pre-college data use conference-based priors.

NCAAe-W factors are derived from historical pre-college→NCAA-W transitions. For many players, projection confidence is lower than men's due to sparse pre-college tracking.