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Elijah Puchner Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2004-12-24 Country: USA
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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 St. Louis Park USHS-MN 13 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2021-22 St. Louis Park USHS-MN 22 2 0 2 0.091 0.0245 0.0245 0.0221 0.0221
2023-24 Minnesota Blue Ox USPHL-Premier 44 1 10 11 0.250 0.0824 0.0838 0.0851 0.0865
2024-25 Minnesota Blue Ox USPHL-Premier 44 3 10 13 0.295 0.0974 0.0933 0.1005 0.0963
■ 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 ACHA_D1 — — 30 6 14 20 0.667
2024-25 Western Michigan ACHA_D1 — — 30 6 14 20 0.667
2023-24 Western Michigan ACHA_D1 — — 30 6 14 20 0.667
2022-23 Western Michigan ACHA_D1 — — 30 6 14 20 0.667
2021-22 Western Michigan ACHA_D1 — — 30 6 14 20 0.667
2020-21 Western Michigan ACHA_D1 — — 30 6 14 20 0.667

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

28%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
5%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#21065
Defenseman overall
#3596
Defenseman born in 2004

D1 Comparables

Kyle McKenzie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.14 PPG
→ Providence (0.15 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Taki Pantziris
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Brown
0.15 No data
NCAAe PPG
Matt Fuller
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.11 PPG
→ Southern Maine (0.17 D1 FR PPG)
0.06 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Joseph Fiala
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.22 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Jake Karelas
Worcester State · 2016-17
0.368 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Nick LaRue
Milwaukee School of Engineering · 2011-12
0.133 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Eliott Mikesch
Wisconsin-Superior · 2024-25
0.000 No data
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.