Chris VandeVelde Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1987-03-15 Country: USA

2005 · Round 4, Pick #97 ·

Edmonton Oilers

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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
2004-05	Lincoln Stars	USHL	7	1	4	5	0.714	0.4214	0.4446	2.1453	2.2633
2005-06	Lincoln Stars	USHL	56	16	20	36	0.643	0.3792	0.3802	1.9309	1.9359
2017-18	Lukko	Liiga	27	6	10	16	0.593	1.4815	1.1348	5.0940	3.9019

■ 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
2009-10	North Dakota	D1	NCHC	SR	42	16	25	41	0.976
2008-09	North Dakota	D1	NCHC	JR	43	18	17	35	0.814
2007-08	North Dakota	D1	NCHC	SO	43	15	17	32	0.744
2006-07	North Dakota	D1	NCHC	FR	38	3	6	9	0.237

Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year

Projected PPG

0.35

before college

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Actual FR PPG

0.24

2006-07 · North Dakota

-31.9% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 18 comparables)

🏒 NHL / Pro Track — production profile is consistent with players who bypassed or minimized college hockey

NCAA D1

NCAA D2/D3

100%

NHL / Pro

NCAAe Rankings

#1392

Forward overall

#40

Forward born in 1987

D2/3 Comparables

Neil Trimm

Neumann · 2003-04

1.800 Elite

actual D2/3 PPG

Arkhip Ledenkov

St. Scholastica · 2018-19

1.636 Elite

actual D2/3 PPG

Brandon Osmundson

Utica · 2018-19

1.448 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.