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Position: Forward DOB: 1985-03-14 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
2004-05 — USHL 29 3 0 3 0.103 0.0610 0.0583 0.3106 0.2966
2005-06 St. Cloud Norsemen NAHL 55 10 12 22 0.400 0.1470 0.1350 0.4222 0.3876
■ 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
2017-18 Assumption D2 NE10 JR 10 1 0 1 0.100
2016-17 Assumption D2 NE10 SO 24 2 3 5 0.208
2015-16 Assumption D2 NE10 FR 16 0 2 2 0.125
2006-07 St. Thomas D3 CCHA FR 5 0 0 0 0.000

NCAAe Rankings

#42500
Forward overall
#1320
Forward born in 1985

D1 Comparables

Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Will Suter
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Bentley (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Bryce Witman
Fredonia · 2018-19
0.150 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Tyler Klein
Wisconsin-Superior · 2009-10
0.533 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Steve Zierke
Wisconsin-River Falls · 2010-11
0.375 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.