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Justin Braun Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1987-02-10 Country: USA
2007 · Round 7, Pick #201  ·  San Jose Sharks San Jose Sharks
Signed Professionally
Straubing Tigers · DEL

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
2004-05 Green Bay Gamblers USHL 10 0 0 0 0.000
2005-06 Green Bay Gamblers USHL 59 2 11 13 0.220 0.1300 0.1298 0.6616 0.6603
2012-13 Tappara Liiga 6 0 3 3 0.500 1.2500 1.3066 4.2980 4.4925
2023-24 Straubing Tigers DEL 52 7 19 26 0.500 1.2500 0.7384 4.2391 2.5040
2024-25 Straubing Tigers DEL 51 3 15 18 0.353 0.8822 0.4806 2.9920 1.6299
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 UMass D1 HockeyEast SR 36 8 23 31 0.861
2008-09 UMass D1 HockeyEast JR 39 7 16 23 0.590
2007-08 UMass D1 HockeyEast SO 36 4 16 20 0.556
2006-07 UMass D1 HockeyEast FR 39 4 10 14 0.359
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.12
before college
Actual FR PPG
0.36
2006-07 · UMass
+193.1% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

5%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
95%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#2025
Defenseman overall
#364
Defenseman born in 1987

D2/3 Comparables

Utica · 2023-24
1.480 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
University of New England · 2016-17
1.654 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Adrian · 2015-16
1.357 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.