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Shane Sims Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1988-04-30 Country: USA
2006 · Round 4, Pick #126  ·  New York Islanders New York Islanders
No commitment set

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 Buffalo Lightning OJHL 43 14 26 40 0.930 0.2280 0.2484 0.6404 0.6977
2005-06 Des Moines Buccaneers USHL 59 10 12 22 0.373 0.2200 0.2330 1.1200 1.1861
2006-07 Des Moines Buccaneers USHL 59 10 19 29 0.491 0.2899 0.2921 1.4762 1.4874
■ 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
2010-11 Ohio State D1 CCHA-orig SR 37 3 16 19 0.513
2009-10 Ohio State D1 BigTen JR 34 5 12 17 0.500
2008-09 Ohio State D1 BigTen SO 42 7 17 24 0.571
2007-08 Ohio State D1 BigTen FR 39 1 10 11 0.282
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.25
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.28
2007-08 · Ohio State
+11.3% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#3835
Defenseman overall
#681
Defenseman born in 1988

D1 Comparables

Jaccob Slavin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.53 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.78 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Jeff Taylor
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Union (0.39 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Gavin Bayreuther
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.95 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Ian Brady
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.53 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.64 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Benning
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.39 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Strong D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Patrick Stillar
SUNY Morrisville · 2009-10
1.154 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Nolan Redler
UMass Boston · 2014-15
1.125 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Myles Abbate
Plymouth State · 2018-19
1.037 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.