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Position: Forward DOB: 1988-01-05 Country: Canada
Signed Professionally
Univ. of Saskatchewan · USports-M

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
2002-03 Winnipeg Saints MJHL 7 0 1 1 0.143 0.0275 0.0331 0.0901 0.1086
2003-04 Regina Pats WHL 1 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2004-05 Regina Pats WHL 58 2 4 6 0.103 0.0503 0.0543 0.2537 0.2740
2005-06 Regina Pats WHL 39 5 3 8 0.205 0.0998 0.1031 0.5033 0.5199
2006-07 — WHL 67 27 23 50 0.746 0.3631 0.3566 1.8312 1.7982
2007-08 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 71 26 33 59 0.831 0.4043 0.3763 2.0390 1.8978
2008-09 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 70 37 26 63 0.900 0.4379 0.3859 2.2083 1.9460
2009-10 Lakehead Univ. USports-M 12 7 6 13 1.083 0.5715 0.5962 3.1752 3.3126
2010-11 Lakehead Univ. USports-M 28 17 12 29 1.036 0.5464 0.5450 3.0356 3.0278
2011-12 Lakehead Univ. USports-M 18 8 9 17 0.944 0.4983 0.4713 2.7680 2.6178
2013-14 Univ. of Saskatchewan USports-M 20 8 5 13 0.650 0.3429 0.2922 1.9052 1.6237
■ 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
2014-15 Framingham State D3 MASCAC SR 23 13 16 29 1.261
2013-14 Framingham State D3 MASCAC JR 26 13 16 29 1.115
2012-13 Framingham State D3 MASCAC SO 24 18 13 31 1.292
2011-12 Framingham State D3 MASCAC FR 11 6 3 9 0.818
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.53
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.82
2011-12 · Framingham State
+55.4% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#7072
Forward overall
#301
Forward born in 1988

D2/3 Comparables

Ryan Bloom
University of New England · 2016-17
1.654 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Shaquille Merasty
Adrian · 2015-16
1.357 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Patrick Stillar
SUNY Morrisville · 2011-12
1.154 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.