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Blake Kessel Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1989-04-13 Country: USA
2007 · Round 6, Pick #166  ·  New York Islanders New York Islanders
Signed Professionally
Ilves · Liiga

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
2006-07 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 59 11 27 38 0.644 0.3800 0.4010 1.9345 2.0414
2007-08 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 59 19 38 57 0.966 0.5699 0.5722 2.9016 2.9131
2014-15 Ilves Liiga 10 3 2 5 0.500 1.2500 1.2930 4.2980 4.4458
2015-16 Ilves Liiga 41 3 7 10 0.244 0.6098 0.6051 2.0966 2.0803
■ 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 New Hampshire D1 HockeyEast JR 39 5 22 27 0.692
2009-10 New Hampshire D1 HockeyEast SO 38 10 28 38 1.000
2008-09 New Hampshire D1 HockeyEast FR 37 6 7 13 0.351
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.52
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.35
2008-09 · New Hampshire
-32.0% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#412
Defenseman overall
#87
Defenseman born in 1989

D2/3 Comparables

Ryan Bloom
University of New England · 2013-14
1.654 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Justin Fox
Salem State · 2006-07
1.429 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Tyler Barrow
Wilkes · 2017-18
1.385 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.