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Will O'Neill Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1988-04-28 Country: USA
2006 · Round 7, Pick #210  ·  Atlanta Thrashers
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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
2006-07 Omaha Lancers USHL 57 4 9 13 0.228 0.1346 0.1356 0.6851 0.6901
2007-08 Omaha Lancers USHL 58 5 19 24 0.414 0.2441 0.2334 1.2428 1.1882
■ 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
2011-12 Maine D1 HockeyEast SR 40 3 30 33 0.825
2010-11 Maine D1 HockeyEast JR 28 4 17 21 0.750
2009-10 Maine D1 HockeyEast SO 39 8 23 31 0.795
2008-09 Maine D1 HockeyEast FR 34 4 12 16 0.471
2008-09 Worcester State D3 MASCAC SO 24 3 9 12 0.500
2007-08 Worcester State D3 MASCAC FR 13 4 4 8 0.615
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.13
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.62
2007-08 · Worcester State
+380.8% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#6445
Defenseman overall
#925
Defenseman born in 1988
#2603
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Christopher Dienes
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.15 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Jared Kolquist
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Merrimack (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Victor Björkung
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Tucker Poolman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.44 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.45 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Connor Murphy
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ Cornell (0.20 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Jake Fuss
University of New England · 2017-18
0.727 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Marlon Gardner
Neumann · 2006-07
1.067 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Matthew Fawcett
Salve Regina · 2018-19
1.259 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.