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Taylor Matson Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1988-09-16 Country: USA
2007 · Round 6, Pick #176  ·  Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Canucks
Signed Professionally
Tappara · 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 Des Moines Buccaneers USHL 10 1 2 3 0.300 0.1770 0.1817 0.9010 0.9250
2007-08 Des Moines Buccaneers USHL 55 13 24 37 0.673 0.3968 0.3870 2.0204 1.9707
2014-15 Rögle BK Allsvenskan 52 13 24 37 0.712 1.7788 1.7216 6.6752 6.4606
2015-16 Rögle BK SHL 52 3 17 20 0.385 0.9615 0.8994 5.0185 4.6946
2016-17 Rögle BK SHL 31 1 2 3 0.097 0.2420 0.2122 1.2631 1.1075
2017-18 Rögle BK SHL 40 8 4 12 0.300 0.7500 0.6336 3.9146 3.3070
2018-19 Rögle BK SHL 52 8 12 20 0.385 0.9615 0.7645 5.0185 3.9901
2019-20 Rögle BK SHL 52 9 7 16 0.308 0.7692 0.7692 4.0151 4.0151
2020-21 Rögle BK SHL 50 3 6 9 0.180 0.4500 0.4500 2.3487 2.3487
2021-22 HV71 Allsvenskan 42 11 11 22 0.524 1.3095 0.7973 4.9142 2.9921
2022-23 HV71 SHL 51 4 8 12 0.235 0.5883 0.3811 3.0703 1.9891
2023-24 Tappara Liiga 14 4 3 7 0.500 1.2500 0.6954 4.2980 2.3911
■ 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 Minnesota D1 WCHA-orig SR 43 8 15 23 0.535
2010-11 Minnesota D1 WCHA-orig JR 33 10 3 13 0.394
2009-10 Minnesota D1 BigTen SO 19 2 3 5 0.263
2008-09 Minnesota D1 BigTen FR 13 1 0 1 0.077
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.26
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.08
2008-09 · Minnesota
-70.5% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

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

NCAAe Rankings

#1326
Forward overall
#49
Forward born in 1988

D2/3 Comparables

Jason Kalinowski
Endicott · 2015-16
1.310 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Jason Yuel
Curry · 2006-07
1.769 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Tim Coffman
Utica · 2023-24
1.480 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.