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Samuel McGinley Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2002-12-03 Country: Canada
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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
2018-19 Regina Pats WHL 3 0 1 1 0.333 0.1622 0.1831 0.8167 0.9219
2019-20 — WHL 47 3 9 12 0.255 0.1242 0.1242 0.6256 0.6256
2020-21 Swift Current Broncos WHL 22 1 5 6 0.273 0.1327 0.1327 0.6682 0.6682
2021-22 Swift Current Broncos WHL 62 7 14 21 0.339 0.1648 0.1605 0.8299 0.8081
2022-23 Swift Current Broncos WHL 61 9 28 37 0.607 0.2951 0.2736 1.4864 1.3779
■ 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
2025-26 Ohio State D1 BigTen JR 34 1 5 6 0.176
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.22
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.18
2025-26 · Ohio State
-18.1% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

45%
NCAA D1
5%
NCAA D2/D3
45%
Age-Out / Club
5%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#5736
Defenseman overall
#1442
Defenseman born in 2002
#1338
in WHL

D1 Comparables

Nolan Valleau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bowling Green
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Matt Van Voorhis
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Denver (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.18 No data
NCAAe PPG
Barrett Kaib
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Providence (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.33 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Taki Pantziris
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Brown
0.15 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Anthony Libonati
Becker · 2006-07
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Casey Shade
Wentworth · 2006-07
1.407 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Gabe Randel
Wisconsin-Stevens Point · 2023-24
0.800 Strong
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.