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Ben Blood Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1989-03-15 Country: USA
2007 · Round 4, Pick #120  ·  Ottawa Senators Ottawa Senators
Signed Professionally
Löwen Frankfurt · DEL

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
2007-08 — USHL 57 10 13 23 0.404 0.2380 0.2380 1.2119 1.2119
2015-16 Pelicans Liiga 32 1 7 8 0.250 0.6250 0.6177 2.1490 2.1238
2016-17 Pelicans Liiga 55 2 8 10 0.182 0.4545 0.4249 1.5628 1.4609
2017-18 Ässät Liiga 57 3 7 10 0.175 0.4385 0.3798 1.5078 1.3058
2018-19 Tappara Liiga 37 4 14 18 0.486 1.2163 1.0079 4.1820 3.4655
2019-20 Tappara Liiga 56 2 5 7 0.125 0.3125 0.3125 1.0745 1.0745
2020-21 Tappara Liiga 35 3 6 9 0.257 0.6427 0.6427 2.2101 2.2101
2022-23 Pelicans Liiga 32 0 5 5 0.156 0.3905 0.2392 1.3427 0.8226
2023-24 Pelicans Liiga 12 1 1 2 0.167 0.4167 0.2421 1.4330 0.8325
■ 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 North Dakota D1 WCHA-orig SR 42 3 18 21 0.500
2010-11 North Dakota D1 WCHA-orig JR 44 2 10 12 0.273
2009-10 North Dakota D1 NCHC SO 43 5 9 14 0.326
2008-09 North Dakota D1 NCHC FR 31 0 1 1 0.032
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.22
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.03
2008-09 · North Dakota
-85.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

2%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
98%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#2233
Defenseman overall
#413
Defenseman born in 1989

D2/3 Comparables

Rihards Marenis
Aurora · 2024-25
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Logan Day
Endicott · 2024-25
1.333 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Mike Connolly
Buffalo State · 2023-24
0.412 Average
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.