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Carter Sotheran Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2005-06-26 Country: Canada
2023 · Round 5, Pick #135  ·  Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers
Nebraska Omaha
NCHC D1

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
2022-23 Portland Winterhawks WHL 68 4 19 23 0.338 0.1645 0.1736 0.8298 0.8756
2023-24 Portland Winterhawks WHL 66 13 27 40 0.606 0.2949 0.2966 1.4872 1.4960
2024-25 Portland Winterhawks WHL 66 6 27 33 0.500 0.2432 0.2316 1.2268 1.1685
2025-26 Portland Winterhawks WHL 67 19 53 72 1.075 0.5228 0.4737 2.6367 2.3893
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

15%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
32%
Age-Out / Club
52%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#2007
Defenseman overall
#441
Defenseman born in 2005
#371
in WHL

D1 Comparables

Paul LaDue
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.51 D1 FR PPG)
0.43 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Ryan Murray
WHL · 2012-13 · 0.74 PPG
→ Hamline (0.28 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Average D
NCAAe PPG

Nebraska Omaha Alumni similar profiles who attended this school

Brian Cooper
SHL 2025-26
0.06
actual FR PPG at Nebraska Omaha
Isaiah Norlin
BCHL 2023-24
0.06
actual FR PPG at Nebraska Omaha
Davis Pennington
USHL 2020-21
0.23
actual FR PPG at Nebraska Omaha
Brandon Scanlin
AJHL 2018-19
0.39
actual FR PPG at Nebraska Omaha

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
Nick Ford
Elmira · 2014-15
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.