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Diego Buttazzoni Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2006-01-13 Country: Canada
Sacred Heart
Verbal AHA 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
2021-22 — BCHL 4 1 2 3 0.750 0.2794 0.3231 1.0928 1.2638
2022-23 Portland Winterhawks WHL 56 6 9 15 0.268 0.1303 0.1411 0.6564 0.7107
2023-24 Portland Winterhawks WHL 67 29 26 55 0.821 0.3994 0.4127 2.0115 2.0787
2024-25 Portland Winterhawks WHL 63 38 39 77 1.222 0.5946 0.5827 2.9948 2.9349
■ 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 UMass Lowell D1 HockeyEast FR 29 6 6 12 0.414
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.48
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.41
2025-26 · UMass Lowell
-13.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

2%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
12%
Age-Out / Club
85%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#7675
Forward overall
#236
Forward born in 2006

D1 Comparables

Nathan Walker
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.93 PPG
→ Marian (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.56 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Alex Iafallo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.86 PPG
→ Minnesota Duluth (0.61 D1 FR PPG)
0.52 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Zeb Knutson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.82 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.33 D1 FR PPG)
0.50 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Frank Vatrano
NTDP-U18 · 2012-13 · 0.80 PPG
→ UMass
0.57 No data
NCAAe PPG
C.J. Suess
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.95 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.76 D1 FR PPG)
0.58 Strong
NCAAe PPG

Sacred Heart Alumni similar profiles who attended this school

Blake Humphrey
USHL 2020-21
0.38
actual FR PPG at Sacred Heart
Marcus Joughin
NE-Prep 2019-20
0.69
actual FR PPG at Sacred Heart
Steve Hladin
OJHL 2013-14
0.00
actual FR PPG at Sacred Heart
Paul Minnehan
NAHL 2021-22
0.29
actual FR PPG at Sacred Heart

D2/3 Comparables

Geordan Buffoline
New England · 2017-18
1.667 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Gus Katsuras
Hamilton · 2001-02
1.400 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Ryan Ellis
SUNY Oswego · 2002-03
1.704 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.