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Position: Defense DOB: 2007-05-13 Country: Canada
2025 NHL Draft Round 1, Pick #14  ·  Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets
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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
2022-23 — WHL 6 0 2 2 0.333 0.1622 0.1864 0.8167 0.9384
2023-24 Tri-City Americans WHL 62 8 21 29 0.468 0.2275 0.2502 1.1460 1.2604
2024-25 Tri-City Americans WHL 68 11 43 54 0.794 0.3863 0.4042 1.9458 2.0361
■ 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 Penn State D1 BigTen — 35 11 15 26 0.743
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.32
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.74
2025-26 · Penn State
+129.7% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

12%
NCAA D1
8%
NCAA D2/D3
12%
Age-Out / Club
68%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#2684
Defenseman overall
#390
Defenseman born in 2007
#748
in WHL

D1 Comparables

Matt Nuttle
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.67 PPG
→ Cornell
0.43 No data
NCAAe PPG
Michael Brodzinski
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.54 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Gross
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.48 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.67 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Michael Downing
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.44 PPG
→ Michigan (0.35 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Luke Voltin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ Northern Michigan (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Logan DiScanio
New England · 2017-18
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Neil Trimm
Neumann · 2002-03
1.800 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Brycon Johnson
Bryn Athyn · 2014-15
0.778 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.