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Carter Klippenstein Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2006-11-25 Country: Canada
2025 · Round 4, Pick #123  ·  Minnesota Wild Minnesota Wild
⚠️ Aging Out 2026-27: Turns 20 before Dec 31, 2026 — final eligible junior season.
Providence
HockeyEast 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 — WHL 2 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2023-24 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 66 10 11 21 0.318 0.1548 0.1667 0.7808 0.8407
2024-25 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 58 14 14 28 0.483 0.2349 0.2404 1.1846 1.2121
2025-26 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 38 11 17 28 0.737 0.3585 0.3502 1.8079 1.7663
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

48%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
12%
Age-Out / Club
38%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#18794
Forward overall
#792
Forward born in 2006
#684
in WHL

D1 Comparables

Villiam Haag
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.64 PPG
→ Michigan State (0.37 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Average
NCAAe PPG
Peter Krieger
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.92 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.39 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Average
NCAAe PPG
Grant Opperman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.56 PPG
→ Dartmouth (0.61 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Strong
NCAAe PPG
A.J. Fossen
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ Clarkson (0.32 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Robbie Baillargeon
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Boston University (0.77 D1 FR PPG)
0.43 Strong
NCAAe PPG

Providence Alumni similar profiles who attended this school

Geno McEnery
NE-Prep 2021-22
0.00
actual FR PPG at Providence
Will Elger
USHL 2023-24
0.50
actual FR PPG at Providence
Albin Nilsson
SuperElit 2017-18
0.23
actual FR PPG at Providence
Julius Sumpf
QMJHL 2023-24
0.58
actual FR PPG at Providence

D2/3 Comparables

Paul Rodrigues
SUNY Oswego · 2007-08
0.893 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Jason Yuel
Curry · 2005-06
1.769 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Bailey Conger
UMass Boston · 2016-17
2.500 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.