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Position: Defense DOB: 2008-06-23 Country: Canada
2026 NHL Draft Eligible
North Dakota
Verbal 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
2023-24 Prince George Cougars WHL 7 0 3 3 0.429 0.2084 0.2408 1.0461 1.2088
2024-25 Prince George Cougars WHL 60 6 29 35 0.583 0.2836 0.3126 1.4237 1.5691
2025-26 Prince George Cougars WHL 58 20 53 73 1.259 0.6119 0.6461 3.0720 3.2435
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

8%
NCAA D1
8%
NCAA D2/D3
82%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#223
Defenseman overall
#40
Defenseman born in 2008
#236
in WHL

North Dakota Alumni similar profiles who attended this school

Hayden Shaw
USHL 2014-15
0.19
actual FR PPG at North Dakota
Andrew Strathmann
USHL 2023-24
0.16
actual FR PPG at North Dakota
Dane Montgomery
USHL 2020-21
0.27
actual FR PPG at North Dakota

D2/3 Comparables

Arkhip Ledenkov
St. Scholastica · 2018-19
1.636 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Filimon Ledenkov
St. Scholastica · 2018-19
1.636 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Brandon Osmundson
Utica · 2016-17
1.448 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.