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Joel Plante Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2005-06-26 Country: Canada
⚠️ Aging Out 2025-26: Turns 20 before Dec 31, 2025 — final eligible junior season.
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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
2021-22 Surrey Eagles BCHL 39 5 3 8 0.205 0.0790 0.0892 0.2989 0.3374
2022-23 Nanaimo Clippers BCHL 54 6 9 15 0.278 0.1070 0.1156 0.4048 0.4372
2023-24 Nanaimo Clippers BCHL 54 18 11 29 0.537 0.2069 0.2140 0.7825 0.8092
2024-25 Portland Winterhawks WHL 39 5 10 15 0.385 0.1871 0.1782 0.9424 0.8976
■ 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 Nebraska Omaha D1 NCHC FR 23 1 1 2 0.087
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.16
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.09
2025-26 · Nebraska Omaha
-47.2% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

20%
NCAA D1
8%
NCAA D2/D3
45%
Age-Out / Club
28%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#19518
Forward overall
#1043
Forward born in 2005

D1 Comparables

Zach Saar
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Penn State (0.33 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Matt Pohlkamp
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Bowling Green (0.41 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Average
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Spezia
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.26 PPG
→ Bowling Green (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.15 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Alfred Larsson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.39 PPG
→ Merrimack (0.20 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tanner Pond
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.39 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Rob Sgarbossa
SUNY Morrisville · 2005-06
0.880 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Nick Albano
UMass Boston · 2015-16
1.296 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Jarrett Cammarata
Bethel · 2017-18
0.680 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.