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Position: Defense DOB: 1989-07-03 Country: USA
2009 · Round 6, Pick #191  ·  Ottawa Senators Ottawa Senators
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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
2007-08 Lincoln Stars USHL 53 3 6 9 0.170 0.1002 0.1017 0.5100 0.5177
2008-09 Lincoln Stars USHL 51 3 7 10 0.196 0.1157 0.1123 0.5890 0.5715
■ 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
2012-13 Princeton D1 ECAC SR 31 8 7 15 0.484
2011-12 Princeton D1 ECAC JR 30 10 10 20 0.667
2010-11 Princeton D1 ECAC SO 27 3 7 10 0.370
2009-10 Princeton D1 ECAC FR 30 5 4 9 0.300
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.10
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.30
2009-10 · Princeton
+194.1% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#15070
Defenseman overall
#1461
Defenseman born in 1989
#3705
in USHL

D1 Comparables

James Roll
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.22 PPG
→ Lake Superior State (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Dan Molenaar
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Minnesota Duluth (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Christian Neumann
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ UConn (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Tucker Poolman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.44 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.45 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Neal Goff
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Leevi Kervinen
Anna Maria · 2018-19
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Brandon Boelter
Lawrence · 2009-10
0.778 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Luke Radetic
St. Thomas · 2016-17
0.885 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.