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Michael Mersch Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1992-10-02 Country: USA
2011 · Round 4, Pick #110  ·  Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles Kings
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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
2008-09 U.S. National U17 Team NTDP-U18 23 12 6 18 0.783 0.5817 0.6085 2.9202 3.0546
2009-10 — NTDP-U18 53 5 10 15 0.283 0.2104 0.2088 1.0560 1.0481
■ 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
2013-14 Wisconsin D1 BigTen SR 37 22 13 35 0.946
2012-13 Wisconsin D1 WCHA-orig JR 42 23 13 36 0.857
2011-12 Wisconsin D1 WCHA-orig SO 37 14 16 30 0.811
2010-11 Wisconsin D1 WCHA-orig FR 41 8 11 19 0.463
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.32
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.46
2010-11 · Wisconsin
+46.8% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#16992
Forward overall
#648
Forward born in 1992

D1 Comparables

Shane Eiserman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ New Hampshire (0.43 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Average
NCAAe PPG
Biagio Lerario
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.27 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jack Billings
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.25 PPG
→ Niagara
0.16 No data
NCAAe PPG
Connor Hurley
NTDP-U18 · 2012-13 · 0.20 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.34 D1 FR PPG)
0.15 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Blake Christensen
NTDP-U18 · 2012-13 · 0.17 PPG
→ American International (0.64 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Chad Merrell
University of New England · 2015-16
0.611 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Michael Aiello
UMass Dartmouth · 2005-06
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Simon Boyko
Aurora · 2016-17
1.037 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.