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Ian Cole Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1989-02-21 Country: USA
2007 · Round 1, Pick #18  ·  St. Louis Blues St. Louis Blues
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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
2005-06 — NTDP-U18 19 2 1 3 0.158 0.1174 0.1190 0.5892 0.5973
2006-07 — NTDP-U18 42 6 11 17 0.405 0.3009 0.2937 1.5105 1.4742
■ 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
2009-10 Notre Dame D1 BigTen JR 30 3 16 19 0.633
2008-09 Notre Dame D1 BigTen SO 38 6 20 26 0.684
2007-08 Notre Dame D1 BigTen FR 43 8 12 20 0.465
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.21
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.47
2007-08 · Notre Dame
+120.1% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#4846
Defenseman overall
#752
Defenseman born in 1989
#28
in NTDP-U18

D1 Comparables

Clark Kuster
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ St. Cloud State
0.29 No data
NCAAe PPG
Will Butcher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Denver (0.42 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Jack Stander
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Canisius (0.17 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Luke Voltin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ Northern Michigan (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Roy
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.30 PPG
→ Michigan Tech (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Erik Caron
St. Michael's College · 2001-02
1.280 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Patrick Stillar
SUNY Morrisville · 2009-10
1.154 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Myles Abbate
Plymouth State · 2018-19
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.