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Position: Forward DOB: 1983-10-30 Country: USA
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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
2003-04 Wichita Falls Wildcats NAHL 54 17 18 35 0.648 0.2381 0.2259 0.6841 0.6491
■ 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
2007-08 St. Thomas D3 CCHA SR 25 4 6 10 0.400
2006-07 St. Thomas D3 CCHA JR 26 5 3 8 0.308
2005-06 St. Thomas D3 CCHA SO 20 1 2 3 0.150
2004-05 St. Thomas D3 CCHA FR 12 2 4 6 0.500
2002-03 St. Scholastica D3 MIAC SR 15 0 0 0 0.000
2001-02 St. Scholastica D3 MIAC JR 25 0 3 3 0.120

NCAAe Rankings

#20131
Forward overall
#630
Forward born in 1983
#1321
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Max Birkinbine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Air Force (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Cullen Hurley
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.21 No data
NCAAe PPG
Emil Romig
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ Denver (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Rhett Evjen
Stevenson · 2022-23
0.500 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Tye Battipaglia
Fitchburg State · 2024-25
1.160 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Dan Law
Manhattanville · 2001-02
0.731 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.