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Ricky Helmbrecht Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1985-03-21 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 St. Cloud Norsemen NAHL 46 8 16 24 0.522 0.1937 0.1973 0.5524 0.5626
2004-05 Soo Indians NAHL 39 1 10 11 0.282 0.1047 0.1014 0.2987 0.2893
2005-06 Cleveland Barons NAHL 34 9 7 16 0.471 0.1747 0.1606 0.4983 0.4580
■ 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
2006-07 Curry D3 — FR 9 5 7 12 1.333
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.13
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
1.33
2006-07 · Curry
+931.2% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#6622
Defenseman overall
#950
Defenseman born in 1985
#2991
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Drew Brevig
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.64 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Michael Holland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Carter Foguth
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.05 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Auggie Moore
Saint John's · 2018-19
1.080 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Cameron Croteau
Lebanon Valley · 2021-22
0.400 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Mitch Shaheen
Endicott · 2018-19
0.704 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.