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Alex Velischek Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1990-12-17 Country: Canada
2009 · Round 4, Pick #123  ·  Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins
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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
2010-11 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 33 2 8 10 0.303 0.1787 0.1660 0.9100 0.8451
■ 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 Providence D1 HockeyEast SR 38 0 6 6 0.158
2011-12 Providence D1 HockeyEast JR 32 0 7 7 0.219
2010-11 Providence D1 HockeyEast SO 9 1 1 2 0.222
2009-10 Providence D1 HockeyEast FR 34 1 11 12 0.353

NCAAe Rankings

#7705
Defenseman overall
#1116
Defenseman born in 1990
#2850
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.17 No data
NCAAe PPG
Taki Pantziris
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Brown
0.15 No data
NCAAe PPG
Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Valleau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bowling Green
0.22 No data
NCAAe PPG
Kyle McKenzie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.14 PPG
→ Providence (0.15 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Nick Felan
Lawrence · 2014-15
0.909 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Dayne Bihn
Neumann · 2003-04
1.200 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Valeri Kneib
Beloit · 2022-23
0.583 Average
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.