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Chad McDonald Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1993-02-25 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
2011-12 Des Moines Buccaneers USHL 46 12 6 18 0.391 0.2492 0.2471 1.1726 1.1628
2012-13 Muskegon Lumberjacks USHL 38 11 19 30 0.789 0.5028 0.4718 2.3659 2.2202
■ 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
2016-17 Ferris State D1 WCHA SR 34 10 10 20 0.588
2015-16 Ferris State D1 WCHA JR 33 10 15 25 0.758
2014-15 Ferris State D1 WCHA SO 36 9 10 19 0.528
2013-14 Ferris State D1 WCHA FR 42 9 11 20 0.476
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.33
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.48
2013-14 · Ferris State
+45.7% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#4925
Forward overall
#191
Forward born in 1993
#774
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Phil Marinaccio
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.77 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.47 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Michael Vecchione
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.95 PPG
→ Union (0.89 D1 FR PPG)
0.57 Elite
NCAAe PPG
Charlie O'Connor
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.64 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.38 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Gerald Mayhew
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.56 D1 FR PPG)
0.44 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Dominik Shine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.90 PPG
→ Northern Michigan (0.45 D1 FR PPG)
0.54 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Brandon Osmundson
Utica · 2017-18
1.448 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Cole Hepler
Lebanon Valley · 2015-16
1.280 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Jon Whitelaw
SUNY Oswego · 2008-09
1.357 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.