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Chris Buchanan Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1994-04-22 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 Alaska Avalanche NAHL 47 1 2 3 0.064 0.0237 0.0257 0.0676 0.0733
2012-13 Fargo Force USHL 46 0 7 7 0.152 0.0969 0.0965 0.4561 0.4543
2013-14 Fargo Force USHL 38 3 5 8 0.210 0.1340 0.1272 0.6308 0.5988
■ 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
2017-18 Bentley D1 AHA SR 27 0 3 3 0.111
2016-17 Bentley D1 AHA JR 32 3 3 6 0.188
2015-16 Bentley D1 AHA SO 37 2 5 7 0.189
2014-15 Bentley D1 AHA FR 36 1 8 9 0.250
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.11
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.25
2014-15 · Bentley
+130.4% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#12678
Defenseman overall
#1610
Defenseman born in 1994

D1 Comparables

Dan Molenaar
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Minnesota Duluth (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.14 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Ryan Nick
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ Army (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Johnny Hrabovsky
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Air Force (0.26 D1 FR PPG)
0.14 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Cameron McDonald
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.11 PPG
→ Providence (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.05 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Aleksi Rossi
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ Brown
0.09 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Greg Pezza
Connecticut College · 2015-16
0.300 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Mark Smith
Southern New Hampshire · 2002-03
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Colin Vassallo
SUNY Oswego · 2022-23
0.885 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.