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Position: Defense DOB: 1995-07-29 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
2012-13 — USHL 12 1 5 6 0.500 0.2949 0.3124 1.5004 1.5896
2013-14 — USHL 54 2 21 23 0.426 0.2512 0.2544 1.2780 1.2942
2014-15 — USHL 53 7 41 48 0.906 0.5343 0.5148 2.7177 2.6185
■ 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 Minnesota Duluth D1 NCHC SO 42 7 27 34 0.809
2015-16 Minnesota Duluth D1 NCHC FR 40 4 13 17 0.425
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.39
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.42
2015-16 · Minnesota Duluth
+9.6% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#1807
Defenseman overall
#402
Defenseman born in 1995
#855
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Ryan Lowney
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.65 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.35 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Paul LaDue
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.51 D1 FR PPG)
0.43 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Will Butcher
NTDP-U18 · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ Denver (0.42 D1 FR PPG)
0.39 Strong D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Lucas Signoretti
Buffalo State · 2023-24
1.120 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Sascha Figi
Fitchburg State · 2016-17
1.429 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Zach Dill
Salem State · 2021-22
1.111 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.