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Austin Poganski Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1996-02-16 Country: USA
2014 · Round 4, Pick #110  ·  St. Louis Blues St. Louis Blues
Signed Professionally

Set Commitment

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 U.S. National U17 Team NTDP-U18 11 7 0 7 0.636 0.4730 0.4800 2.3747 2.4101
2013-14 Tri-City Storm USHL 55 19 12 31 0.564 0.3325 0.3459 1.6927 1.7609
■ 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 North Dakota D1 NCHC SR 40 11 9 20 0.500
2016-17 North Dakota D1 NCHC JR 40 12 13 25 0.625
2015-16 North Dakota D1 NCHC SO 44 10 15 25 0.568
2014-15 North Dakota D1 NCHC FR 38 4 10 14 0.368
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.34
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.37
2014-15 · North Dakota
+7.7% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

D1 Comparables

Evan Allen
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.62 PPG
→ Michigan (0.26 D1 FR PPG)
0.38 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Motte
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.65 PPG
→ Michigan (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.40 Average
NCAAe PPG
Drew Melanson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.48 PPG
→ RPI (0.56 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Scott Conway
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.95 PPG
→ Penn State (0.76 D1 FR PPG)
0.38 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Garrett Gamez
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.39 PPG
→ Providence (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Ryan Bloom
University of New England · 2010-11
1.654 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Gage Dill
Curry · 2018-19
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Colin Bella
Lake Forest · 2021-22
0.963 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.