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Sam Kurker Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1994-04-08 Country: USA
2012 · Round 2, Pick #56  ·  St. Louis Blues St. Louis Blues
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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 U.S. National U18 Team NTDP-U18 2 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2013-14 Indiana Ice USHL 24 6 8 14 0.583 0.3441 0.3260 1.7519 1.6597
2014-15 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 56 24 25 49 0.875 0.5162 0.4637 2.6280 2.3605
■ 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 Northeastern D1 HockeyEast SR 28 3 3 6 0.214
2015-16 Northeastern D1 HockeyEast JR 41 6 12 18 0.439
2013-14 Boston University D1 HockeyEast — 12 1 0 1 0.083
2012-13 Boston University D1 HockeyEast — 35 3 2 5 0.143

NCAAe Rankings

#6786
Forward overall
#326
Forward born in 1994

D1 Comparables

Shane Sooth
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.95 PPG
→ Northern Michigan (0.45 D1 FR PPG)
0.50 Average
NCAAe PPG
Todd Skirving
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.80 PPG
→ RIT (0.65 D1 FR PPG)
0.43 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Eric Scheid
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.94 PPG
→ Alaska Anchorage (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.50 Average
NCAAe PPG
Carlos Amestoy
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Maine
0.39 No data
NCAAe PPG
David Goodwin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.67 PPG
→ Penn State (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Jason Yuel
Curry · 2006-07
1.769 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Jason Kalinowski
Endicott · 2015-16
1.310 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Donny Flynn
Wilkes · 2016-17
1.423 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.