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Position: Defense DOB: 1997-09-08 Country: USA
2015 · Round 6, Pick #171  ·  Minnesota Wild Minnesota Wild
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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
2013-14 U.S. National U17 Team NTDP-U18 52 6 13 19 0.365 0.2716 0.2820 1.3635 1.4155
2014-15 U.S. National U18 Team NTDP-U18 54 5 6 11 0.204 0.1514 0.1498 0.7601 0.7523
■ 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
2018-19 Michigan D1 BigTen SR 36 3 6 9 0.250
2017-18 Michigan D1 BigTen JR 39 1 6 7 0.179
2016-17 Michigan D1 BigTen SO 34 2 2 4 0.118
2015-16 Michigan D1 BigTen FR 38 0 10 10 0.263
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.19
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.26
2015-16 · Michigan
+37.6% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#10396
Defenseman overall
#1715
Defenseman born in 1997

D1 Comparables

Phil Beaulieu
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.20 PPG
→ Northern Michigan (0.42 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Keaton Thompson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.31 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Morrison
WHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Northland
0.17 No data
NCAAe PPG
Anthony Walsh
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Yale (0.07 D1 FR PPG)
0.05 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
R.J. Gicewicz
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.21 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Michael Hawkrigg
Trinity · 2009-10
0.750 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Steve Schroeder
Norwich · 2005-06
0.742 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Dylan Hutton
Concordia · 2009-10
0.867 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.