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Steven Ruggiero Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1997-01-01 Country: USA
2015 · Round 6, Pick #178  ·  Anaheim Ducks Anaheim Ducks
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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 Youngstown Phantoms USHL 41 1 4 5 0.122 0.0720 0.0781 0.3664 0.3972
2014-15 U.S. National U18 Team NTDP-U18 66 1 14 15 0.227 0.1690 0.1615 0.8481 0.8103
2016-17 Youngstown Phantoms USHL 29 0 5 5 0.172 0.1017 0.0953 0.5178 0.4854
■ 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 Lake Superior State D1 WCHA SR 37 6 5 11 0.297
2017-18 Lake Superior State D1 WCHA FR 17 0 1 1 0.059
2016-17 Providence D1 HockeyEast SO 6 0 1 1 0.167
2015-16 Providence D1 HockeyEast FR 10 0 1 1 0.100
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.12
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.10
2015-16 · Providence
-17.4% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#11538
Defenseman overall
#1839
Defenseman born in 1997
#3391
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Kyle McKenzie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.14 PPG
→ Providence (0.15 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Taki Pantziris
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Brown
0.15 No data
NCAAe PPG
Matt Fuller
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.11 PPG
→ Southern Maine (0.17 D1 FR PPG)
0.06 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Joseph Fiala
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.22 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Parker
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.20 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.38 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Strong D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Kevin Maisells
New England College · 2022-23
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Ross Sloan
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2013-14
0.529 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Ian Williams
Norwich · 2014-15
0.640 Average
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.