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Paul Vella Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1996-03-02 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
2013-14 New Jersey Rockets EHL 15 3 1 4 0.267 0.0572 0.0619 — —
2014-15 Hawkesbury Hawks CCHL 28 6 7 13 0.464 0.1325 0.1338 0.3594 0.3631
2015-16 Rockland Nationals CCHL 61 19 22 41 0.672 0.1918 0.1845 0.5203 0.5005
2016-17 Renfrew Wolves CCHL 62 22 41 63 1.016 0.2900 0.2637 0.7866 0.7153
■ 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 Skidmore D3 SUNYAC SO 26 3 8 11 0.423
2017-18 Skidmore D3 SUNYAC FR 23 1 10 11 0.478
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.20
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.48
2017-18 · Skidmore
+140.8% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#18231
Forward overall
#749
Forward born in 1996

D1 Comparables

Ricky DeRosa
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.71 PPG
→ Penn State (0.38 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Average
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Will Suter
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Bentley (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG
David Goodwin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.67 PPG
→ Penn State (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.38 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Jordan Bancroft
Concordia · 2011-12
0.846 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Gage Christianson
Milwaukee School of Engineering · 2012-13
0.741 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Glenn Wiswell
Castleton · 2016-17
0.667 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.