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Carson Vance Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1996-01-10 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
2012-13 Kenai River Brown Bears NAHL 55 3 7 10 0.182 0.0668 0.0749 0.1919 0.2151
2013-14 Youngstown Phantoms USHL 5 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2014-15 — USHL 52 5 13 18 0.346 0.2042 0.2014 1.0398 1.0254
2015-16 — USHL 54 2 15 17 0.315 0.1857 0.1745 0.9455 0.8884
2016-17 — USHL 57 3 25 28 0.491 0.2898 0.2575 1.4753 1.3109
■ 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
2019-20 Oswego D1 — JR 27 4 12 16 0.593
2019-20 SUNY Oswego D3 SUNYAC JR 27 4 12 16 0.593
2018-19 Western Michigan D1 NCHC SO 10 0 0 0 0.000
2017-18 Western Michigan D1 NCHC FR 23 0 1 1 0.043
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.21
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.04
2017-18 · Western Michigan
-79.5% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#4670
Defenseman overall
#871
Defenseman born in 1996

D1 Comparables

Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Krug
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Union (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Benjamin Gallacher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Elite D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Kelly Wosnack
St. Norbert · 2001-02
0.909 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Kailin Chen
UMass Dartmouth · 2024-25
1.454 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Bryan Yim
Adrian · 2014-15
1.138 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.