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Michael Bigelbach Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1995-10-05 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 — NAHL 62 4 12 16 0.258 0.0948 0.1002 0.2724 0.2880
2014-15 Omaha Lancers USHL 57 1 7 8 0.140 0.0828 0.0805 0.4217 0.4102
2015-16 Omaha Lancers USHL 51 2 10 12 0.235 0.1388 0.1286 0.7067 0.6547
■ 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 Minnesota D1 BigTen — 0 0 0 0 0.000
2017-18 Minnesota D1 BigTen — 0 0 0 0 0.000
2016-17 Minnesota State D1 WCHA FR 7 0 2 2 0.286
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.10
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.29
2016-17 · Minnesota State
+176.8% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#14673
Defenseman overall
#1856
Defenseman born in 1995

D1 Comparables

Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.17 No data
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Valleau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bowling Green
0.22 No data
NCAAe PPG
Benjamin Gallacher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
William Eiserman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Zeke Costello
Nichols · 2005-06
1.231 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Jarryd Ten Vaanholt
Elmira · 2011-12
0.600 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Joey Scorpio
SUNY Oswego · 2015-16
0.600 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.