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Dante Palecco Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1998-04-18 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
2014-15 Muskegon Lumberjacks USHL 32 1 1 2 0.062 0.0369 0.0406 0.1875 0.2062
2015-16 Muskegon Lumberjacks USHL 57 14 7 21 0.368 0.2173 0.2288 1.1055 1.1642
2016-17 Green Bay Gamblers USHL 60 20 16 36 0.600 0.3539 0.3546 1.8004 1.8041
■ 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
2021-22 Sacred Heart D1 AHA — 34 3 5 8 0.235
2020-21 Yale D1 ECAC — 0 0 0 0 0.000
2019-20 Yale D1 ECAC JR 28 5 3 8 0.286
2018-19 Yale D1 ECAC SO 33 3 2 5 0.151
2017-18 Yale D1 ECAC FR 30 7 6 13 0.433
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.26
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.43
2017-18 · Yale
+66.3% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#21986
Forward overall
#1076
Forward born in 1998
#2327
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Brandon Hawkins
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.97 PPG
→ Bowling Green (0.77 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Ray Pigozzi
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.64 PPG
→ UMass (0.55 D1 FR PPG)
0.38 Average
NCAAe PPG
Christian Heil
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.62 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.36 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jack Rowe
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.53 PPG
→ Arizona State (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Drew Smolcynski
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.69 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.44 D1 FR PPG)
0.41 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Craig Kennedy
Hamilton · 2000-01
1.353 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Paul Rodrigues
SUNY Oswego · 2007-08
0.893 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Roman Cherniak
Lawrence · 2023-24
0.842 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.