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Cole Hults Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1998-05-22 Country: USA
2017 · Round 5, Pick #134  ·  Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles Kings
Signed Professionally

Set Commitment

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 Madison Capitols USHL 9 0 2 2 0.222 0.1311 0.1448 0.6674 0.7370
2015-16 Madison Capitols USHL 54 0 8 8 0.148 0.0874 0.0924 0.4448 0.4705
2016-17 Madison Capitols USHL 59 6 26 32 0.542 0.3200 0.3222 1.6290 1.6400
■ 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 Penn State D1 BigTen JR 34 8 22 30 0.882
2018-19 Penn State D1 BigTen SO 39 6 22 28 0.718
2017-18 Penn State D1 BigTen FR 38 3 17 20 0.526
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.22
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.53
2017-18 · Penn State
+142.1% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

D1 Comparables

Ian Brady
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.53 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.64 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Gavin Bayreuther
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.95 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Dan Renouf
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.49 PPG
→ Maine (0.32 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Jaccob Slavin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.53 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.78 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Benning
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.39 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Strong D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Caden Smith
Chatham · 2019-20
1.292 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
John Moncovich
Utica · 2016-17
0.864 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Geordan Buffoline
University of New England · 2017-18
1.667 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.