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Matt Hellickson Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1998-03-21 Country: USA
2017 · Round 7, Pick #214  ·  New Jersey Devils New Jersey Devils
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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 U.S. National U17 Team NTDP-U18 49 1 3 4 0.082 0.0607 0.0617 0.3045 0.3095
2015-16 U.S. National U18 Team NTDP-U18 64 0 16 16 0.250 0.1858 0.1801 0.9328 0.9042
2016-17 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 52 6 22 28 0.538 0.3177 0.3171 1.6173 1.6144
■ 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
2020-21 Notre Dame D1 BigTen SR 29 1 7 8 0.276
2019-20 Notre Dame D1 BigTen JR 37 5 11 16 0.432
2018-19 Notre Dame D1 BigTen SO 40 4 12 16 0.400
2017-18 Notre Dame D1 BigTen FR 40 3 9 12 0.300
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.25
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.30
2017-18 · Notre Dame
+21.2% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#5177
Defenseman overall
#1133
Defenseman born in 1998

D1 Comparables

Jeff Taylor
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Union (0.39 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 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
Clay Anderson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Harvard (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Gavin Bayreuther
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.95 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Matias Cleland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.62 PPG
→ New Hampshire (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.36 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

John Moncovich
Utica · 2016-17
0.864 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Cannon Bonifay
Westfield State · 2023-24
0.714 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Caden Smith
Chatham · 2019-20
1.292 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.