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Michael Merulla Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1996-01-26 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 Coquitlam Express BCHL 33 3 14 17 0.515 0.1985 0.2016 — —
2015-16 Philadelphia Rebels NAHL 48 24 31 55 1.146 0.4210 0.4109 1.2110 1.1820
■ 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 Boston College D1 HockeyEast — 7 0 0 0 0.000
2018-19 Boston College D1 HockeyEast — 7 0 0 0 0.000
2017-18 Boston College D1 HockeyEast — 1 0 0 0 0.000
2016-17 Boston College D1 HockeyEast — 3 0 0 0 0.000

NCAAe Rankings

#12367
Forward overall
#498
Forward born in 1996

D1 Comparables

Gerald Mayhew
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.56 D1 FR PPG)
0.41 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Chad McDonald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.48 D1 FR PPG)
0.44 Average
NCAAe PPG
Joseph-Matthew Manno
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.63 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Charlie O'Connor
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.64 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.36 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ryan Siiro
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Princeton (0.38 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Jeremy Dawes
St. Scholastica · 2006-07
1.036 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Douglas Elgstam
SUNY Cortland · 2015-16
0.760 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Tyler Ramm
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2022-23
0.588 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.