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Eric Esposito Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1998-08-24 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
2015-16 Youngstown Phantoms USHL 48 2 8 10 0.208 0.1229 0.1316 0.6250 0.6692
2016-17 Youngstown Phantoms USHL 52 9 7 16 0.308 0.1815 0.1851 0.9233 0.9414
2017-18 Youngstown Phantoms USHL 60 23 10 33 0.550 0.3244 0.3147 1.6504 1.6008
■ 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
2022-23 Mercyhurst D1 AHA — 35 17 15 32 0.914
2021-22 New Hampshire D1 HockeyEast — 30 3 0 3 0.100
2020-21 New Hampshire D1 HockeyEast JR 17 0 1 1 0.059
2019-20 New Hampshire D1 HockeyEast SO 33 4 6 10 0.303
2018-19 New Hampshire D1 HockeyEast FR 36 2 3 5 0.139
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.23
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.14
2018-19 · New Hampshire
-38.3% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

68%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
32%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#22668
Forward overall
#1107
Forward born in 1998
#2389
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Max McHugh
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.88 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.61 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Strong
NCAAe PPG
C.J. Reuschlein
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.80 PPG
→ Army (0.67 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Judd Peterson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ St. Cloud State (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jake Wood
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ RPI (0.24 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Thomas Forgione
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.70 PPG
→ Vermont (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.40 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Cannon Bonifay
Westfield State · 2023-24
0.714 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Jon Whitelaw
SUNY Oswego · 2007-08
1.357 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Beau Moyer
Wisconsin-Superior · 2000-01
0.708 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.