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Koby Bender Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1997-07-15 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 Cloquet High USHS-MN 19 18 16 34 1.790 0.4817 0.4662 0.4347 0.4207
2015-16 Minnesota Wilderness NAHL 57 17 31 48 0.842 0.3127 0.3282 — —
2016-17 Muskegon Lumberjacks USHL 55 6 16 22 0.400 0.2547 0.2456 1.1987 1.1558
■ 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 Minnesota D1 BigTen — 42 7 19 26 0.619
2020-21 Minnesota Duluth D1 NCHC SR 28 7 13 20 0.714
2019-20 Minnesota Duluth D1 NCHC JR 32 5 3 8 0.250
2018-19 Minnesota Duluth D1 NCHC SO 16 3 1 4 0.250
2017-18 Minnesota Duluth D1 NCHC FR 9 0 1 1 0.111
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.24
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.11
2017-18 · Minnesota Duluth
-53.4% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#8861
Forward overall
#351
Forward born in 1997

D1 Comparables

Matt Sieckhaus
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.74 PPG
→ Bentley (0.24 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jake Wood
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ RPI (0.24 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Zach Saar
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Penn State (0.33 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Alfred Larsson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.39 PPG
→ Merrimack (0.20 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Brett Skibba
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ UConn (0.23 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Austin Master
Stevenson · 2017-18
1.148 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Alessio Luciani
Adrian · 2017-18
1.103 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Payden Benning
Curry · 2007-08
1.074 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.