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Ben Copeland Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1999-04-27 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 Edina High USHS-MN 25 6 11 17 0.680 0.0861 0.0910 0.1652 0.1746
2015-16 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 7 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2016-17 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 56 5 10 15 0.268 0.1580 0.1664 0.8046 0.8475
2017-18 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 60 18 44 62 1.033 0.6095 0.6117 3.1034 3.1148
■ 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 Penn State D1 BigTen — 5 1 0 1 0.200
2021-22 Penn State D1 BigTen — 33 6 17 23 0.697
2020-21 Colorado College D1 NCHC — 22 4 7 11 0.500
2019-20 Colorado College D1 NCHC — 34 4 14 18 0.529
2018-19 Colorado College D1 NCHC — 41 9 12 21 0.512
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.37
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.51
2018-19 · Colorado College
+38.0% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

98%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
2%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#10150
Forward overall
#462
Forward born in 1999

D1 Comparables

Dennis Kravchenko
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.11 PPG
→ UMass (0.92 D1 FR PPG)
0.65 Elite
NCAAe PPG
Sheldon Dries
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.91 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.53 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Austin Ortega
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.91 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.54 D1 FR PPG)
0.53 Average
NCAAe PPG
Frank Vatrano
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ UMass
0.58 No data
NCAAe PPG
C.J. Suess
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.95 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.76 D1 FR PPG)
0.56 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Ryan Ellis
SUNY Oswego · 2002-03
1.704 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Brandon Osmundson
Utica · 2016-17
1.448 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Filimon Ledenkov
St. Scholastica · 2018-19
1.636 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.