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Ben Plocar Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1987-03-30 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
2004-05 Springfield Jr. Blues NAHL 39 3 5 8 0.205 0.0813 0.0870 0.2153 0.2303
2005-06 Springfield Jr. Blues NAHL 45 5 14 19 0.422 0.1673 0.1707 0.4433 0.4523
2006-07 — NAHL 53 7 20 27 0.509 0.2018 0.1959 0.5348 0.5193
2007-08 Traverse City North Stars NAHL 48 4 14 18 0.375 0.1486 0.1370 0.3937 0.3629
■ 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
2010-11 Milwaukee School of Engineering D3 — JR 2 0 1 1 0.500
2009-10 Milwaukee School of Engineering D3 — SO 22 5 11 16 0.727
2008-09 Milwaukee School of Engineering D3 — FR 18 1 1 2 0.111
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.15
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.11
2008-09 · Milwaukee School of Engineering
-26.7% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#8825
Defenseman overall
#1053
Defenseman born in 1987
#3220
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Michael Holland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Carter Foguth
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.05 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Jake Ballagh
SUNY Cortland · 2018-19
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Alex D'Oliveira
SUNY Oswego · 2013-14
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Blake Rielly
SUNY Brockport · 2004-05
0.500 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.