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Position: Forward DOB: 1987-12-06 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
2005-06 Bozeman Ice Dogs NAHL 28 3 3 6 0.214 0.0796 0.0839 0.2269 0.2393
2006-07 Traverse City North Stars NAHL 62 16 5 21 0.339 0.1258 0.1265 0.3586 0.3605
2007-08 Traverse City North Stars NAHL 49 13 11 24 0.490 0.1819 0.1739 0.5186 0.4959
■ 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
2011-12 Lawrence D3 NCHA SR 28 15 12 27 0.964
2010-11 Lawrence D3 NCHA JR 28 13 15 28 1.000
2009-10 Lawrence D3 — SO 28 10 10 20 0.714
2008-09 Lawrence D3 — FR 28 8 8 16 0.571
2003-04 Finlandia D3 — — 7 4 5 9 1.286

NCAAe Rankings

#29322
Forward overall
#1138
Forward born in 1987
#3470
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Ian Miller
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Lake Superior State (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Nick DeCenzo
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ Army (0.32 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Cullen Hurley
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Evan Ritt
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.67 PPG
→ Denver
0.24 No data
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Scott Dawson
Nazareth · 2011-12
0.680 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Mike Zannella
Buffalo State · 2009-10
0.667 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Arthur Gordon
SUNY Geneseo · 2014-15
0.652 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.