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Michael O'Brien Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1987-02-27 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
2006-07 Marquette Rangers NAHL 26 0 4 4 0.154 0.0565 0.0546 0.1626 0.1572
■ 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
2009-10 Wentworth D3 CNE SR 22 7 9 16 0.727
2008-09 Wentworth D3 CNE JR 24 7 4 11 0.458
2007-08 Wentworth D3 CNE SO 25 5 6 11 0.440
2006-07 Wentworth D3 CNE FR 28 5 8 13 0.464

NCAAe Rankings

#24063
Defenseman overall
#1847
Defenseman born in 1987
#6515
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Aleksi Rossi
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ Brown
0.08 No data
NCAAe PPG
Matt Fuller
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.11 PPG
→ Southern Maine (0.17 D1 FR PPG)
0.06 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Parker
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.20 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.38 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Joseph Fiala
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.22 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Kyle McKenzie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.14 PPG
→ Providence (0.15 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Avery Smith
Saint Mary's (MN) · 2018-19
0.333 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Nic Polaski
Wisconsin-Stevens Point · 2005-06
0.261 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Cole Sanderson
Babson · 2016-17
0.300 Developing
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.