Ben Finkelstein Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1997-10-01 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
2017-18	Waterloo Black Hawks	USHL	23	8	26	34	1.478	0.9087	0.8407	4.3554	4.0297
2023-24	Eisbären Berlin	DEL	37	0	15	15	0.405	0.4433	0.4977	—	—

■ 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
2019-20	Boston College	D1	HockeyEast	—	34	5	16	21	0.618
2018-19	Boston College	D1	HockeyEast	—	22	1	9	10	0.455
2017-18	St. Lawrence	D1	ECAC	SO	20	3	9	12	0.600
2016-17	St. Lawrence	D1	ECAC	FR	37	5	18	23	0.622

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

10%

NCAA D1

NCAA D2/D3

90%

Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#735

Defenseman overall

#176

Defenseman born in 1997

D2/3 Comparables

Neil Trimm

Neumann · 2003-04

1.800 Elite

actual D2/3 PPG

Arkhip Ledenkov

St. Scholastica · 2018-19

1.636 Elite

actual D2/3 PPG

Brandon Osmundson

Utica · 2018-19

1.448 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.