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Drew Helleson Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2001-03-26 Country: USA
2019 NHL Draft Round 2, Pick #47  ·  Colorado Avalanche Colorado Avalanche
Signed Professionally

Set Commitment

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 — NTDP-U18 61 5 35 40 0.656 0.5084 0.5186 2.4404 2.4895
2018-19 — NTDP-U18 64 5 18 23 0.359 0.2787 0.2701 1.3377 1.2964
■ 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
2021-22 Boston College D1 HockeyEast — 32 4 21 25 0.781
2020-21 Boston College D1 HockeyEast — 22 4 11 15 0.682
2019-20 Boston College D1 HockeyEast — 28 1 5 6 0.214
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.35
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.21
2019-20 · Boston College
-38.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

60%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
40%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

D1 Comparables

Luke Voltin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ Northern Michigan (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Connor Clifton
NTDP-U18 · 2012-13 · 0.35 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Murphy
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.48 PPG
→ Northland (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Roy
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.30 PPG
→ Michigan Tech (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Gross
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.48 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.67 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Elite D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Jason Yuel
Curry · 2004-05
1.769 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Ryan Busby
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2001-02
0.903 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Jon Whitelaw
SUNY Oswego · 2006-07
1.357 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.