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Craig Needham Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1999-03-31 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 Youngstown Phantoms USHL 58 1 6 7 0.121 0.0712 0.0712 0.3625 0.3625
2018-19 Youngstown Phantoms USHL 62 15 10 25 0.403 0.2378 0.2255 1.2110 1.1485
■ 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
2023-24 Providence D1 HockeyEast GR 34 4 7 11 0.324
2022-23 Providence D1 HockeyEast SR 37 5 4 9 0.243
2021-22 Providence D1 HockeyEast JR 30 1 3 4 0.133
2020-21 Providence D1 HockeyEast SO 25 3 4 7 0.280
2019-20 Providence D1 HockeyEast FR 34 1 3 4 0.118
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.14
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.12
2019-20 · Providence
-16.1% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

52%
NCAA D1
10%
NCAA D2/D3
20%
Age-Out / Club
18%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#32202
Forward overall
#1729
Forward born in 1999
#2978
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Gage Hough
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.39 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Evan Janssen
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Denver (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tommy Schutt
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.28 D1 FR PPG)
0.21 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eric Freschi
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.51 PPG
→ Cornell (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Alexander Dahl
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.21 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Eric Bolden
Elmira · 2015-16
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Payden Benning
Curry · 2007-08
1.074 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Austin Master
Stevenson · 2017-18
1.148 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.