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Cole Klippenstein Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1992-12-04 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
2010-11 Weyburn Red Wings SJHL 23 4 1 5 0.217 0.0628 0.0670 0.1637 0.1747
2011-12 — MJHL 16 0 1 1 0.062 0.0177 0.0179 0.0394 0.0399
2012-13 North Bay Trappers NOJHL 46 18 19 37 0.804 0.1356 0.1294 0.3342 0.3190
■ 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
2016-17 Southern Maine D3 HockeyEast SR 26 8 9 17 0.654
2015-16 Southern Maine D3 HockeyEast JR 20 2 6 8 0.400
2014-15 Southern Maine D3 HockeyEast SO 25 0 2 2 0.080
2013-14 Southern Maine D3 HockeyEast FR 25 5 8 13 0.520
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.08
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.52
2013-14 · Southern Maine
+549.2% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#15139
Defenseman overall
#1751
Defenseman born in 1992

D1 Comparables

Garret Peterson
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.35 PPG
→ Army (0.07 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.14 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.19 No data
NCAAe PPG
Taki Pantziris
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Brown
0.16 No data
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

Connor Jewett
Stonehill · 2015-16
0.370 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Daniel Litchke
Wisconsin-Superior · 2014-15
0.778 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Eric Manoukian
Endicott · 2018-19
0.706 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.