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Sam Malinski Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1998-07-27 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
2014-15 — USHS-MN 24 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2017-18 — USHL 19 2 1 3 0.158 0.0931 0.0899 0.4738 0.4578
2018-19 — NAHL 59 14 31 45 0.763 0.2802 0.2669 0.8061 0.7678
■ 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
2022-23 Cornell D1 ECAC — 34 8 18 26 0.765
2021-22 Cornell D1 ECAC — 32 5 18 23 0.719
2020-21 Cornell D1 ECAC — 0 0 0 0 0.000
2019-20 Cornell D1 ECAC FR 25 4 12 16 0.640
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.19
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.64
2019-20 · Cornell
+245.8% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

57%
NCAA D1
5%
NCAA D2/D3
35%
Age-Out / Club
2%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#6827
Defenseman overall
#1400
Defenseman born in 1998

D1 Comparables

Benjamin Gallacher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Valleau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bowling Green
0.22 No data
NCAAe PPG
Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Davis Kinne
Salem State · 2023-24
0.692 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Kevin Shand
Milwaukee School of Engineering · 2015-16
0.412 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Jack O'Hanisain
Adrian · 2024-25
0.667 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.