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Ben Almquist Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1999-10-01 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
2014-15 Holy Family Catholic USHS-MN 24 5 10 15 0.625 0.0770 0.0830 0.1517 0.1636
2017-18 Tri-City Storm USHL 11 0 1 1 0.091 0.0536 0.0549 0.2721 0.2789
2018-19 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders USHL 26 4 1 5 0.192 0.1134 0.1104 0.5757 0.5605
2019-20 Austin Bruins NAHL 28 17 13 30 1.071 0.3807 0.3807 1.1301 1.1301
■ 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 Alaska Anchorage D1 WCHA — 34 14 16 30 0.882
2022-23 Alaska Anchorage D1 WCHA — 28 6 14 20 0.714
2021-22 Minnesota D1 BigTen — 18 2 3 5 0.278
2021-22 Minnesota Duluth D1 NCHC — 18 2 3 5 0.278
2020-21 Minnesota Duluth D1 NCHC SO 10 1 0 1 0.100
2019-20 Minnesota Duluth D1 NCHC FR 14 0 1 1 0.071
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.08
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.07
2019-20 · Minnesota Duluth
-5.4% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

22%
NCAA D1
15%
NCAA D2/D3
18%
Age-Out / Club
45%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#14563
Forward overall
#681
Forward born in 1999

D1 Comparables

Conor Andrle
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.20 PPG
→ Army (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Average
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Hynes
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.28 PPG
→ Union (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Landon Smith
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.39 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.79 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Dylan Gareau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Clarkson (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Sebastian Weberg
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ Colgate
0.14 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

R.G. Flath
Milwaukee School of Engineering · 2003-04
1.240 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Andy Nelson
Bowdoin · 2001-02
0.714 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Todd Koritzinsky
Wisconsin-Eau Claire · 2012-13
0.550 Average
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.