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Riley Hughes Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2000-06-27 Country: Canada
2018 NHL Draft Round 7, Pick #216  ·  New York Rangers New York Rangers
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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 Sioux Falls Stampede USHL 2 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2018-19 Victoria Grizzlies BCHL 53 24 34 58 1.094 0.4076 0.4197 1.5945 1.6420
■ 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 Ohio State D1 BigTen — 23 1 4 5 0.217
2022-23 Northeastern D1 HockeyEast SR 32 2 4 6 0.188
2021-22 Northeastern D1 HockeyEast JR 31 2 10 12 0.387
2020-21 Northeastern D1 HockeyEast SO 21 6 4 10 0.476
2019-20 Northeastern D1 HockeyEast FR 34 1 3 4 0.118
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.36
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.12
2019-20 · Northeastern
-67.3% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

70%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
30%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#8454
Forward overall
#349
Forward born in 2000

D1 Comparables

Grant Besse
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Wisconsin (0.39 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Average
NCAAe PPG
Jake Montgomery
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha
0.35 No data
NCAAe PPG
Dylan Steman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ Michigan Tech (0.49 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Average
NCAAe PPG
Drew Smolcynski
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.69 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.44 D1 FR PPG)
0.42 Average
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Hawkins
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.97 PPG
→ Bowling Green (0.77 D1 FR PPG)
0.40 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

John Moncovich
Utica · 2016-17
0.864 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Geordan Buffoline
New England · 2017-18
1.667 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Jon Whitelaw
SUNY Oswego · 2007-08
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.