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Chad Lopez Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1997-04-10 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 Richmond Generals USPHL-Elite 40 12 13 25 0.625 0.0749 0.0809 — —
2015-16 Elliot Lake Vikings NOJHL 53 23 31 54 1.019 0.1718 0.1750 0.4234 0.4312
2016-17 — NAHL 17 1 3 4 0.235 0.0874 0.0858 0.2491 0.2446
2017-18 Newmarket Hurricanes OJHL 50 11 33 44 0.880 0.2459 0.2236 0.6073 0.5523
■ 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
2021-22 Wisconsin-Superior D3 WIAC SR 29 8 10 18 0.621
2020-21 Wisconsin-Superior D3 BigTen JR 10 7 2 9 0.900
2019-20 Wisconsin-Superior D3 BigTen SO 29 9 16 25 0.862
2018-19 Wisconsin-Superior D3 BigTen FR 25 8 9 17 0.680
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.14
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.68
2018-19 · Wisconsin-Superior
+371.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

10%
NCAA D1
35%
NCAA D2/D3
52%
Age-Out / Club
2%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#23113
Forward overall
#995
Forward born in 1997

D1 Comparables

Bradley Duwe
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.65 PPG
→ Alaska Anchorage (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Bob Kinne
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.48 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Clint Carlisle
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.78 PPG
→ Army (0.52 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Kelby Lorenz
Southern Maine · 2012-13
0.750 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Kyle Kussmann
SUNY Brockport · 2024-25
0.739 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Josh Adkins
Concordia Wisconsin · 2015-16
0.640 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.