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Brandon Kruse Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1999-03-26 Country: USA
2018 NHL Draft Round 5, Pick #135  ·  Vegas Golden Knights Vegas Golden Knights
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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
2016-17 St. Cloud Norsemen NAHL 59 16 30 46 0.780 0.3089 0.3336 0.8186 0.8839
■ 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 Boston College D1 HockeyEast — 38 3 23 26 0.684
2020-21 Bowling Green D1 WCHA SR 31 11 23 34 1.097
2019-20 Bowling Green D1 WCHA JR 38 9 25 34 0.895
2018-19 Bowling Green D1 WCHA SO 41 10 31 41 1.000
2017-18 Bowling Green D1 WCHA FR 41 8 25 33 0.805
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.29
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.80
2017-18 · Bowling Green
+181.8% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#14847
Forward overall
#697
Forward born in 1999
#702
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Luke Stork
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.33 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Patrick Polino
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.40 PPG
→ RPI (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Motte
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.65 PPG
→ Michigan (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.42 Average
NCAAe PPG
Mike Marnell
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.49 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Average
NCAAe PPG
Frederik Tiffels
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.66 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Jake Cox
Southern New Hampshire · 2014-15
0.808 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Hunter Stewart
Marian · 2011-12
0.741 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Dylan Nowakowski
St. Scholastica · 2008-09
0.889 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.