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Sam Ruffin Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1998-11-29 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
2016-17 Fairbanks Ice Dogs NAHL 58 11 19 30 0.517 0.1900 0.2021 0.5459 0.5807
2017-18 Fairbanks Ice Dogs NAHL 57 20 37 57 1.000 0.3674 0.3727 1.0555 1.0707
■ 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 Adrian D3 NCHA SR 23 11 22 33 1.435
2021-22 Adrian D3 NCHA JR 30 19 28 47 1.567
2020-21 Adrian D1 NCHA JR 20 10 9 19 0.950
2020-21 Adrian D3 NCHA SO 20 10 9 19 0.950
2019-20 Adrian D1 NCHA SO 29 10 27 37 1.276
2019-20 Adrian D3 NCHA FR 29 10 27 37 1.276
2018-19 Alaska Fairbanks D1 WCHA FR 29 0 8 8 0.276
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.26
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.28
2018-19 · Alaska Fairbanks
+5.9% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

38%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
62%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#14137
Forward overall
#646
Forward born in 1998
#609
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Villiam Haag
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.64 PPG
→ Michigan State (0.37 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Average
NCAAe PPG
Peter Krieger
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.92 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.39 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Average
NCAAe PPG
Grant Opperman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.56 PPG
→ Dartmouth (0.61 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Robbie Baillargeon
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Boston University (0.77 D1 FR PPG)
0.43 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Joe Gambardella
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.24 D1 FR PPG)
0.43 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Joel Covelli
Colby · 2003-04
1.042 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Walker Harris
Wesleyan · 2015-16
0.808 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Sam Ciappa
St. John Fisher · 2024-25
0.913 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.