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Jakov Novak Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1998-10-22 Country: Canada
2018 NHL Draft Round 6, Pick #188  ·  Ottawa Senators Ottawa Senators
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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 Janesville Jets NAHL 52 11 17 28 0.538 0.2134 0.2259 0.5654 0.5985
2017-18 Janesville Jets NAHL 56 32 41 73 1.304 0.5165 0.5213 1.3686 1.3812
■ 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 Northeastern D1 HockeyEast — 35 8 4 12 0.343
2021-22 Northeastern D1 HockeyEast — 39 8 9 17 0.436
2020-21 Bentley D1 AHA JR 15 7 10 17 1.133
2019-20 Bentley D1 AHA SO 35 16 14 30 0.857
2018-19 Bentley D1 AHA FR 37 7 8 15 0.405
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.35
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.41
2018-19 · Bentley
+17.5% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

55%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
45%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#9194
Forward overall
#411
Forward born in 1998
#202
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Frank DiChiara
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.94 PPG
→ Yale (0.41 D1 FR PPG)
0.56 Average
NCAAe PPG
Trevor Olson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.16 D1 FR PPG)
0.48 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Robbie Baillargeon
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Boston University (0.77 D1 FR PPG)
0.45 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Joe Gambardella
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.24 D1 FR PPG)
0.45 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Alex Iafallo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.86 PPG
→ Minnesota Duluth (0.61 D1 FR PPG)
0.52 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Alex Botten
SUNY Oswego · 2011-12
1.133 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Mickey Gilchrist
Middlebury · 2003-04
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Brady Lindauer
Saint Mary's (MN) · 2018-19
0.476 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.