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Benton Maass Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1998-11-25 Country: USA
2017 · Round 6, Pick #182  ·  Washington Capitals Washington Capitals
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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 Elk River/Zimmerman High USHS-MN 25 5 9 14 0.560 0.0709 0.0735 0.1360 0.1409
2016-17 Fairbanks Ice Dogs NAHL 26 7 9 16 0.615 0.2261 0.2404 0.6496 0.6907
■ 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 Minnesota State D1 CCHA — 42 3 11 14 0.333
2020-21 New Hampshire D1 HockeyEast SR 20 2 2 4 0.200
2019-20 New Hampshire D1 HockeyEast JR 34 3 7 10 0.294
2018-19 New Hampshire D1 HockeyEast SO 30 1 5 6 0.200
2017-18 New Hampshire D1 HockeyEast FR 36 4 13 17 0.472
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.16
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.47
2017-18 · New Hampshire
+188.1% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#6424
Defenseman overall
#1324
Defenseman born in 1998

D1 Comparables

Gustav Olofsson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.27 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Ruslan Pedan
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.34 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Will Butcher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Denver (0.42 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Garrett Cecere
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.28 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.09 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Clint Lewis
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.30 PPG
→ Cornell (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Nicholas Vassos
Bowdoin · 2008-09
0.500 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Dean Balsamo
Adrian · 2013-14
0.688 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Cory Callen
Fitchburg State · 2006-07
1.071 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.