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Tanner Palocsik Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1999-05-26 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 Amarillo Bulls NAHL 2 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2017-18 Jersey Hitmen NCDC 50 10 23 33 0.660 0.2691 0.2813 0.5305 0.5546
2018-19 Jersey Hitmen NCDC 50 11 44 55 1.100 0.4485 0.4433 0.8842 0.8739
■ 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
2023-24 Penn State D1 BigTen — 36 2 14 16 0.444
2022-23 Dartmouth D1 ECAC — 30 4 18 22 0.733
2021-22 Dartmouth D1 ECAC — 32 4 16 20 0.625
2020-21 Dartmouth D1 ECAC — 0 0 0 0 0.000
2019-20 Dartmouth D1 ECAC FR 31 5 19 24 0.774
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.36
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.77
2019-20 · Dartmouth
+116.7% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

10%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
45%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#958
Defenseman overall
#187
Defenseman born in 1999

D1 Comparables

Niklas Nevalainen
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ St. Cloud State (0.23 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Connor Murphy
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ Cornell (0.20 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Barrett Kaib
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Providence (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Ryan Murray
WHL · 2012-13 · 0.74 PPG
→ Hamline (0.28 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Nelson Armstrong
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Keenan Hodgson
Amherst · 2012-13
1.111 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Luc Malkhassian
Middlebury · 2024-25
0.667 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Matt Williams
Marian · 2007-08
1.148 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.