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Chaz Smedsrud Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1998-06-04 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
2014-15 Luverne High USHS-MN 25 33 59 92 3.680 0.4659 0.4716 0.8939 0.9048
2016-17 Notre Dame Hounds SJHL 45 15 18 33 0.733 0.1879 0.1952 0.5528 0.5744
2017-18 Notre Dame Hounds SJHL 58 29 32 61 1.052 0.2694 0.2675 0.7928 0.7873
2018-19 Madison Capitols USHL 62 11 13 24 0.387 0.2284 0.2072 1.1626 1.0548
■ 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 Union D1 ECAC — 37 14 8 22 0.595
2022-23 Union D1 ECAC — 34 4 10 14 0.412
2021-22 Union D1 ECAC — 37 5 11 16 0.432
2020-21 Union D1 ECAC — 0 0 0 0 0.000
2019-20 Union D1 ECAC FR 33 6 4 10 0.303
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.20
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.30
2019-20 · Union
+53.0% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

50%
NCAA D1
15%
NCAA D2/D3
35%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#20152
Forward overall
#968
Forward born in 1998

D1 Comparables

Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Justin Parizek
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.93 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Mitchell McPherson
Hamline · 2014-15
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Ian DeLong
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2008-09
0.640 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Justin Joy
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2002-03
0.966 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.