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Chad Merrell Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1998-06-26 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
2015-16 Bridgewater Jr. Bandits EHLP 4 4 3 7 1.750 0.2007 0.2134 0.3944 0.4193
2016-17 Renfrew Wolves CCHL 61 12 24 36 0.590 0.1280 0.1312 0.4566 0.4681
2017-18 Renfrew Wolves CCHL 36 13 15 28 0.778 0.1687 0.1642 0.6018 0.5859
2018-19 Johnstown Tomahawks NAHL 30 8 6 14 0.467 0.1715 0.1626 0.4926 0.4671
■ 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 University of New England D3 CNE — 25 2 9 11 0.440
2021-22 University of New England D3 CNE — 18 4 5 9 0.500
2020-21 University of New England D1 CNE SO 2 0 0 0 0.000
2020-21 University of New England D3 CNE SO 2 0 0 0 0.000
2019-20 University of New England D1 CNE FR 18 4 7 11 0.611
2019-20 University of New England D3 CNE FR 18 4 7 11 0.611
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.14
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.61
2019-20 · University of New England
+337.4% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

38%
NCAA D1
10%
NCAA D2/D3
52%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#36959
Forward overall
#1890
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
Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Blake Huppert
Wisconsin-River Falls · 2010-11
0.556 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Alex Roberts
Utica · 2014-15
0.518 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
James Pelton
UMass Dartmouth · 2017-18
0.615 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.