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Jude Kurtas Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2001-10-06 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
2018-19 Maryland Black Bears NAHL 6 2 2 4 0.667 0.2641 0.2938 0.7000 0.7786
2019-20 Maryland Black Bears NAHL 39 6 7 13 0.333 0.1321 0.1321 0.3499 0.3499
2020-21 Maryland Black Bears NAHL 52 9 7 16 0.308 0.1219 0.1219 0.3231 0.3231
2021-22 Corpus Christi IceRays NAHL 57 12 21 33 0.579 0.2294 0.2213 0.6078 0.5862
■ 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
2025-26 UMass Boston D3 — SR 27 15 20 35 1.296
2024-25 UMass Boston D3 NEHC JR 20 5 17 22 1.100
2022-23 UMass Boston D3 NEHC FR 2 0 1 1 0.500
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.21
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.50
2022-23 · UMass Boston
+133.3% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

30%
NCAA D1
5%
NCAA D2/D3
62%
Age-Out / Club
2%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#32556
Forward overall
#1742
Forward born in 2001
#3133
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Cullen Hurley
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.22 No data
NCAAe PPG
Max Birkinbine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Air Force (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Joseph-Matthew Manno
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.63 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.36 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Nicolas Guerra
Concordia · 2016-17
0.783 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Niko Benjamin
Norwich · 2024-25
0.586 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Justin Ryan
SUNY Oswego · 2023-24
0.591 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.