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Ethan Benz Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2001-03-29 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 Fairbanks Ice Dogs NAHL 3 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2019-20 — NAHL 43 7 8 15 0.349 0.1382 0.1382 0.3662 0.3662
2020-21 Chippewa Steel NAHL 46 12 14 26 0.565 0.2239 0.2239 0.5934 0.5934
2021-22 — NAHL 64 21 30 51 0.797 0.3157 0.2962 0.8367 0.7851
■ 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 Union D1 ECAC SR 22 2 2 4 0.182
2024-25 Union D1 ECAC JR 14 1 1 2 0.143
2023-24 Union D1 ECAC SO 15 4 1 5 0.333
2022-23 Union D1 ECAC FR 18 0 3 3 0.167
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.25
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.17
2022-23 · Union
-34.2% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

30%
NCAA D1
8%
NCAA D2/D3
60%
Age-Out / Club
2%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#21655
Forward overall
#1050
Forward born in 2001
#1557
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Carlos Amestoy
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Maine
0.39 No data
NCAAe PPG
David Goodwin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.67 PPG
→ Penn State (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Average
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Nick Zappia
SUNY Cortland · 2010-11
0.640 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Dalton Jay
Westfield State · 2011-12
0.800 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Jack Johnson
Saint John's · 2018-19
0.957 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.