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Sam Saccone Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2002-01-02 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
2019-20 Minot Minotauros NAHL 1 0 1 1 1.000 0.3552 0.3552 1.0499 1.0499
2020-21 Minot Minotauros NAHL 2 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2021-22 — NAHL 53 1 6 7 0.132 0.0469 0.0458 0.1387 0.1354
■ 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 Skidmore D3 SUNYAC SR 27 1 3 4 0.148
2024-25 Skidmore D3 SUNYAC JR 26 0 4 4 0.154
2023-24 Skidmore D3 SUNYAC SO 24 1 2 3 0.125
2022-23 Skidmore D3 SUNYAC FR 15 0 2 2 0.133
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.04
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.13
2022-23 · Skidmore
+208.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

20%
NCAA D1
8%
NCAA D2/D3
42%
Age-Out / Club
30%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#25573
Defenseman overall
#3773
Defenseman born in 2002
#6580
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Kyle McKenzie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.14 PPG
→ Providence (0.15 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Fuller
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.11 PPG
→ Southern Maine (0.17 D1 FR PPG)
0.06 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Joseph Fiala
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.22 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Parker
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.20 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.38 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Taki Pantziris
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Brown
0.15 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Rhett Kodsi
UMass Boston · 2023-24
0.407 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Kai Kapossy
UMass Dartmouth · 2016-17
0.385 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Joey Haydock
Wisconsin-Stout · 2011-12
0.471 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.