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Ben Ritter Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2002-01-31 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 Loomis Chaffee NE-Prep 25 1 1 2 0.080 0.0158 0.0158 0.0364 0.0364
2019-20 Loomis Chaffee NE-Prep 28 2 7 9 0.321 0.0637 0.0637 0.1464 0.1464
2020-21 South Shore Kings NCDC 31 2 4 6 0.194 0.0789 0.0789 — —
2021-22 South Shore Kings NCDC 44 2 18 20 0.455 0.1853 0.1810 0.3653 0.3569
■ 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 Amherst D3 NESCAC SR 25 1 3 4 0.160
2024-25 Amherst D3 NESCAC JR 24 1 4 5 0.208
2023-24 Amherst D3 NESCAC SO 25 4 7 11 0.440
2022-23 Amherst D3 NESCAC FR 24 1 2 3 0.125
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.13
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.12
2022-23 · Amherst
-1.3% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

30%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
35%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#7803
Defenseman overall
#1806
Defenseman born in 2002

D1 Comparables

Max Everson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.31 PPG
→ Harvard (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Taki Pantziris
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Brown
0.15 No data
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
Matt Van Voorhis
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Denver (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Machlan Sawden
Tufts · 2015-16
0.292 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Cory Dunn
Adrian · 2013-14
1.069 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Thomas McGaffigan
Assumption · 2021-22
0.000 No data
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.