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Frank Tafelski Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2003-01-28 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
2021-22 — NAHL 47 6 12 18 0.383 0.1407 0.1449 0.4043 0.4164
2022-23 El Paso Rhinos NAHL 46 7 11 18 0.391 0.1438 0.1411 0.4130 0.4051
2023-24 El Paso Rhinos NAHL 58 20 27 47 0.810 0.2977 0.2778 0.8553 0.7981
■ 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 Adrian D3 NCHA SO 28 14 16 30 1.071
2024-25 Adrian D3 NCHA — 28 13 8 21 0.750
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.19
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.75
2024-25 · Adrian
+292.7% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

48%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
35%
Age-Out / Club
15%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#23557
Forward overall
#1287
Forward born in 2003
#1798
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Will Suter
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Bentley (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Dylan Walchuk
WHL · 2012-13 · 0.86 PPG
→ Northern Michigan (0.42 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Average
NCAAe PPG
David Goodwin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.67 PPG
→ Penn State (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Average
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
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

Shawn Metheral
Wentworth · 2000-01
1.069 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Mason Baptista
St. Norbert · 2010-11
0.464 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Louie Kamienski
Endicott · 2024-25
1.000 Elite
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.