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Daniel Laatsch Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2002-02-13 Country: USA
2021 NHL Draft Round 7, Pick #215  ·  Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins
Signed Professionally

Set Commitment

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 — NTDP-U18 44 2 4 6 0.136 0.1058 0.1072 0.5077 0.5145
2019-20 — NTDP-U18 40 2 6 8 0.200 0.1551 0.1551 0.7444 0.7444
2020-21 — USHL 51 2 17 19 0.372 0.2290 0.2290 1.0975 1.0975
■ 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
2024-25 Wisconsin D1 BigTen SR 22 2 3 5 0.227
2023-24 Wisconsin D1 BigTen JR 40 2 9 11 0.275
2022-23 Wisconsin D1 BigTen SO 36 1 6 7 0.194
2021-22 Wisconsin D1 BigTen — 28 1 2 3 0.107
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.10
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.11
2021-22 · Wisconsin
+5.8% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

32%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
68%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

D1 Comparables

Jake Linhart
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.12 PPG
→ Wisconsin (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Dan Willett
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.26 PPG
→ RIT (0.46 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Josh Jacobs
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.31 PPG
→ Michigan (0.26 D1 FR PPG)
0.21 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Kale Bennett
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.07 PPG
→ Western Michigan
0.05 No data
NCAAe PPG
Ryan Collins
NTDP-U18 · 2012-13 · 0.16 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.28 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Jory McWilliams
Bethel · 2014-15
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Nicholas Favaro
Curry · 2014-15
0.500 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Carter Shinkaruk
Elmira · 2008-09
0.520 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.