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Eric Vitale Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2002-10-20 Country: Canada
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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 Newmarket Hurricanes OJHL 2 1 0 1 0.500 0.1226 0.1394 0.3422 0.3890
2019-20 Kemptville 73's CCHL 3 0 1 1 0.333 0.0723 0.0723 0.2580 0.2580
2021-22 Newmarket Hurricanes OJHL 47 22 14 36 0.766 0.1877 0.1860 0.5243 0.5196
2022-23 Shreveport Mudbugs NAHL 54 17 20 37 0.685 0.2434 0.2354 0.7194 0.6958
■ 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 Utica D3 UCHC GR 29 14 12 26 0.897
2024-25 Utica D3 UCHC SR 29 12 7 19 0.655
2023-24 Utica D3 UCHC JR 27 12 15 27 1.000
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.18
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
1.00
2023-24 · Utica
+441.7% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

50%
NCAA D1
15%
NCAA D2/D3
35%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#20569
Forward overall
#1114
Forward born in 2002

D1 Comparables

Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Emil Romig
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ Denver (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jonathan Davis
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.03 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Max Birkinbine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Air Force (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Brett Bestwick
SUNY Geneseo · 2002-03
0.762 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Maxwell Reavis
UMass Boston · 2011-12
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Nick Zilka
Hamline · 2006-07
0.760 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.