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Gunnar VanDamme Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2002-12-08 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 Rochester Monarchs NCDC 2 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2021-22 Lindsay Muskies OJHL 48 6 18 24 0.500 0.1226 0.1223 0.3443 0.3435
2022-23 Maryland Black Bears NAHL 58 3 25 28 0.483 0.1774 0.1728 0.5096 0.4963
■ 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 RPI D1 ECAC JR 33 0 5 5 0.151
2024-25 Alaska Anchorage D1 WCHA — 34 2 4 6 0.176
2023-24 Alaska Anchorage D1 WCHA — 34 3 7 10 0.294
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.14
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.29
2023-24 · Alaska Anchorage
+104.1% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

52%
NCAA D1
12%
NCAA D2/D3
28%
Age-Out / Club
8%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#8486
Defenseman overall
#1921
Defenseman born in 2002

D1 Comparables

Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.17 No data
NCAAe PPG
Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Valleau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bowling Green
0.22 No data
NCAAe PPG
Taki Pantziris
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Brown
0.15 No data
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

Spencer DeRidder
Salem State · 2018-19
0.522 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Troy Andrews
New England College · 2021-22
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Scott Dawson
Nazareth · 2011-12
0.680 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.