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Evan Axell Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2002-02-24 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 Robbinsdale Armstrong/Cooper USHS-MN 27 1 5 6 0.222 0.0598 0.0598 0.0540 0.0540
2020-21 Steele County Blades USPHL-Premier 39 3 25 28 0.718 0.2366 0.2366 0.2442 0.2442
2021-22 Steele County Blades USPHL-Premier 40 8 21 29 0.725 0.2390 0.2325 0.2466 0.2399
2022-23 New Mexico Ice Wolves NA3HL 25 18 17 35 1.400 0.3220 0.2968 — —
■ 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 Wisconsin-Superior D3 WIAC JR 22 2 4 6 0.273
2024-25 Wisconsin-Superior D3 WIAC SO 15 3 6 9 0.600
2023-24 Wisconsin-Superior D3 WIAC FR 6 1 0 1 0.167
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.26
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.17
2023-24 · Wisconsin-Superior
-34.9% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

28%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#3624
Defenseman overall
#966
Defenseman born in 2002

D1 Comparables

Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Benjamin Gallacher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Paul LaDue
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.51 D1 FR PPG)
0.44 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Valleau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bowling Green
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Mack Heisinger
Curry · 2013-14
0.760 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Joe Papa
Saint John's · 2017-18
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Jack Seaverson
St. Norbert · 2023-24
0.452 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.