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Position: Defense DOB: 2003-06-03 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
2021-22 Drayton Valley Thunder AJHL 56 4 9 13 0.232 0.0778 0.0798 0.2151 0.2206
2022-23 Drayton Valley Thunder AJHL 58 1 26 27 0.466 0.1561 0.1524 0.4314 0.4211
2023-24 New Mexico Ice Wolves NAHL 56 3 21 24 0.429 0.1522 0.1446 0.4500 0.4277
■ 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 Nichols D3 CNE SO 27 3 16 19 0.704
2024-25 Nichols D3 CNE — 24 1 10 11 0.458
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.14
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.46
2024-25 · Nichols
+228.8% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

28%
NCAA D1
12%
NCAA D2/D3
57%
Age-Out / Club
2%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#11253
Defenseman overall
#2338
Defenseman born in 2003

D1 Comparables

Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 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
Matt Krug
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Union (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
William Eiserman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Christian Day
Skidmore · 2024-25
0.556 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Amit Grumet-Morris
Becker · 2010-11
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Brayden Kolisniak
Wisconsin-Superior · 2007-08
0.667 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.