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Ryan Vaites Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2004-11-04 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
2022-23 Mercer Chiefs NCDC 4 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2023-24 Philadelphia Rebels NAHL 51 3 15 18 0.353 0.1254 0.1281 0.3705 0.3785
2024-25 Philadelphia Rebels NAHL 57 6 18 24 0.421 0.1496 0.1450 0.4421 0.4284
■ 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 Endicott D3 CNE — 3 1 0 1 0.333
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.13
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.33
2025-26 · Endicott
+155.4% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

38%
NCAA D1
15%
NCAA D2/D3
35%
Age-Out / Club
12%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#10051
Defenseman overall
#2183
Defenseman born in 2004

D1 Comparables

Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.17 No data
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
Benjamin Gallacher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Elite D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Dan Swanson
Concordia · 2005-06
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Parker Williams
Concordia (WI) · 2021-22
0.455 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Blake Thompson
St. Norbert · 2012-13
0.767 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.