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Brendan Bottem Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2003-07-21 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
2020-21 Thief River Falls USHS-MN 19 8 16 24 1.263 0.1556 0.1556 0.3068 0.3068
2021-22 Thief River Falls USHS-MN 28 28 23 51 1.821 0.2244 0.2244 0.4424 0.4424
2022-23 Niverville Nighthawks MJHL 57 21 30 51 0.895 0.1722 0.1706 0.5638 0.5587
2023-24 Niverville Nighthawks MJHL 49 16 20 36 0.735 0.1414 0.1327 0.4630 0.4346
■ 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 Marian D3 NCHA SO 27 9 10 19 0.704
2024-25 Marian D3 NCHA — 27 8 10 18 0.667
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.13
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.67
2024-25 · Marian
+426.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

15%
NCAA D1
32%
NCAA D2/D3
50%
Age-Out / Club
2%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#17670
Forward overall
#888
Forward born in 2003

D1 Comparables

Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Josh Giacomin
Lake Forest · 2017-18
0.538 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Spencer Flansburg
SUNY Brockport · 2022-23
0.520 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Rick Cleaver
Norwich · 2003-04
1.235 Elite
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.