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Ian Ness Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2004-11-10 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 Moorhead USHS-MN 22 6 9 15 0.682 0.0840 0.0840 0.1655 0.1655
2022-23 Moorhead USHS-MN 30 9 10 19 0.633 0.0780 0.0780 0.1538 0.1538
2023-24 — MJHL 38 3 12 15 0.395 0.0760 0.0763 0.2487 0.2497
■ 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 Concordia D3 MIAC — 12 2 0 2 0.167
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.07
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.17
2025-26 · Concordia
+153.0% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

20%
NCAA D1
8%
NCAA D2/D3
32%
Age-Out / Club
38%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#37751
Forward overall
#2362
Forward born in 2004

D1 Comparables

Sebastian Weberg
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ Colgate
0.13 No data
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Hynes
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.28 PPG
→ Union (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Canon Pieper
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.28 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.08 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Conor Andrle
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.20 PPG
→ Army (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Average
NCAAe PPG
Dylan Gareau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Clarkson (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Dan Swanson
Concordia · 2004-05
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Travis Erstad
Wisconsin-Stevens Point · 2007-08
0.692 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Scott Motz
Wisconsin-Stout · 2004-05
1.286 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.