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Position: Defense DOB: 2000-11-20 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
2016-17 Brooks Bandits AJHL 4 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2017-18 Brooks Bandits AJHL 57 8 23 31 0.544 0.1824 0.1994 0.5033 0.5503
2018-19 Brooks Bandits AJHL 45 7 28 35 0.778 0.2609 0.2726 0.7198 0.7520
2019-20 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 45 6 12 18 0.400 0.2360 0.2360 1.2014 1.2014
2020-21 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 34 2 9 11 0.324 0.1908 0.1908 0.9716 0.9716
■ 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
2024-25 Minnesota Duluth D1 NCHC — 15 0 1 1 0.067
2023-24 Minnesota Duluth D1 NCHC — 37 2 7 9 0.243
2022-23 North Dakota D1 NCHC — 13 1 2 3 0.231
2021-22 North Dakota D1 NCHC — 26 2 4 6 0.231
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.23
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.23
2021-22 · North Dakota
0.5% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

38%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
60%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#5482
Defenseman overall
#1158
Defenseman born in 2000

D1 Comparables

Gustav Olofsson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.27 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Ruslan Pedan
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.34 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Will Butcher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Denver (0.42 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Michael Kapla
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.49 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.41 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Clark Kuster
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ St. Cloud State
0.29 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Trever Hertz
Utica · 2007-08
0.808 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Jestin Somero
SUNY Morrisville · 2016-17
0.542 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Andrew Bechard
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2016-17
0.000 No data
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.