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Position: Forward DOB: 1983-11-04 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
2000-01 Cowichan Valley Capitals BCHL 54 25 25 50 0.926 0.3449 0.3759 1.3491 1.4703
2001-02 Cowichan Valley Capitals BCHL 59 25 31 56 0.949 0.3536 0.3659 1.3831 1.4310
2002-03 Cowichan Valley Capitals BCHL 23 20 7 27 1.174 0.4373 0.4335 1.7105 1.6957
2003-04 Cowichan Valley Capitals BCHL 56 43 36 79 1.411 0.5255 0.4976 2.0555 1.9464
■ 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
2007-08 Quinnipiac D1 — SR 39 14 21 35 0.897
2006-07 Quinnipiac D1 — JR 40 17 16 33 0.825
2005-06 Quinnipiac D1 — SO 39 17 21 38 0.974
2004-05 Quinnipiac D1 — FR 25 18 10 28 1.120
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.40
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
1.12
2004-05 · Quinnipiac
+177.2% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#6589
Forward overall
#234
Forward born in 1983
#99
in BCHL

D1 Comparables

Sean Gaffney
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.14 PPG
→ UConn (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.43 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jared VanWormer
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.27 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.48 Developing
NCAAe PPG
A.J. Reid
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.18 PPG
→ Air Force (0.26 D1 FR PPG)
0.45 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Gerald Mayhew
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.56 D1 FR PPG)
0.43 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Jonathan Davis
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.03 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.39 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Lee Stubbs
Manhattanville · 2000-01
1.115 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Nicholas Cyprian
Chatham · 2021-22
0.880 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Dylan Clarke
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2006-07
1.267 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.