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Chris Kestell Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1984-06-25 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
2001-02 Salmon Arm Silverbacks BCHL 57 4 11 15 0.263 0.1014 0.1082 0.3835 0.4091
2002-03 Salmon Arm Silverbacks BCHL 56 1 8 9 0.161 0.0619 0.0633 0.2342 0.2397
2003-04 Nanaimo Clippers BCHL 60 3 15 18 0.300 0.1156 0.1132 0.4371 0.4279
2004-05 Nanaimo Clippers BCHL 56 5 8 13 0.232 0.0894 0.0833 0.3382 0.3153
■ 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
2008-09 SUNY Geneseo D3 — SR 26 0 4 4 0.154
2007-08 SUNY Geneseo D3 — JR 22 0 8 8 0.364
2006-07 SUNY Geneseo D3 — SO 26 8 9 17 0.654
2005-06 SUNY Geneseo D3 — FR 26 4 7 11 0.423
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.09
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.42
2005-06 · SUNY Geneseo
+370.6% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#18879
Defenseman overall
#1367
Defenseman born in 1984
#2796
in BCHL

D1 Comparables

Matt Krug
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Union (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
William Eiserman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Brendan Mark
St. Norbert · 2018-19
0.360 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Frank D'Ancona
Norwich · 2024-25
0.862 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Travis Peckskamp
Wisconsin-Eau Claire · 2008-09
0.353 Average
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.