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Tyler Eckford Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1985-09-08 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 Surrey Eagles BCHL 10 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2003-04 Surrey Eagles BCHL 58 7 30 37 0.638 0.2458 0.2554 0.9295 0.9659
2004-05 Surrey Eagles BCHL 60 22 43 65 1.083 0.4174 0.4143 1.5785 1.5667
■ 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 Alaska Fairbanks D1 WCHA JR 35 8 23 31 0.886
2006-07 Alaska Fairbanks D1 WCHA SO 39 5 17 22 0.564
2005-06 Alaska Fairbanks D1 WCHA FR 38 3 15 18 0.474
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.33
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.47
2005-06 · Alaska Fairbanks
+43.1% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#4085
Defenseman overall
#627
Defenseman born in 1985
#980
in BCHL

D1 Comparables

Ryan Murray
WHL · 2012-13 · 0.74 PPG
→ Hamline (0.28 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Mike McKee
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Niklas Nevalainen
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ St. Cloud State (0.23 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Nelson Armstrong
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Ryan Lowney
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.65 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.35 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Strong D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Brett Gravelle
St. Thomas · 2014-15
0.923 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Geordan Buffoline
New England · 2018-19
1.667 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Scott Hudson
Manhattanville · 2007-08
1.231 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.