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Matt Saler Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1984-03-13 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
2000-01 Swan Valley Stampeders MJHL 2 0 1 1 0.500 0.0963 0.1073 0.3153 0.3514
2002-03 Cowichan Valley Capitals BCHL 46 4 4 8 0.174 0.0670 0.0676 0.2531 0.2554
2003-04 — BCHL 52 11 15 26 0.500 0.1926 0.1858 0.7277 0.7020
2004-05 Powell River Kings BCHL 58 18 28 46 0.793 0.3056 0.2806 1.1542 1.0596
■ 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 St. Scholastica D3 MIAC SR 24 1 6 7 0.292
2007-08 St. Scholastica D3 MIAC JR 5 0 1 1 0.200
2006-07 St. Scholastica D3 MIAC SO 26 4 7 11 0.423
2005-06 St. Scholastica D3 MIAC FR 27 6 8 14 0.518
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.21
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.52
2005-06 · St. Scholastica
+149.6% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#27126
Forward overall
#783
Forward born in 1984

D1 Comparables

Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG
David Goodwin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.67 PPG
→ Penn State (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Average
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Will Suter
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Bentley (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Matthew Dozois
Wentworth · 2009-10
0.667 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Brett Everson
Utica · 2016-17
0.895 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Matt Volonnino
Plymouth State · 2014-15
1.056 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.