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Joe Bitz Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1986-07-23 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
2004-05 Nanaimo Clippers BCHL 35 4 8 12 0.343 0.1321 0.1369 0.4983 0.5163
2005-06 Nanaimo Clippers BCHL 53 11 19 30 0.566 0.2181 0.2150 0.8225 0.8110
2006-07 Nanaimo Clippers BCHL 52 17 24 41 0.788 0.3038 0.2832 1.1458 1.0682
■ 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 St. Norbert D3 NCHA FR 9 1 2 3 0.333
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.22
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.33
2007-08 · St. Norbert
+52.1% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#23959
Forward overall
#812
Forward born in 1986
#1246
in BCHL

D1 Comparables

Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Justin Parizek
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.93 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG
T.J. Sarcona
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.06 PPG
→ Niagara (0.58 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Jonathan Davis
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.03 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Nate Rein
Wisconsin-Superior · 2004-05
0.967 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Justin Joy
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2002-03
0.966 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Kris Heeres
SUNY Geneseo · 2001-02
1.042 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.