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Braden Birch Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1989-09-25 Country: Canada
2008 · Round 6, Pick #179  ·  Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Blackhawks
Signed Professionally
HIFK · Liiga

Set Commitment

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
2007-08 Nanaimo Clippers BCHL 19 0 2 2 0.105 0.0406 0.0421 0.1532 0.1589
2008-09 Oakville Blades OJHL 35 7 18 25 0.714 0.1751 0.1710 0.4918 0.4802
2013-14 HIFK Liiga 17 0 1 1 0.059 0.1470 0.1676 0.5055 0.5762
■ 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
2012-13 Cornell D1 ECAC SR 34 2 2 4 0.118
2011-12 Cornell D1 ECAC JR 32 1 6 7 0.219
2010-11 Cornell D1 ECAC SO 30 2 6 8 0.267
2009-10 Cornell D1 ECAC FR 32 0 2 2 0.062
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.11
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.06
2009-10 · Cornell
-44.6% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#11431
Defenseman overall
#1253
Defenseman born in 1989

D2/3 Comparables

Luke Simpson
St. Scholastica · 2016-17
0.929 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Manny Gialedakis
SUNY Oswego · 2017-18
0.750 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Ryan McDonald
Framingham State · 2013-14
0.818 Strong
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.