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Mike Pao Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1988-05-28 Country: USA
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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
2006-07 — CCHL 53 11 9 20 0.377 0.0819 0.0832 0.2920 0.2966
2007-08 Calgary Canucks AJHL 26 6 2 8 0.308 0.1032 0.1004 0.2847 0.2770
2008-09 Calgary Canucks AJHL 62 10 15 25 0.403 0.1352 0.1259 0.3731 0.3475
■ 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 Milwaukee School of Engineering D3 NCHA SR 23 1 7 8 0.348
2011-12 Milwaukee School of Engineering D3 NCHA JR 25 7 7 14 0.560
2010-11 Milwaukee School of Engineering D3 NCHA FR 27 4 16 20 0.741
2009-10 Fredonia D3 SUNYAC FR 10 1 2 3 0.300
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.10
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.30
2009-10 · Fredonia
+203.0% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#50386
Forward overall
#1689
Forward born in 1988

D1 Comparables

Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Ross Johnson
Wisconsin-River Falls · 2004-05
0.500 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Mike McPherson
Plymouth State · 2017-18
0.333 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Mike Costley
St. Norbert · 2000-01
0.478 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.