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Position: Defense DOB: 1993-05-22 Country: Canada
Signed Professionally
Brock Univ. · USports-M

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
2009-10 Powell River Kings BCHL 38 1 4 5 0.132 0.0507 0.0570 0.1915 0.2151
2010-11 Powell River Kings BCHL 50 2 8 10 0.200 0.0771 0.0830 0.2911 0.3134
2011-12 — BCHL 40 3 2 5 0.125 0.0482 0.0492 0.1819 0.1858
2012-13 — BCHL 54 6 28 34 0.630 0.2426 0.2364 0.9163 0.8928
2013-14 — BCHL 60 5 28 33 0.550 0.2119 0.1967 0.8004 0.7429
2016-17 Brock Univ. USports-M 26 3 3 6 0.231 0.1218 0.1183 0.6765 0.6568
2017-18 Brock Univ. USports-M 28 1 5 6 0.214 0.1131 0.1047 0.6281 0.5813
■ 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
2015-16 Bowling Green D1 WCHA SO 11 0 1 1 0.091
2014-15 Bowling Green D1 WCHA FR 4 0 1 1 0.250
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.20
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.25
2014-15 · Bowling Green
+24.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

5%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
92%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#11844
Defenseman overall
#1390
Defenseman born in 1993

D2/3 Comparables

Manny Gialedakis
SUNY Oswego · 2017-18
0.750 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Luke Simpson
St. Scholastica · 2017-18
0.929 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.