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Cal Thomas Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2003-05-08 Country: USA
2021 NHL Draft Round 6, Pick #171  ·  Utah Mammoth Utah Mammoth (via ARI)
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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
2019-20 Maple Grove USHS-MN 31 7 20 27 0.871 0.2345 0.2345 0.2116 0.2116
2020-21 — USHL 9 1 1 2 0.222 0.1366 0.1366 0.6546 0.6546
2021-22 — USHL 61 4 21 25 0.410 0.2519 0.2526 1.2074 1.2110
■ 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
2025-26 Minnesota D1 BigTen SR 31 1 4 5 0.161
2024-25 Minnesota D1 BigTen JR 27 1 8 9 0.333
2023-24 Minnesota D1 BigTen SO 38 1 9 10 0.263
2022-23 Minnesota D1 BigTen FR 40 0 6 6 0.150
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.23
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.15
2022-23 · Minnesota
-35.2% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

78%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
15%
Age-Out / Club
8%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#3908
Defenseman overall
#992
Defenseman born in 2003

D1 Comparables

Matt Benning
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.39 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Jeff Taylor
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Union (0.39 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Dan Renouf
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.49 PPG
→ Maine (0.32 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Jaccob Slavin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.53 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.78 D1 FR PPG)
0.33 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Ian Brady
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.53 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.64 D1 FR PPG)
0.33 Elite D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Sam Ciappa
St. John Fisher · 2023-24
0.913 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Tyler Seltenreich
New England · 2014-15
1.207 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Brett Ouderkirk
Norwich · 2015-16
0.966 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.