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Dane Birks Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1995-08-29 Country: Canada
2013 · Round 6, Pick #164  ·  Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins
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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
2011-12 Trail Smoke Eaters BCHL 10 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2012-13 Merritt Centennials BCHL 52 5 15 20 0.385 0.1482 0.1612 0.5597 0.6088
2013-14 Merritt Centennials BCHL 50 4 17 21 0.420 0.1618 0.1685 0.6112 0.6366
■ 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
2017-18 Michigan Tech D1 WCHA SR 44 5 13 18 0.409
2016-17 Michigan Tech D1 WCHA SO 42 2 7 9 0.214
2015-16 Michigan Tech D1 WCHA FR 31 0 3 3 0.097
2014-15 Michigan Tech D1 WCHA — 0 0 0 0 0.000

NCAAe Rankings

#14689
Defenseman overall
#1857
Defenseman born in 1995
#2469
in BCHL

D1 Comparables

Cutler Martin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.27 PPG
→ Michigan (0.47 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Jake Bischoff
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.17 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Kyle Mackey
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.16 PPG
→ Air Force (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.09 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Zach Yoder
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.10 PPG
→ Air Force (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.06 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Doyle Somerby
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.20 PPG
→ Boston University (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Colby Nichol
Augsburg · 2002-03
0.850 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Lucas Culhane
Neumann · 2021-22
1.042 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Landry Schmuck
Aurora · 2021-22
1.571 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.