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Blaine Caton Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1997-04-14 Country: Canada
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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
2013-14 Vernon Vipers BCHL 4 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2014-15 Vernon Vipers BCHL 48 4 4 8 0.167 0.0649 0.0699 0.2431 0.2616
2015-16 Trail Smoke Eaters BCHL 21 1 2 3 0.143 0.0556 0.0569 0.2084 0.2131
2016-17 Trail Smoke Eaters BCHL 57 15 18 33 0.579 0.2253 0.2189 0.8442 0.8202
2017-18 Trail Smoke Eaters BCHL 48 15 19 34 0.708 0.2757 0.2546 1.0329 0.9539
■ 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
2021-22 Marian D3 NCHA SR 27 2 12 14 0.518
2020-21 Marian D3 NCHA JR 19 6 6 12 0.632
2019-20 Marian D3 NCHA SO 27 9 4 13 0.481
2018-19 Marian D3 NCHA FR 28 6 2 8 0.286
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.21
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.29
2018-19 · Marian
+38.9% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

15%
NCAA D1
28%
NCAA D2/D3
57%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#18983
Forward overall
#783
Forward born in 1997
#1685
in BCHL

D1 Comparables

Bradley Duwe
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.65 PPG
→ Alaska Anchorage (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Clint Carlisle
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.78 PPG
→ Army (0.52 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Average
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Cooper Board
Westfield State · 2021-22
0.815 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Cam Doull
Lake Forest · 2002-03
0.893 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Nicholas Belger
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2014-15
0.905 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.