Taro Hirose Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1996-06-30 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
2014-15	Salmon Arm Silverbacks	BCHL	58	18	32	50	0.862	0.3322	0.3445	1.2546	1.3009
2015-16	Salmon Arm Silverbacks	BCHL	58	15	56	71	1.224	0.4716	0.4637	1.7814	1.7516
2024-25	EHC München	DEL	49	15	28	43	0.878	2.1940	2.2247	7.4405	7.5447
2025-26	EHC München	DEL	50	9	45	54	1.080	2.7000	2.8643	9.1565	9.7138

■ 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
2018-19	Michigan State	D1	BigTen	JR	36	15	35	50	1.389
2017-18	Michigan State	D1	BigTen	SO	36	12	30	42	1.167
2016-17	Michigan State	D1	BigTen	FR	34	6	18	24	0.706

Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year

Projected PPG

0.36

before college

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Actual FR PPG

0.71

2016-17 · Michigan State

+98.2% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 21 comparables)

🏒 NHL / Pro Track — production profile is consistent with players who bypassed or minimized college hockey

NCAA D1

NCAA D2/D3

100%

NHL / Pro

NCAAe Rankings

#1724

Forward overall

#98

Forward born in 1996

D2/3 Comparables

Neil Trimm

Neumann · 2003-04

1.800 Elite

actual D2/3 PPG

Arkhip Ledenkov

St. Scholastica · 2018-19

1.636 Elite

actual D2/3 PPG

Brandon Osmundson

Utica · 2018-19

1.448 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.