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Nate Benoit Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2002-11-26 Country: USA
2021 NHL Draft Round 6, Pick #182  ·  Minnesota Wild Minnesota Wild
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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
2018-19 NCDC 3 0 0 0 0.000
2020-21 USHL 3 0 0 0 0.000
2021-22 USHL 59 1 8 9 0.152 0.0937 0.0919 0.4493 0.4406
2022-23 USHL 58 6 19 25 0.431 0.2649 0.2460 1.2698 1.1792
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 Long Island Univ. D1 AHA JR 31 4 9 13 0.419
2024-25 Quinnipiac D1 ECAC 24 0 2 2 0.083
2023-24 North Dakota D1 NCHC 19 0 1 1 0.053
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.17
before college
Actual FR PPG
0.05
2023-24 · North Dakota
-69.8% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

62%
NCAA D1
5%
NCAA D2/D3
32%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#6995
Defenseman overall
#1698
Defenseman born in 2002

D1 Comparables

USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bowling Green
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.18 No data
NCAAe PPG
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Denver (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Brown
0.15 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Marian · 2008-09
1.333 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
SUNY Cortland · 2015-16
0.760 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
St. Scholastica · 2006-07
1.036 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.