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Position: Forward DOB: 2002-01-03 Country: USA
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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 Lawrence Academy NE-Prep 29 9 10 19 0.655 0.1848 0.1848 0.2998 0.2998
2019-20 Lawrence Academy NE-Prep 27 4 9 13 0.481 0.1358 0.1358 0.2203 0.2203
2020-21 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 6 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2022-23 Alberni Valley Bulldogs BCHL 27 7 7 14 0.518 0.1931 0.1750 1.9642 1.7362
■ 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 Vermont D1 HockeyEast JR 9 0 1 1 0.111
2024-25 Merrimack D1 HockeyEast — 26 9 0 9 0.346
2023-24 Merrimack D1 HockeyEast — 18 1 1 2 0.111
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.14
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.11
2023-24 · Merrimack
-18.5% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

18%
NCAA D1
10%
NCAA D2/D3
68%
Age-Out / Club
5%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#32575
Forward overall
#1943
Forward born in 2002

D1 Comparables

Will Suter
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Bentley (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Mike Kneeland
Lake Forest · 2004-05
1.429 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Skylur Jameson
Wentworth · 2007-08
1.778 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Mark Loza
Suffolk · 2001-02
1.308 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.