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Bret Link Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2002-04-09 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 Fairbanks Ice Dogs NAHL 1 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2019-20 Fairbanks Ice Dogs NAHL 47 6 9 15 0.319 0.1264 0.1264 0.3350 0.3350
2020-21 Fairbanks Ice Dogs NAHL 47 22 18 40 0.851 0.3372 0.3372 0.8936 0.8936
2021-22 Fargo Force USHL 61 20 30 50 0.820 0.5039 0.4782 2.4150 2.2919
2022-23 Fargo Force USHL 61 26 29 55 0.902 0.5542 0.4971 2.6563 2.3828
■ 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 Colorado College D1 NCHC JR 36 7 10 17 0.472
2024-25 Colorado College D1 NCHC SR 37 7 14 21 0.568
2023-24 Colorado College D1 NCHC JR 35 4 11 15 0.429
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.42
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.43
2023-24 · Colorado College
+2.3% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

62%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
38%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#5731
Forward overall
#253
Forward born in 2002

D1 Comparables

Shane Sooth
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.95 PPG
→ Northern Michigan (0.45 D1 FR PPG)
0.52 Average
NCAAe PPG
Eric Scheid
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.94 PPG
→ Alaska Anchorage (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.52 Average
NCAAe PPG
Todd Skirving
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.80 PPG
→ RIT (0.65 D1 FR PPG)
0.44 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Carlos Amestoy
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Maine
0.39 No data
NCAAe PPG
David Goodwin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.67 PPG
→ Penn State (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Jason Yuel
Curry · 2006-07
1.769 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Jason Kalinowski
Endicott · 2015-16
1.310 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Nick Ford
Elmira · 2014-15
0.800 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.