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Eric Butte Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1997-05-28 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
2016-17 Langley Rivermen BCHL 53 11 13 24 0.453 0.1745 0.1706 0.6586 0.6439
2017-18 Langley Rivermen BCHL 56 10 20 30 0.536 0.2064 0.1919 0.7791 0.7242
■ 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 Army D1 AHA SR 35 11 6 17 0.486
2020-21 Army D1 AHA JR 22 6 11 17 0.773
2019-20 Army D1 AHA SO 33 8 7 15 0.455
2018-19 Army D1 AHA FR 38 2 5 7 0.184
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.16
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.18
2018-19 · Army
+17.3% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

40%
NCAA D1
10%
NCAA D2/D3
50%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#30875
Forward overall
#1428
Forward born in 1997
#1733
in BCHL

D1 Comparables

Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Justin Parizek
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.93 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Emmond Bell
Norwich · 2007-08
0.640 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Tyler Zembrzycki
Morrisville · 2023-24
0.440 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Devan Sheth
Assumption · 2017-18
0.704 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.