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Akito Hirose Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1999-04-09 Country: Canada
Signed Professionally
Fischtown Pinguins · DEL

Set Commitment

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 Salmon Arm Silverbacks BCHL 44 2 8 10 0.227 0.0876 0.0938 0.3306 0.3540
2017-18 Salmon Arm Silverbacks BCHL 55 5 27 32 0.582 0.2242 0.2293 0.8462 0.8655
2018-19 Salmon Arm Silverbacks BCHL 52 4 25 29 0.558 0.2149 0.2082 0.8111 0.7858
2019-20 Salmon Arm Silverbacks BCHL 57 9 42 51 0.895 0.3447 0.3447 1.3013 1.3013
2025-26 Fischtown Pinguins DEL 48 5 33 38 0.792 1.9792 2.3742 6.7107 8.0499
■ 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
2022-23 Minnesota State D1 BigTen — 38 4 23 27 0.711
2021-22 Minnesota State D1 CCHA — 38 2 24 26 0.684
2020-21 Minnesota State D1 WCHA FR 28 1 14 15 0.536
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.20
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.54
2020-21 · Minnesota State
+162.0% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 15 comparables)

🏒 NHL / Pro Track — production profile is consistent with players who bypassed or minimized college hockey
0%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
100%
NHL / Pro

NCAAe Rankings

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.