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Brendan Fitzgerald Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2003-03-06 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
2021-22 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders USHL 58 5 26 31 0.534 0.3286 0.3267 1.5747 1.5657
2022-23 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders USHL 43 3 21 24 0.558 0.3431 0.3233 1.6443 1.5495
■ 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 New Hampshire D1 HockeyEast — 35 2 15 17 0.486
2024-25 New Hampshire D1 HockeyEast — 33 1 2 3 0.091
2023-24 New Hampshire D1 HockeyEast — 28 0 5 5 0.179
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.31
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.18
2023-24 · New Hampshire
-41.7% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

68%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
15%
Age-Out / Club
15%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#2448
Defenseman overall
#590
Defenseman born in 2003
#1228
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Victor Newell
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Harvard (0.67 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Connor Murphy
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ Cornell (0.20 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Barrett Kaib
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Providence (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.33 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Taylor Fleming
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.48 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.17 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Jared Kolquist
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Merrimack (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Geordan Buffoline
New England · 2018-19
1.667 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Alessio Luciani
Adrian · 2018-19
1.103 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Scott Hudson
Manhattanville · 2007-08
1.231 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.