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Dane Dowiak Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2002-03-27 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 Kent School NE-Prep 27 16 12 28 1.037 0.2054 0.2054 0.4725 0.4725
2019-20 Frederick Gunn NE-Prep 34 13 19 32 0.941 0.1865 0.1865 0.4288 0.4288
2021-22 Tri-City Storm USHL 55 16 14 30 0.545 0.3218 0.3048 1.6384 1.5520
2022-23 Tri-City Storm USHL 52 14 15 29 0.558 0.3290 0.2945 1.6750 1.4995
■ 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 Penn State D1 BigTen JR 27 9 9 18 0.667
2024-25 Penn State D1 BigTen SR 40 12 8 20 0.500
2023-24 Penn State D1 BigTen JR 31 6 5 11 0.355
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.26
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.35
2023-24 · Penn State
+38.8% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

52%
NCAA D1
12%
NCAA D2/D3
18%
Age-Out / Club
18%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#14043
Forward overall
#712
Forward born in 2002

D1 Comparables

Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
David Goodwin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.67 PPG
→ Penn State (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Average
NCAAe PPG
Carlos Amestoy
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Maine
0.39 No data
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Jake Cox
Southern New Hampshire · 2017-18
0.808 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Ryan Cusin
UMass Boston · 2015-16
1.600 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Matt Dimaline
Neumann · 2023-24
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.