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Ryan O'Connell Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1999-04-25 Country: Canada
2017 · Round 7, Pick #203  ·  Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs
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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
2017-18 Penticton Vees BCHL 26 3 11 14 0.538 0.2075 0.2127 0.7837 0.8033
■ 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 Michigan Tech D1 CCHA — 35 0 3 3 0.086
2021-22 Ohio State D1 BigTen SR 30 0 10 10 0.333
2020-21 Ohio State D1 BigTen JR 27 0 6 6 0.222
2019-20 Ohio State D1 BigTen SO 29 1 6 7 0.241
2018-19 Ohio State D1 BigTen FR 31 1 1 2 0.065
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.20
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.06
2018-19 · Ohio State
-67.9% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

42%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
55%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#6837
Defenseman overall
#1485
Defenseman born in 1999
#1539
in BCHL

D1 Comparables

Jeff Taylor
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Union (0.39 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Benning
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.39 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Scott Moldenhauer
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Clay Anderson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Harvard (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Jaccob Slavin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.53 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.78 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Elite D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Mark Mazzetti
Elmira · 2001-02
0.565 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Daniel Barry
Nichols · 2017-18
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Aidan Connolly
Salve Regina · 2019-20
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.