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Position: Forward DOB: 2001-03-13 Country: Canada
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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 West Kelowna Warriors BCHL 49 5 3 8 0.163 0.0636 0.0712 0.2381 0.2665
2018-19 West Kelowna Warriors BCHL 58 12 32 44 0.759 0.2952 0.3145 1.1063 1.1785
2019-20 — BCHL 55 20 15 35 0.636 0.2477 0.2477 0.9281 0.9281
2020-21 Cowichan Valley Capitals BCHL 20 4 5 9 0.450 0.1751 0.1751 0.6562 0.6562
2021-22 Langley Rivermen BCHL 54 15 25 40 0.741 0.2883 0.2637 1.0802 0.9880
■ 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 Hamilton D3 NESCAC SR 27 12 10 22 0.815
2024-25 Hamilton D3 NESCAC JR 29 5 13 18 0.621
2023-24 Hamilton D3 NESCAC SO 26 8 15 23 0.885
2022-23 Hamilton D3 NESCAC FR 25 7 7 14 0.560
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.24
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.56
2022-23 · Hamilton
+130.4% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

15%
NCAA D1
22%
NCAA D2/D3
62%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#15316
Forward overall
#494
Forward born in 2001
#1323
in BCHL

D1 Comparables

Ricky DeRosa
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.71 PPG
→ Penn State (0.38 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Average
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Will Suter
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Bentley (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Bradley Duwe
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.65 PPG
→ Alaska Anchorage (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Rick Varone
SUNY Oswego · 2003-04
0.652 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Alain Joanette
St. Norbert · 2007-08
0.682 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Connor Treacy
SUNY Potsdam · 2005-06
0.960 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.