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Luke Pakulak Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2003-07-30 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
2020-21 Vernon Vipers BCHL 13 3 1 4 0.308 0.1186 0.1186 0.4478 0.4478
2021-22 Vernon Vipers BCHL 42 10 8 18 0.429 0.1651 0.1706 0.6237 0.6446
2022-23 Vernon Vipers BCHL 46 17 23 40 0.870 0.3351 0.3299 1.2655 1.2460
2023-24 Vernon Vipers BCHL 42 14 13 27 0.643 0.2477 0.2325 0.9356 0.8783
■ 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 Clarkson D1 ECAC SO 25 2 1 3 0.120
2024-25 Clarkson D1 ECAC — 30 2 5 7 0.233
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.23
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.23
2024-25 · Clarkson
0.4% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

40%
NCAA D1
25%
NCAA D2/D3
22%
Age-Out / Club
12%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#21670
Forward overall
#1138
Forward born in 2003
#1090
in BCHL

D1 Comparables

Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Justin Parizek
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.93 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Emil Romig
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ Denver (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Cade DeStefani
Salve Regina · 2021-22
0.708 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Matt Boyd
St. Norbert · 2005-06
1.033 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Joe Hall
SUNY Oswego · 2006-07
0.560 Average
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.